Thread: Amazon offers indie authors reward for going exclusive
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Old 04-09-2012, 12:54 AM   #451
Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by rhadin View Post
This approach reminds me of this quote:

[snip Martin Niemoller]



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?
1. Yeah, because Amazon is *just like* the Nazis. Come on, get some perspective.

2. Again, *this never happens*.
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