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Originally Posted by HarryT
Neither side is being "evil" - to even use that word is rather silly, IMHO. Both sides are simply trying to achieve an outcome that's best for their business.
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And they are still negotiating, trading terms back and forth.
Until the dickering stops and we see what they end up with we can't even begin to tell if anything bad is going on.
But the ADS camp acts as if Amazon were automatically in the wrong just for asking for something. As if they should be happy to take whatever scraps the publisher deems appropriate. BOGU negotiations? Not Amazon. Unlike authors tied to tradpub contracts, they don't have to grin and bear it.