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Originally Posted by Lemurion
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As for bullying, the only bullying tactic involved here was the removal of buy buttons: and that was Amazon's doing. The rest was all negotiations.
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Words.
Some people call thievery file sharing.
I clearly see it as the elephant (MacMillan) throwing it's weight around to get what it wants and it is not in order to benefit either consumers or authors. We need a completely new publication model for that to happen.
Amazon's reaction was a result of that assault, not something they would have done otherwise. Call it negotiation if you like.