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Article: Latest battle in book price wars ; JEFF JACOBY
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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THE AMERICAN Booksellers Association loves people who buy books.
It loves them so much that it wants to protect them from wicked
retailers who sell popular titles at affordable prices. In fact, it
wants to protect them from themselves. Consumers, after all, are
likely to rejoice at the chance to pick up a bestseller like Stephen
King's "Under the Dome" or John Grisham's "Ford County" for just $9,
well below their list price of $35 and $24 respectively. The ABA, a
trade group for independent bookstores, is doing all it can to
preserve the republic from such pernicious bargains.
In a letter to the US Department of Justice last week, the
association called for an investigation into the ...