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Originally Posted by Alfy
... it does bother me to see supermarket tactics invading the world of books, digital or not.
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You are not alone.
That precisely is why Amazon is so hated by the traditional publishing estsblishment: they brought 21st century pricing and marketing to the "gentile" world of "literature" and fixed prices.
Try this:
http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014...ening-keynote/
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"Amazon are evil bastards–I loath them, I fear them,” said best-selling British author Anthony Horowitz, giving the opening keynote speech at the London Book Fair’s Publishing for Digital Minds conference in London, quickly adding, “but I use them all the time because they’re wonderful and that’s part of the problem.”
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There is a snarky term for this: ADS -- Amazon Derangement Syndrome. It is where everything Amazon doesis by definition evil, but far worse (often illegal) activities are defended as perfectly fine when done by the establishment.
(Examples abound, but would definitely derail the thread.)
Fortunately, there is a simple, cheap cure for ADS.
