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Article: War of the words; Indie booksellers ask DOJ to investigate 'predatory' pricing.(SHOW)(ON THE EDGE)(Column)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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Byline: Kelly Jane Torrance, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Airline tickets, gasoline, video-game systems - a wide variety of products have been the target of price wars. It's been rare to see literature a part of that list, though, until now. Amazon.com Inc., Target Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are vying to undersell each other not on big-ticket items like big-screen televisions, but on mere books.
Wal-Mart began the battle by announcing its Web site would sell 10 of the most anticipated pre-orders of the season for $10. Amazon immediately matched the price, so Walmart.com lowered it again, to $9. Amazon matched that, and Wal-Mart went down a further 2 cents.
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