Dan Gillmor on Nostr: Amazon ebook pricing reflects its dominance in the marketplace -- for an 8-year-old ...
Amazon ebook pricing reflects its dominance in the marketplace -- for an 8-year-old book, the Kindle price is $12 while the paperback is just over $8.
Note: In order to sell Kindle books, publishers are NOT ALLOWED to have lower prices elsewhere.
That should be illegal.
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2024-07-29 04:07:02Event JSON
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