Article: Book Pricing, the DOJ Lawsuit, and EBooks

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I haven't seen an article before that so broadly sums up what happened with the Big Six(Five), Apple, and Amazon, and then its impacts on the industry:

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12...ment-of-justice-publishing-lawsuit-apple-ipad

The "consolidation" they talk about is sobering to think about. I hate the impact Amazon has had on the publishing industry, but for the life of me I don't know what the solution is outside of another behemoth trying to slug it out with them, which as the article points out is not a healthy state of affairs for any industry.
 

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Consolidation and then monopolies are happening in every industry in the States. I would think that the solution would be some actual enforcement of antitrust laws.
 

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Ah, I remember that timeline now! I think it's the first place I learned the ins and outs of what happened. Thanks for linking to it again!