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Originally Posted by Connallmac
So Macmillan has the right to say that this is how much we want to charge for our product, but Amazon doesn't have the right to not sell it in protest? This is awfully twisted logic you're using....
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The new system was to go into place in March, and would only apply to e-books, not to dead tree which would be handled the same way as they currently are.
So rather than trying to deal with the situation over the next two months, Amazon exercised the nuclear option and removed all Macmillan product including that which was not in contention - and in so doing hurt people I know (authors).
It's not about Amazon refusing to sell e-books because they couldn't get the deal they wanted - which would be perfectly within their rights. It's that they pulled all the dead tree product and by so doing hurt people who were not directly involved and had no say in the matter.