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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
We really need to stop using phrases like "drive to commoditize books" as if it's a new concept invented by Amazon--or even relevant/accurate for that matter. Books are commodities. Have been for a long time. So are the authors who write them. Have been for even longer. The problem publishers (and some authors) have is that Amazon is threatening the stranglehold that they have historically held on those commodities. Nothing more, nothing less.
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You realize you are effectively telling them to shut up, right?
If they didn't have the "commoditization of books" and "guardianship of literature" 100 year old whines they would nothing to say.
