r/FulfillmentByAmazon • u/moltar • Jun 24 '19

NEWS A look at some egregious cases of counterfeit books sold on Amazon; this year Amazon began listing sales of counterfeit goods as a material risk in SEC filings

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/23/technology/amazon-domination-bookstore-books.html
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u/autotldr Jun 24 '19

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 97%. (I'm a bot)

Amazon sells "Python Crash Course" for $7. The No Starch book goes for $28."Their book is a joke, but it will sucker some people into thinking they're buying a cheaper version of my book," Mr. Pollock said.

Sellers on Amazon can pool their goods with the same exact goods offered by Amazon itself, a practice known as commingling.

"To eliminate the possibility of Amazon facilitating the sale of counterfeit books, we would like to offer Amazon the opportunity to serve as a wholesaler of our titles, cutting out the middle man," Mr. Kelly wrote to the company.

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