Melville house ought to have the courage of their convictions and set an example for all authors out there; if they think authors should stop linking to Amazon, they ought to stop selling through Amazon. There's still thousands of indies, B&N.com, Rakuten, and all sorts of department stores, supermarkets, and drugstores *eager* to bring culture to the masses.
After all, why should the authors be the only ones to bear the brunt of this quixotic crusade?
As is, I just heard that some authors are apparently making more money off their Amazon links than they get in royalties from their (traditional) publisher.
My first reaction was skepticism but then I remembered the stories of dodgy accounting at some publishers (Harlequin!).
