For what it's worth, obscure books will come from small sellers that won't rely on Amazon's warehouses. In these cases, Amazon acts as a real marketplace where

For what it's worth, obscure books will come from small sellers that won't rely on Amazon's warehouses. In these cases, Amazon acts as a real marketplace where a seller just gets a storefront to access their customers: shipping will often be done manually, the customer paying the real cost etc. As an Amazon user, I really like that arrangement, where Amazon does what it is best at (cart handling), and small independent players get to reach a wide audience. BTW this law has almost nothing to do with that, it will mainly affect best sellers from big publishers that set regulated prices (legal max discount is 5%, under conditions). Up until now online shop were flying under the radar as it seems, but regulator are catching up.