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Originally Posted by gmw
Thanks for trying, but I'm still not convinced that there's anything in it for me (whichever way it goes).
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As I said, you can disagree with them, I just thought, in answer to your question
"What exactly do they think is in it for me?"
it was pretty clear what they were CLAIMING was in it for you.
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How exactly is using me, as an author, in Amazon's big business dispute with Hachette, supposed to show "solidarity against using authors as pawns in the dispute". Isn't there something just a little skewed with that? Or is it just me?
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An ally is not the same thing as a pawn.
A queen might make the same move as a pawn. That doesn't make them equal.
Amazon wants KDP authors as allies, against "Authors United" who purports to be Hachette's ally.
The pawns, in Amazon's view, are Hachette's authors, who's sales will suffer if Hachette doesn't negotiate or accept Amazon's offers to take them out of the equation during the dispute, and those authors have no control or say in the matter.
Again, you can disagree with their view.