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In case anyone thinks Amazon is the “free market force” here, a couple links from the last two years:

http://www.sfwa.org/2010/02/dispatches-from-the-ebook-wars-macmillan-vs-amazon/ - this site is really, really good and I’ve always found their analysis of the publishing industry insightful.

16 posted on 03/14/2012 7:33:43 AM PDT by JenB

To: JenB

that second link does seem like a smoking gun with apple and macmillan colluding to support the agency model.

This is about apple wanting to be the only download store.

21 posted on 03/14/2012 7:48:24 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)

To: JenB

that second link does seem like a smoking gun with apple and macmillan colluding to support the agency model.

This is about apple wanting to be the only download store.

22 posted on 03/14/2012 7:48:30 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)

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