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In response to "Blame Apple. Or possibly Barbes and Noble. They broke Amazon's lock on pricing." by Beryllium (iPhone)

B&N didn't force it, publishers did. Competition from B&N would have forced prices down.

Posted by TWuG May 23 '10, 09:49

Several publishers threatened to pull ALL their books (e and hard copy) unless Amazon raised prices.

As for what Ty is seeing, some of that may be a reflection of Amazon's listing of third-party sellers who have used copies at really low prices.

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Nope, what I'm talking about is New, paper-bound, sold by amazon VS Kindle. - ty97 May 23, 10:20 3
- I haven't seen it yet, but I know that the price differential has been nearly nonexistent on some books I've bought - TWuG May 23, 10:25 2
  - link? - workmanda May 23, 11:05
  - I find it relatively commonplace for the prices to be similar/identical and that bugs me some. - ty97 May 23, 10:26
The initiation of the iTunes Book Store and the Nook book store gave publishers leverage to force Amazon's hand. -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 10:04
I think 97 is smart enough to know used from new. -- nm - workmanda May 23, 10:00 1
- He didn't say "new" so I wasn't sure what he was seeing. - TWuG May 23, 10:21

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B&N didn't force it, publishers did. Competition from B&N would have forced prices down.

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