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And it protects customers from getting too many books.

• teamonkey 13y ago
  It's in the publishers' best interest to set a suitable RRP value. Too high and their sales would be eaten up by used copies (which aren't subject to this same law).
  • FeloniousHam 13y ago
    How would this play out in the current ebook marketplace? There are no used ebooks to put the squeeze on printed "new" ebook price.
    • teamonkey 13y ago
      ebook prices are moderated by the same price-demand rules as everything else. Availability of a cheaper hardcopy of the book vs. utility and desirability as an ebook; availability of a pirated version vs. the desire to own a legal copy; etc.