it's obvious, the publishers were getting more than normal amount of money from apple, why wouldn't they stand for apple.
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Publishers in E-Book Antitrust Case File Objection to DOJ's Proposed Punishment for Apple
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No, in fact, with the agency model they received less money than with the wholesale model
Because they believe that Amazon's $9.99 price point for eBook best sellers was destroying the value of their product in the long term. Combined with their fear of a long term monopsony by Amazon in both paper and ebook markets.
oh... thanks for explaining.
And they were trying to protect hardcover market
I could be wrong, but weren't they making more on Ebook best sellers than hardcovers? I thought the wholesale price for each was the same ($12.50 or so).