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To me, anti-competitive means Amazon colluding with or sabotaging a "competitor" such as Barnes&Noble[1] or Apple iBooks[2]. The dispute between Amazon and Hat

by jasode 12y ago

To me, anti-competitive means Amazon colluding with or sabotaging a "competitor" such as Barnes&Noble[1] or Apple iBooks[2]. The dispute between Amazon and Hatchette is a fight between a retailer and a supplier. Same as Costco/Walmart and a manufacturer, or a broadcast network NBC with NFL football, or TV series production and an actor's contract renewal. All negotiating parties use whatever market leverage they have to get the most favorable terms possible. Hatchette can still sell via B&N, iBooks, ebay, open their own e-commerce site, etc. Amazon's hardball tactics are not barring any of those options for the book publisher. [1]http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/j-k-rowling?store=allproducts&keyword=j+k+rowling http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/j-k-rowling?store=allproduct... [2]http://www.apple.com/ibooks/ http://www.apple.com/ibooks/

smacktoward 12y ago
> Same as Costco/Walmart and a manufacturer Walmart, of course, being notorious for using its huge market position to force costs onto suppliers. That's part of how it gets the low prices: because if you sell at retail, and you don't agree your product should costs what Walmart thinks it should cost, you find yourself locked out of a giant part of the economy.
- Turing_Machine 12y ago
  Walmart and Amazon sell products at the lowest price possible. That's what they do. If you aren't willing to sell at the lowest price possible, you need to be in a different market. Neither they nor their customers owe you a certain profit margin.