Comment Re:Abuse of dominant marketshare... (Score 1) 297
No comment on the technical legality of Amazon's de-listing, but it's certainly an abuse of power by conventional standards.
No. Amazon sells eBooks for less than $10. MacMillan doesn't like that idea, and wants $15. Amazon is under no obligation to sell MacMillan's books if MacMillan won't agree to Amazon's terms.
I don't even like the idea of a $10 eBook, much less a $15 one, so I guess I won't be buying any MacMillan eBooks either....
My understanding of the article is that Amazon delisted ALL McMillan books, not just ebook versions that were impacted by the pricing change. I don't think Amazon has anything close to a monopoly on distribution of either physical or digital books, so there probably isn't anything illegal about this. It sounds shady as hell, though. It's basically using your large marketshare/leverage in one market to force your will on customers/vendors in another market.
