Are The Mega-Chain Bestseller Price Wars Illegal?
The ABA seems to think so:
The Board of Directors of the American Booksellers Association today sent the following letter to the U.S. Department of Justice requesting that it investigate practices by Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, and Target that it believes constitute illegal predatory pricing that is damaging to the book industry and harmful to consumers.
On the other hand, isn’t paying more than $8.99 for Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue” a crime of another kind?
Read the ABA’s angry letter after the jump-
October 22, 2009
The Honorable Christine Varney
Assistant Attorney General
Antitrust Division
U.S.
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