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That's not really right, though. Amazon is a store. They should have the right to purchase books at the rate they can negotiate and sell the books for the pri
by tallanvor 17y ago
That's not really right, though. Amazon is a store. They should have the right to purchase books at the rate they can negotiate and sell the books for the price they feel the market can support.
MacMillan, on the other hand, is trying to force retailers like Apple and Amazon to sell them for the same price, eliminating competition and create artificially high prices (aka price fixing). And really, trying to argue that price fixing is good for consumers is a very difficult position to defend.
- shabda 17y agoI am not arguing whether this is good for consumers or bad(I have no opinion/idea), I am arguing that "Goods producers" should have should have right to fix prices for their products. I have trouble seeing Amazon a store for Kindle ebooks. In my worldview they are a middleman/affiliate/market creators. (keep no inventory, Publishers get paid after purchases etc.)
- halo 17y agoGood producers have a right to fix prices for their products. Stores have a right to refuse to stock items that it believes are too expensive. I don't see the problem here. I don't see why you have any problem calling Amazon a store for Kindle ebooks when you're willing to see publishers as "goods producers". They're both essentially middle-men.