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Originally Posted by jmaloney
Well, they both seem to be saying that they'd prefer not to have to deal with either Amazon or Macmillan (or other big publishing houses). But I don't know that they're staunchly against it. Doctorow even linked to the same Scalzi post I did, saying, "John Scalzi brings the sarcasm and the smarts in this cogent analysis..." And in another post, he links to a different Scalzi post, this time saying "John Scalzi says smart things about the Macmillan/Amazon spat." I don't see that as him disagreeing at all with what Scalzi's saying. |
Perhaps that's because you're taking bits and pieces of Doctorow's article, rather than reading it in its entirety. It's clear to me that Doctorow is against Macmillan's actions. He can also freely admire Scalzi's reasoning, and disagree with his position.
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I don't know that he either misspoke or fails to understand the difference. From here (emphasis mine):
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"net sales" in this case is the wholesale price the retailer pays for the book. Not the price the retailer sells the book for. There are two "sales" here: wholesaler->retailer, and retailer->customer.