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Originally Posted by DD1509
That is a silly comment. The publishers and authors continue to make a fine living, without Amazon and they most likely would increase their ability to make money with Amazon.
The publishers signed the deal with Amazon. You think the publishers would have signed the deal if it hurt them in any manner??? They loved every inch of the agreement.
Amazon is not the bad guy by any stretch of the imagination.
I find your logic terribly flawed.
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I agree. It's more the publishers here that are trying to control the market and the money, in the same manner as the music business did for ages, screwing over the artist and cheating them out of their rights. The same thing is happens in the publishing industry but it's a lot more subtle. We're going to be much better off once we get to a "new place" in the way this all works and in particular by cutting out the corporate middle that consumes most of the profit -- particularly in a digital media world.