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who's the bad guy here? amazon or macmillian? i'm sorry, but its amazon.
i think macmillian's stance against amazon is a very good thing and what apple has done is also a very good thing. apple is giving publishers a fair shake and a fair cut of profit from the sale of e-books which is something amazon pretty much never did. they have been undercutting everyone with the hopes of driving everyone else out of the market, at which point they would then drive back up prices. all the while they've been screwing publishers and authors. this is why i definitely won't buy a kindle. i like to save a few bucks here and there just like the next guy, but what i care about are books and books are created by authors and publishers, not amazon. so then if i buy an e-book from amazon for $10, why should amazon get $7 and the author and publisher get only $3? that's completely backwards.
at this point, the more publishers that do JUST like macmillian and turn their back on amazon, the better.
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