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06-13-2012, 11:30 AM | #32 |
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Yup. People are fine with discussing it informally but are less likely to post a letter. The reality is that most people don't know where to send the info and are not invested enough to look it up. Most don't know that they can submit a comment.
What is more surprising to me is that more authors have not sent comments. I would have thought that the indie authors would have been more proactive in submitting comments. |
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Do people deserve what they get when they do not understand the complexity of the legal system and how to go about submitting letters, comments, or briefs? Or is it that people have been not been educated enough on how the Judicial system works to understand that they can do these things? I know about some of this because I have a PhD in Political Science and have friends who study Judicial Politics. I did not take any classes in that field, I focused on International Relations and Comparative Politics, so am by no means an expert. If I barely understand the process, after many years of specialized training, why would I expect that someone who enjoys reading but has never been a part of a law suit to know what they can and cannot do when a case like this comes up. I think your expectations are far too high. I would be thrilled if more then half of my students in American Government could name the President of the United States and knew how many states there are in the US. Heck, only 25% of my students knew how many Supreme Court Justices there are and only 10% knew who the Chief Justice is. Asking them to understand how to comment on a Federal Court Case is more then just a small reach. |
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06-13-2012, 11:59 AM | #34 |
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06-13-2012, 12:02 PM | #35 |
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1. If retailers can go back to deep discounting of BPH titles, that will cut deeply into indie sales. 2. Right now, Amazon are the indie's friends. Long term, indie writers are Amazon suppliers and if Amazon becomes more dominant, then they can effortlessly squeeze the indies. Consider this scenario : "I'm sorry, but because of changes in the market, we will have to offer you 50 per cent on royalties instead of 70 per cent. And to participate in the KDP program , you are going to have to give us 150 days' exclusivity, not 90." If 90% or more of your sales are through Amazon, then your only option is pretty much to smile and bend over. Indie writers are therefore likely to sit out this one, for the most part. Of course, The Konrath Group is probably going to send a pro-settlement letter. They think that Amazon is unlikely to squeeze them, for whatever reason. |
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And the courts are not supposed to be swayed by public opinion in the same way as an elected representative. Their yardstick ought to be whether the settlement is consistent with the law, and is a minimally acceptable resolution of the issue. It's also rather rare for a judge to actually overturn a settlement. It does happen, but either the settlement needs to be really egregious, or the judge has to really think there's a notable public benefit to a trial, to nix a settlement. |
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If they've agreed with the settlement/what the DoJ are doing, they're not going to have an overwhelming urge to write in. If the DoJ was coming out in favour of publishers, which people disagreed with, I'm sure you'd find a boat load of letters making their way to the DoJ (after a period of internet/paper calls for action).
People tend to react in greater numbers when they disagree with something. In addition, I doubt many people are even aware of the comments period. At best they'll have read headlines in the papers saying ebook prices may fall or amazon may be handed a monopoly or publishers under fire from DoJ (take your pick/make up your own). Either way, I'd be surprised if more than a tiny fraction of those who read about the DoJ case know anything more than a superficial overview and have no idea/nor care about the comments period. |
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