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TheVenerableCain  ·  3424 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: WALMART: Going after the heart of the Amazon Beast

Thank you for the articles. Follow-up question on this piece in particular.

    Amazon had been demanding a larger cut of the price of Hachette books it sells; when Hachette balked, Amazon began disrupting the publisher’s sales. Hachette books weren’t banned outright from Amazon’s site, but Amazon began delaying their delivery, raising their prices, and/or steering customers to other publishers.

Is this legal? It almost seems like extortion. "Pay our price or we'll disrupt your livelihood."