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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I would guess that the NY book elite types probably have a certain disdain for Amazon.
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Ya think?
It's the old elitist snobbery at work.
Same as when paperbacks first appeared and when paperback originals appeared or when TV took over. Lots of snide remarks and gloom and doom hand-wringing.
This time, of course, they are ascribing all the "evils" of the new age to one company instead of spreading the hate around. Amazon sells books cheap, they help used pbooks find new readers, they enabled an actual ebook industry to bloom, and (worst of all) they provide a level playing field for indie publishers of all stripes; from small presses to hybrid authors to newbie author/publishers.
People who have a vested interest in the ancien regime are (only now) starting to realize that ebooks are not a fad, after all, and that the ripples are rocking the row boat just a little too strongly for their taste.