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		fryguy on March 8, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple gets smacked by $450M e-book price-fixing f... Amazon moved to an agency model for ebooks (where the publisher sets the price, and Amazon gets 30%) a few years back for this exact reason. So I think the answer to that is no. Amazon cannot sell an ebook at a loss because it doesn't set the price.

criddell on March 8, 2016 [–]

Wow, I didn't realize that. eBook prices still swing around a lot and I assumed that was Amazon.

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