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@BearMountainBooks:
I appreciate the insight into the situation, by the way. Didn't mean to suggest we were necessarily "at odds." You just happened to be the last person to mention the "Amazon isn't 'on your side'" thing.
I find the motive aspect to be largely irrelevant when it comes to sellers or buyers—a meaningless distinction. People aren't going to stick with them for long if Amazon's business goals suddenly started resulting in customers having to jump through more hoops (than they would somewhere else), or having to spend more money (than they would somewhere else) to utilize their services. So for all practical purposes, many readers/consumers and Amazon ARE currently on the same side. Even if it's only a temporary, somewhat incidental alliance of convenience.
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