&quot;Amazon were clearly operating a predatory monopoly&quot;<p>Nonsense. You could maybe argue that they were a monopsony, but even that is a stretch.<p>&quot;What seems to be happening is that the bestseller charts are being dogpiled by self-published titles on deep discount -- 99 cents to $2.99 seems to be typical.&quot;<p>Someone selling a product for less than your antiquated publisher sells it for is not &quot;predatory&quot;. Those authors are almost certainly making more per copy than you are.<p>The consumers are paying less. The authors are making more. What is the problem with this?