“What part of a lower price is not necessarily a sign a competitive benefit to consumers do you fail to understand? Evidently all of it. “
Amazon demonstrated that lower prices benefited the consumer and raised revenue for the publishers and authors.
Case Closed.
Please show where Amazon DEMONSTRATED that the revenue of the publishers was being benefited by Amazon selling their best titles below cost. You cannot, when they were having to lay off editors and other workers and getting to the point where they were beginning to tell authors they would have to cut advances and royalties. . .and end author tours, Because the sales of HARD COVER BOOKS at the brick-and-mortar stores, which paid for the majority of all that, could not compete with Amazon's cut rate pricing of eBooks which were canabalizing hard cover books!
You truly cannot prove your contention.