Re: How Book Publishers Can Beat Amazon

Also:

http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/robinsono-patman-amazon-the-publishers-and-the-aba-wheres-the-lawsuit/


On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Robotech_Master <[email protected]> wrote:

> There's just the wee little wrinkle that volume discounts are a legal
> defense to Robinson-Patman accusations. And if you can demonstrate to me a
> book retailer who moves more volume than Amazon, I'll eat my hat.
>
> From
> http://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws/price-discrimination-robinson-patman
>
> Q: I operate two stores that sell compact discs. My business is being
> ruined by giant discount chains that sell their products for less than my
> wholesale cost. What can I do?
>
> A: Discount chains may be able to buy compact discs at a lower wholesale
> price because it costs the manufacturer less, on a per-unit basis, to deal
> with large-volume customers. If so, the manufacturer may have a "cost
> justification" defense to the differential pricing and the policy would not
> violate the Robinson-Patman Act.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:05 AM, josephHarris joe9438-/[email protected]
> [ebook-community] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Chris,
>>
>> You are spot on, of course, with that comment. But there is more to it
>> with Amazon. I've now understood the purpose of the Robinson-Patman Act in
>> the US, which has been ignored. This article discusses it:
>> http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/6/amazon-books-hachetteantitrustbusiness.html
>> .
>>
>> That doesn't alter the distribution point you soundly make. But that is
>> also why no single company should be permitted to concentrate distribution
>> into itself. Another law area ignored with Amazon [and maybe Google] seems
>> to be the anti-trust one.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>> On 02/06/2014 21:36, 'Chris Smith' [email protected] [ebook-community]
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> So publishers want to sell something in return for money? Welcome to
>> Retailing Business 101.
>>
>> It's been like this for a very, very, long time - but maybe just not for
>> publishers.
>>
>> http://www.fastcompany.com/47593/wal-mart-you-dont-know
>>
>> What I saw in your article was publishing companies that seem to have
>> skipped over the lesson about diversifying their distribution, and the
>> risks of not doing so. Fixing that has always been something within their
>> control.
>>
>> josephHarris joe9438-/[email protected] [ebook-community] wrote:
>> >
>> > How Book Publishers Can Beat Amazon
>> >
>> > By BOB KOHNMAY 30, 2014
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/opinion/how-book-publishers-can-beat-amazon.html
>> >
>> > "But there was a problem. When a company has dominant market power and
>> > sells goods for below marginal cost, it is engaging in predatory
>> > pricing, a violation of federal antitrust laws"
>> >
>> > "All was well until the Justice Department, supported by a white paper
>> > supplied to it by Amazon, filed an ill-advised lawsuit against Apple and
>> > five of the major book publishers for antitrust violations."
>> >
>> > In tune with my comments over the past few years on these topics.
>> >
>> > Joseph Harris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
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