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Publishers And Booksellers See A 'Predatory' Amazon

Posted at 5:17PM Monday 23 Jan 2012

Booksellers and publishers are worried that Amazon is going to devour their industry. The giant online retailer seems to have its hands in all aspects of the business, from publishing books to selling them — and that has some in the book world wondering if there is any end to Amazon's influence.

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