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Originally Posted by J. Strnad
Maybe it's time to quit worrying about what they might do and look at what they do do and make the most of it. Yeah, maybe sometime in the future they'll try to make you eat broccoli, but that's when you take your stand and fight, not when things are going your way.
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This approach reminds me of this quote:
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"First they arrested the Communists -- but I was not a Communist, so I did nothing.
Then they came for the Social Democrats -- but I was not a Social Democrat, so I did nothing.
Then they arrested the trade unionists -- and I did nothing because I was not one.
And then they came for the Jews and then the Catholics, but I was neither a Jew nor a Catholic and I did nothing.
At last they came and arrested me -- and there was no one left to do anything about it."
Rev. Martin Niemoeller, Nazi Prison Survivor
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Once Amazon has effective control over the ebook marketplace, authors will have no choice but to do as Amazon says and accede to whatever demands Amazon may make. At that point authors will have little power to fight back. If an author can't get Amazon to change the terms of its contracts now when there is competition, what makes an author think he/she will be able to effectively fight back when there is no competition?