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Originally Posted by elcreative
Then your independent publisher agreed to these terms and it doesn't matter how vague things are, basically the T&Cs say that they can do almost whatever they want, yup looks like ass-covering to me as well but the damn things must have been agreed to or the book would never have appeared... and it isn't illegal until a court determines the T&Cs are unfair practice... Amazon and other companies rely on likely complainants being financially unable to go to court or, if they do, be unable to stay the course.
Don't have a go at me, I'm on your side as to fairness etc of your treatment but whether your books violate their ideas or not doesn't matter when the T&Cs say they pull a book for any reason if they feel like it... life ain't fair... figure out a way round it, get your book published somewhere else, set up your own website, get their actions publicised somewhere that matters, where people may notice and support you... you need to get some serious muscle on your side so that Amazon may actually do something if the publicity gets bad enough... bitching on here may be satisfying but it isn't exactly CNN or the New York Times etc.
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Why do you think I haven't? I'm a member of the ACLU and have asked them to consider this. I'd notified people all over the world as to what Amazon's doing. I'm not just screaming on this blog; I'm also screaming on FaceBook and my own blog and blogs I follow and newspapers about it.