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Amazon Accuses Someone Else of Monopolizing Bookselling

September 2, 2009. Amazon made it official today, filing a brief in the Google case claiming that someone else might gain a monopoly in bookselling.  It seems we're compelled to state the obvious:

Amazon's hypocrisy is breathtaking.  It dominates online bookselling and the fledgling e-book industry.  At this moment it's trying to cement its control of the e-book industry by routinely selling e-books at a loss.  It won't do that forever, of course.  Eventually, when enough readers are locked in to its Kindle, everyone in the industry expects Amazon to squeeze publishers and authors.  The results could be devastating for the economics of authorship.  

Amazon apparently fears that Google could upend its plans.  Amazon needn't worry, really:  this agreement is about out-of-print books.  Its lock on the online distribution of in-print books, unfortunately, seems secure.

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