[BearMountainBooks]

THanks for posting that Fjorres. I thought it was a pretty calm response, as well as professional.

I didn't care for Smashword's article on the subject. I found it slanted and "talking his book." It's in Mark's best interests to get people to use Smashwords and diversify so while I agree that diversifying is very important, I thought there was a bit too much fear-mongering and slanting in the way some of the info was presented.

Amazon is in a powerful position, but publishers and indies have helped put them there. It isn't too late to do something about that, but I think it's important to stick to facts. People can and do still buy from other vendors. More authors are starting to put links to other retailers on their blogs, especially after this incident. That's been a long time in coming.