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I went to buy a book on Amazon (from an AW member no less. I’ve been meaning to check it out for a while now) and I was amazed to find sizable numbers of the book for sale for 1 penny. Some of them were new and some were used and in good condition. Being a natural sceptic I goggled the phenomenon and saw that the margin between what they receive for postage and what it actually costs them to post it, gives them a sixty pence profit, if they get the book for free. But how do they get the book for free? That is what bewilders me. There is actually only one copy of the actual book at a normal price for sale on Amazon. Does this mean the author gets nothing for any transactions involving the new books for sale at 1 penny?