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Is it blackmail? For any existing POD publishers on Amazon, it probably is.
Not just the idea of having to use their service (which is simply galling IMHO) - but the expense of having to move existing files from another service to one which you really don't want to use just so you can stay on their service cannot be underestimated. I'm in the middle of helping set up a new database at my current employer - and the cost of having to find, upload and update old information is nothing minor. There's the hours of reloading info, the hoping that said info is even accepted by the new service... I could go on.
Not to mention the fees they are going to charge on top of all this.
Going to make me think twice about where I order my next book online.
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