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Message   Arelor    August Abolins   indie bookseller's day   May 1, 2023
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  Re: indie bookseller's day
  By: August Abolins to Arelor on Sun Apr 30 2023 12:59 pm

 > Meanhile, I've noticed that A-n has had fewer and fewer books
 > qualifying for their usual "discounts".  And, many times I've
 > seen totally incorrect HIGHER prices. Their retail prices can
 > be artifically inflated too: eg. a book that is normally $20
 > retail, they would "list" as $25, and then they would fudge the
 > "discount" to make it appear that there is a greater discount
 > than elsewhere - such as at an independent!

Amazon long term goal is to get rid of sellers altogether. They don't want you
to sell a book through them and get a cut anymore. They want to sell the book
themselves.

Or the home appliance, or the power drill, or the...

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