Thread: Amazon's vertical integration/monopoly
View Single Post
Old 06-30-2016, 05:33 AM   #463
darryl
Wizard
darryl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.darryl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.darryl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.darryl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.darryl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.darryl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.darryl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.darryl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.darryl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.darryl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.darryl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
darryl's Avatar
 
Posts: 3,108
Karma: 60231510
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Australia
Device: Kobo Aura H2O, Kindle Oasis, Huwei Ascend Mate 7
Quote:
Originally Posted by Josieb1 View Post
I used to buy a lot of books from small publishers like Dreamspinner Press and a small ebook retailer called Allromance but since the UK tax increase was implemented last year and now with the value of the pound against the dollar Amazon is the cheapest place to buy the ebooks I want. Proprietary format or not I just buy from the cheapest place. I know it's bad for the authors but I can't afford to pay £6/7 for a book compared to £3/4 on Amazon.
It's not necessarily bad for the authors. But its certainly not good news for the publishers.
darryl is offline   Reply With Quote