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Originally Posted by Lemurion
Amazon removed the buy buttons. That cost the authors money. Macmillan has not made any changes as yet.
Whether Macmillan's agency idea is a good one or not has no bearing on the fact that Amazon's action hurt authors.
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The only reason Amazon did what it did was BECAUSE OF MACMILLAN. It wouldn't have happened otherwise. IT IS MACMILLAN that cost its own authors money if any was lost. This is like arguing lost sales due to piracy. And futhermore it will be MACMILLAN that will cost their authors more money in the future by raising prices and increasing piracy.