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I saw my first iPad in "the wild" a few days ago and have to admit I wasn't impressed. Maybe iPad2 or iPad3 will be impressive (certainly the foundation is something that can be built on), but except for the marketing and the fanaticism of Apple devotees, I don't see the iPad as being fantastic at anything -- OK at everything, but not fantastic. I asked the person who owned the iPad how much ebook reading he does on the iPad and he said he downloaded a free bok about 4 months ago but has yet to read past page 5. |
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Legall, it isn't price fixing. The actual retailer is the book publisher, not the bookstore. The bookstore simply acts as a conduit. It also isn't price fixing because there is no agreement on pricing among the publishers. Each sets its own price on each book it publishes. I doubt that agency pricing will go away as a result of legal action. |
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Try checking the Sale of Goods Act... the place/person who sell you a book is the "supplier" of the book and all of your dealings are with that entity just like any other item - the publisher is not the retailer unless you buy directly from the publisher - retail means just that, selling to a customer for their use... and if you don't like the term "price fixing" then try "acting as a cartel"
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Price fixing would be if the publishers all agreed that they wouldn't sell new books for less than, say $14.99. Or for more that $5.99, for that matter. But that's not what's going on here at all - the publisher's prices vary widely, even for new books, and there seems to be at least as much competition among publishers as there was before the agency model was adopted. 2. In much of Europe, as was noted earlier, price fixing of books is not only not illegal, it is required. 3. I'm not sure what you mean by "acting like a cartel." Usually this comes with some sort of suggestion of illegality, or some sort of restraint of trade, and as noted above, they aren't doing anything illegal. |
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And even if they were deemed to be, and by some strange quirk of the universe, the legal system seemed to be in the position to make such a charge stick, the simplest solution for the publishers would be to stop selling e-books through third-party agencies and strictly sell them directly.
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