Lose money on one book, earn it on three others because you have customers that are bought into your ecosystem. Also, prices subsidized by Kindle sales. The po

Lose money on one book, earn it on three others because you have customers that are bought into your ecosystem. Also, prices subsidized by Kindle sales. The point is that Publishers weren't losing. But, Amazon is not notorious for making profits, and I can understand how them dominating a market may be a bad thing. Doesn't justify Apple's tactic though.