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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Always remember: there are two (at least) sides to every story.
We are hearing really only one side--Hachette's and the liberal, big-business haters in the mainstream media. Have we heard Amazon's side of the story? I haven't, but I would like to; I'm sure that things would look a whole lot different then.
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Well then, wouldn't it behoove Amazon to get their side of the story out? Could it be that their side of the story is that Hachette is totally correct about Amazon?
I don't have a problem with Amazon playing hardball, but when you play hardball, then it's pretty hard to claim the moral high road or expect sympathy. I suspect that is why Amazon's only public comment was basically, sure we are playing hardball, what of it? Hachette could have decided to play hardball back, and pulled their product from Amazon. I believe that Penguin did that to Amazon a number of years back. Instead they decided to take things public and get public opinion to put pressure on Amazon. So far, they have gotten public opinion on their side. We will see if it works or not.