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kleinbl00  ·  3639 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Once each year, Amazon offers employees up to $5k to quit.

BN tried to buy Ingram back in '98 so that Amazon would be forced to buy from them. The sale was blocked on anti-trust grounds because it would be bad for independent booksellers.





b_b  ·  3639 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Turns out they were able to crush small booksellers as competitors :D And all is right in the world of capitalism.