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Hitler Rants on Book Publishing
April 6, 2010Tags:Amazon.com, andy ross, andy ross agency, ask the agent, bestseller, book publishing, bunker, buy button, charlie rose, churchill, e-books, german history, hitler, ipad, jeff bezos, kindle, Malcolm gladwell, mein kampf, out of print, roosevelt, steve jobs, world war II
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Amazon v. Authors: Let the Punishment fit the Crime
February 4, 2010The “buy” buttons on Amazon.com for Macmillan authors have still not been restored. It has been 7 days. In 1989, Barnes and Noble pulled all the books by Salman Rushdie from their shelves nationwide. People were not happy. Authors set up picket lines at BN stores. At least then Barnes & Noble was motivated by a concern for the safety of their employees. This week Amazon has effectively taken the same action. Their motivation is somewhat less humane . They are using authors as pawns in a strategy to maintain a monopoly.
I offer a modest proposal. With apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan, I ask authors to consider doing for Amazon what Amazon has done for them. Remove the Amazon link from your author website. Don’t restore their “button” until they restore your “button”. There are lots of other on-line booksellers who will be happy to sell your books on-line. Let me know what you think of this idea.
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Tags:Amazon.com, andy ross, andy ross agency, ask the agent, authors, buy button, Macmillan
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