04-01-2008, 11:06 AM | #46 |
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04-01-2008, 05:06 PM | #47 |
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Doesn't change my personal feelings about keeping the government out of markets unless and until absolutely necessary.
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04-01-2008, 05:10 PM | #48 |
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Amazon's "Open Letter" on the issue.
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Thanks, Taylor; I think that proves that these "blackmail" theories are utterly without foundation. This, in particular, seems extremely reasonable to me:
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Yeah. I admit I was all geared up to hate the big evil company. But their position is actually understandable, and certain arguments (such as pick and pack for mixed orders [POD and pre-printed]) are hard to refute.
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04-02-2008, 01:14 PM | #51 |
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I agree with Harry on this point. The yellow water coming down does indeed mean it's raining outside.
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04-02-2008, 01:32 PM | #52 |
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"Let us have 5 copies of the book to stock so that we can immediately supply the customer so that they don't have to wait for the POD printer to ship the book to us"
Curious definition of "blackmail", that. I'd call it "improving the customer experience". Good on Amazon for putting the customer's interests first. |
04-02-2008, 02:54 PM | #53 |
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I just read the PR again, and nowhere does it mention the claim that Amazon threatened POD publishers. Amazon ignored this claim, which leads me to conclude that it is true.
P.S Here is a definition. blackmail - (verb) to exert pressure on someone through threats http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=blackmail |
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