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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
If it was truly "predatory," they'd be the ones getting calls from the DoJ.
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Do most violations of federal law actually result in prosecution? I doubt it. And is predatory pricing illegal per se?
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Originally Posted by Graham
But surely Amazon are under no obligation to discount at all?
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Obligation? No. Just as the publishers of copyrighted literature are under no obligation to allow heavy discounting -- or any discounting -- except for the publishers who agreed not to do it, until late 2014, as part of the antitrust settlement.
Amazon is doing just what could be expected if they used loss leader pricing to put competition out of business so they could then raise prices. They are under no obligation to avoid such tactics, true.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
There are literally thousands of indie bookstores out there.
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Mostly small ones with limited backlist selection. That's why Amazon reduced discounts the most for less popular books.