They pulled a Walmart. Sell at a loss (you're huge can can absorb it), gobble up market share, put the competitors out of business, now you're the only game in town.
That is something no one is talking about. For years, Amazon was just about the cheapest for books; 30-50% off cover price was routine.
I was ordering some novels recently, and they were all cover price- there would be no reason to bother ordering from Amazon at that point, except the only bookstore left in town is Barnes & Noble and they didn't have the books I wanted on the shelf.
They pulled a Walmart. Sell at a loss (you're huge can can absorb it), gobble up market share, put the competitors out of business, now you're the only game in town.
That is something no one is talking about. For years, Amazon was just about the cheapest for books; 30-50% off cover price was routine.
I was ordering some novels recently, and they were all cover price- there would be no reason to bother ordering from Amazon at that point, except the only bookstore left in town is Barnes & Noble and they didn't have the books I wanted on the shelf.