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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
So it's just a coincidence they air conditioned their warehouses after that Allentown newspaper exposed the conditions?
And why do you think the publishers have succeeded in reinstating agency? What happenned to prevent a repeat of the Macmillan book pulling or the Hachette dispute? Looks to me like what you call rants did touch them.
What about the New York Times article on callous treatment of employees who are ill or experiencing extreme family crises? It's too soon to be sure, but I'm both hoping and expecting that Amazon has indeed, once again, been touched, and in a good way.
Compared to old-fashioned strong labor unions, and the mid-twentieth century small-business protective anti-trust approach, the touch provided by media exposes is on the weak side. But it ain't nothing either. |
What I found amusing about both MacMillan and Hatchette was exactly 1 day after the so-called disputes were over, they had $1.99 sales at Amazon.
Sorry but they knew they were going to sign new contracts. So the disputes were nothing but media hype.