Hey, Amazon: Do You Really NEED Total Market Domination?
This is the sort of post that’s often directed against Microsoft. But this time, Microsoft is the victim.
After last year’s skeevy maneuver of making it very difficult for on-demand-printed authors to do their printing anywhere else besides one of Amazon’s own printing companies, now it has announced it’s discontinuing support for rival e-book formats, such as those form Microsoft and Adobe.
Sigh. Will someone please tell them that the old cutthroat competition model is dead? And that customers don’t like to be bullied? Amazon’s model used to be about choice–remember “Earth’s largest selection”? What happened?
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New blog post: Hey, Amazon: Do You Really NEED Total Market Domination? https://tinyurl.com/ajnmkk
Yes, I guess it’s here we go again. In my opinion, it would be nice if Amazon would realize several things:
1. Writers & publishers (we) would prefer to get along with Amazon and would be happy with a win-win situation that is simply fair to all parties
2. We are a big part of how Amazon got to be where it is today
3. We just want avenues where we can sell our books, print or digital, and make a decent profit
4. There are enough companies worldwide currently wreaking havoc on individuals, families, businesses do we really need to fuel that fire?
There has to be a better way. How about trying to be part of the solution instead of the problem.
Yes, I guess it’s here we go again. In my opinion, it would be nice if Amazon would realize several things:
1. Writers & publishers (we) would prefer to get along with Amazon and would be happy with a win-win situation that is simply fair to all parties
2. We are a big part of how Amazon got to be where it is today
3. We just want avenues where we can sell our books, print or digital, and make a decent profit
4. There are enough companies worldwide currently wreaking havoc on individuals, families, businesses do we really need to fuel that fire?
There has to be a better way. How about trying to be part of the solution instead of the problem.