Thread: Publishers Weekly: Will the Agency Model Survive?
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Old 05-19-2014, 07:08 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
It's not like pointing out the stupidity of Hachette's tactics equals cheering for Amazon.
Purely a straw man. As I have said many, many times, I use Amazon quite frequently and am very satisfied with their service. I like Amazon just fine, thank you very much.

What I'm pointing out is the pure hypocrisy of beating on Apple for offering the publishers an option to Amazon's take it or leave it approach, while cheering Amazon for using their near monopoly position to strong arm suppliers.
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