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During the last Tolkien sale, I bought a "deluxe" version of The Hobbit. I wanted it for Tolkien's art.
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Ugh! Reading this thread today I checked and I've just realized that last week I bought a book from Open Road Media in Amazon because it wasn't available in any other ePub store, and today that book is available in Kobo.
I even checked the Open Road website in case they sold directly. I could have waited if I had known, the book is sitting in my TBR mountain, I bought it just so I don't forget about it. |
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They will be in trouble with FTC in USA if that's ever proved and other regulators elsewhere.
Maybe true, maybe coincidence? |
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https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/...zation-defined
The court(s) might have to decide for the FTC if paying supplier(s) to have a monopoly for just one day counts. Some countries the regulator can just decide and then it's up to the company to go to court to appeal against it. |
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Could be a coincidence, Jon, but if you find any evidence both FTC and European regulators might use it:
https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/0...lion-euro-fine Quote:
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