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Originally Posted by fjtorres
- The big publishers wanted somebody, anybody, to compete with Amazon and keep them from getting too big. So, even though 70% of the Apple prices was less than they got from Amazon, they agreed with Apple's terms and collarated in all demanding the exact same terms from Apple.
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Except essentially a Net Book agreement does nothing to stop Amazon. It just means Amazon can use discounting as a weapon, except they are via subscription models and exclusive sales such as the KDP Select.
If that was the publisher's aim, it was stupid and pointless as Amazon now has over 90% of ebooks.
Also really it's illegal in the UK, Ireland and other places for producers to set retail prices. Uber, AirBnB, Amazon, Google etc can't expect to have different laws just because they are "distance selling".