The board of the ABA has written to the Department of Justice, asking for a meeting to the discuss the deep-discounting of high profile books and suggesting that it “constitutes illegal predatory pricing that is damaging to the book industry and harmful to consumers…. We believe that Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, and Target are using these predatory pricing practices to attempt to win control of the market for hardcover bestsellers.” They blame Amazon for starting it all with ebooks, and note “we believe the loss-leader pricing of digital content also bears scrutiny.” Beyond that, the letter does not set any legal basis […]
