05-19-2008, 08:36 PM | #1 | |
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Amazon sued by POD publisher
Do you remember the ruckus a couple months back about Amazon threatening small publishers? Well, guess what. It looks like Amazon may have broken the law.
BookLocker.com has filed an antitrust suit against Amazon.com. Quote:
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05-19-2008, 10:10 PM | #2 |
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05-20-2008, 05:14 AM | #3 |
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Oh well, the giant may fight and make peace treatments, repeat all of this again and again. The most important it doesn't hurt us.
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05-20-2008, 10:29 AM | #4 |
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The case appears to be based on the statements of one Amazon salesperson, who may well have been out of line when he spoke. Without more, it is hard to judge the strength of plaintiff's position, but if that's all there is to it, I think the case is weak.
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05-24-2008, 06:16 AM | #5 |
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I think you are misreading the filing. The named individual in the filing is simply the person who wrote to this particular publisher. The point of the class action is that they claim that Amazon has communicated with other POD publishers in the same terms. Such a move has been widely reported and commented upon, so the case is unlikely to rely on the actions of one rogue salesperson.
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05-24-2008, 06:20 AM | #6 |
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I wouldn't be so sure. If Amazon win the case, what is to stop them doing the same to small publishers when it comes to ebooks i.e. you can only publish in Mobipocket and on the Kindle if you agree not to publish in other formats.
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05-24-2008, 06:27 AM | #7 |
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Innocent until proven guilty...
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05-24-2008, 12:28 PM | #8 | |
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Nothing of the above says you can't sell the book somewhere else and use another POD service at all. BOb |
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05-26-2008, 11:35 AM | #10 |
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Monopoly isn't illegal. Abusing monopoly is. The claim seems to be that Amazon abuses its dominant position, much like Microsoft does.
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05-26-2008, 01:04 PM | #11 |
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Today POD, tomorrow ebooks
Amazon is set to become the world's largest digital publisher. As digital books take off and start accounting for an ever-increasing percentage of book sales, authors may bypass traditional publishers and POD printers altogether and go straight to Amazon and other digital publishers where they get 35% royalty or more.
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05-27-2008, 03:30 PM | #13 |
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