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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
FTFY.
Authors, a rather crucial set of "players in the book industry," don't seem to be rising en masse to speak out in opposition to the lawsuit & settlement agreements.
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Lester Thurow has spoken out strongly against the the DOJ action. Since he is president of the Author's Guild, he can be taken to to be speaking for his members.
Charles Stross has spoken out strongly on his blog.
Anne Patchett is also against it.
Mike Shatzkin has argued ( rightly, IMO) that in an Amazon-dominated world, authors will get less since Amazon will squeeze everyone in its supply chain and authors are just as much suppliers to Amazon as BPHs. So far, I 've seen no rational oppsition to that argument (Stross concurs with Shatzkin on that point.)