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By: #FollowReader: Controvers-E « Follow The Reader

#FollowReader: Controvers-E « Follow The Reader — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:51:02 +0000

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By: Gavin

Gavin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:56:51 +0000

I should point out that due to our evil “contracts” with the writers we have a “monopoly” on their books.

Hmm, our spin capitulates, er, capsizes before the storm of crap that Amazon is spinning.

Back to work.

By: John Ginsberg-Stevens

John Ginsberg-Stevens — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:06:52 +0000

Thanks for giving us the small publisher perspective. Knowing the margins and the actual impact (small or great) that Amazon has on its suppliers fills in some of the picture in this skirmish. This really seems to be less about money and more about maintaining position and control. It will be interesting to see if more publishers maneuver around Amazon as the ebook market grows.

It also still amazes me that people don’t understand how an ebook is a product of many people’s hard work. Click ‘n’ Get culture really obfuscates the human effort behind creative productions.

By: Cheryl's Mewsings » Blog Archive » An Alternative to Amazon?

Cheryl's Mewsings » Blog Archive » An Alternative to Amazon? — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:17:33 +0000

[...] One of those was how they would deal with small presses. Bearing in mind what people like Gavin Grant and Ben Jeapes have been saying about Amazon over the past few days, I didn’t want to get [...]

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uberVU - social comments — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:13:04 +0000

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By: Kathe

Kathe — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:29:35 +0000

“Amazon sold a couple of thousand copies of our paper books last year—and we just don’t care.”

Refreshing to see it said straight out – good for you. My Macmillan/FSG books are affected but I don’t care either. We live in interesting times.