Comment by kjs3
1 year ago
Be careful what you wish for. The level of collusion that would allow 'all' the major publishers to neuter Amazon would very quickly be redirected to all the other retail channels.
1 year ago
Be careful what you wish for. The level of collusion that would allow 'all' the major publishers to neuter Amazon would very quickly be redirected to all the other retail channels.
Yes, publishers have not proven to be particularly civic-minded in the past. I'm having a hard time picking who to root for, but it's probably slightly better to have a world of many cartels than a single one - and it gives a chance for the other retail channels to form a block too.
On a side note, France solved this particular problem by mandating a unique price for books, regardless of the retail channel, in order to protect less-commercial titles. Not exactly scalable to all sectors, but Art will not be cheapened.