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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
Some people don't know how the whole thing works, but others just draw their lines in different places. I totally understand your concerns, but mine are different, which is why we make different choices. It doesn't mean I have a casual attitude towards Amazon, it simply means that my line for adjusting my own choices is in a different place. We can't all make "big picture" decisions all the time.
I've just been villified (privately, not on the forum) because I refuse to stop buying Penguin books and my reason wasn't good enough. A few of you might already guess my reason - Roc is a Penguin imprint, and that's where Harry Dresden lives. It's a point I will not compromise on. I'm gonna read what I want to read.
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I'm not trying to give the impression that I feel someone else has to make my decisions - but I can't understand the vilification of Penguin when Amazon and Overdrive has just as big (if not bigger) a part to play in this mess.
But I've read pages and pages of outrage and anger at Penguin - while brushing off the whole idea of the breaking of the contract between Penguin (and what sounds like other publishers) and OD by OD - which gives Amazon an unfair business advantage.
So - for me - the majority of this thread feels very lopsided. There's more to this situation than "Penguin hates libraries!" and that is what's bothering me.
ETA: I bet you that if Apple had opened up library lending in this way - by getting the library loan shuttled through Apple's own servers and then emailing people to purchase books they borrowed first - MR would be in an UPROAR and the name calling and flaming would commence.