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What? Do you mean that repetition of the same nonsense over and over doesn't convince you?
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Hey, here's a french source:
http://www.actualitte.com/economie/l...azon-50368.htm My high school french is too rusty to trust on this, so Google translate to the rescue! https://translate.google.com/transla...htm&edit-text= Hhm, maybe it's google filtering out vitriol, but I see no end of civilization histeria in France. They do note, though: Quote:
All, in all, it looks like the Amazon is evil hysteria hasn't crossed the atlantic. Anybody got a better translation handy? Last edited by fjtorres; 06-02-2014 at 06:26 PM. |
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Hachette is not David to Amazon's Goliath, however they want to portray themselves as such. It is backed by a family that owns half of the French press and has excellent political connections, and has had no qualms using both against Amazon when fighting on their home ground. |
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Hachette's 2013 profit was the highest, by far, they experienced in the past five years. And industry leader Bertelsmann had its highest profits since 2006 last year -- largely due to acquisition of the 50 Shades franchise from indiedom. Think how much money that piece of stodgy ineptitude netted. Is this a reason to be on the publishers' side? Of course not. But it does indicate that their business strategies may make some sense. Amazon may have resolved to push hard against the publishers not because they are stuck in the 20th century, but because publishers have managed the digital transition so well, at least, financially. As for evil, I wouldn't say that about any of them. But not so nice? Yes. Amazon and the big five are similarly absent from the best places to work lists. But Amazon is far more likely to get reviews like this: http://gawker.com/i-do-not-know-one-...zon-1572478351 |
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All I know is that I want to avoid a world where Amazon is the only source for e-books I want to read. The combination of their walled garden and their publishing ambitions bothers me. Can't get Ian Flemming anywhere else, for example.
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That's more the Fleming estates fault than Amazons though, they (re)published them themselves, they seem to have subbed the UK rights to Random House so UK readers can get them pretty much anywhere.
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Seattle indie bookstore jabs at Amazon, enters Hachette fray with promise to hand-deliver J.K. Rowling’s new novel
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Now let's see them hand-deliver a million copies. Or even a thousand. If Hachette really relied on Indies it would be great but any Indie bookstore offering 20% discount is paddling upstream in white water; B&N routinely offers 30% and Walmart 40%. The headline is nice and uplifting but it changes the situation not one bit. All it does is highlight the BPHs' well known favoritism towards bulk peddlers. (Now, if Hachette enabled Indies to price match Walmart, that would be news.) Anyway, relying on B&M retailers, like the olden days, just means that they are going to lose lots of sales in rural areas and the smaller communities without bookstores. Lots of announcements lately but little meat, so far. Last edited by fjtorres; 06-04-2014 at 07:11 AM. |
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Edited to add: Whoops--they already charged my card. Bad form for them to charge the card for a product that not only hasn't shipped yet, but won't be shipping for 2 weeks! Last edited by shalym; 06-04-2014 at 07:21 AM. |
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