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This publisher was selling books at a high price point to schools and a low price point to Amazon. Then, when the school discovered this, they bought them through Amazon. Umm, duh?

Alternative title suggestion: Amazon made it hard for us to fleece schools.

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I don't think that the pricing structure you describe is mentioned in the article. Maybe the books were the same retail price in both cases and the school chose Amazon because (for example) it made the accounting easier. Kind of weakens your argument, I think.

Not really. It's perfectly reasonable for the school to choose the better seller, whether the advantage is price, shipping speed, ease of accounting, etc.

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