tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post3785316165298420696..comments2024-03-04T03:40:11.172-05:00Comments on No rules. Just write.: Print-on-demand pubs and their silly demandsBrenda Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-3205741344486324732008-04-21T20:59:00.000-04:002008-04-21T20:59:00.000-04:00Legal or not,ethical or not,good business or not:A...Legal or not,<BR/>ethical or not,<BR/>good business or not:<BR/>Amazon.com needs to<BR/>come down to earth<BR/>with the rest of <BR/>us humans.<BR/><BR/>Terry Finley<BR/><BR/>http://theterryfinleysite.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-60271513218545869252008-04-18T21:21:00.000-04:002008-04-18T21:21:00.000-04:00Douglas, every news item and blog post I've seen o...Douglas, every news item and blog post I've seen on this topic includes words like "blackmail" and "monopoly." Again and again, POD authors and publishers complain that Amazon is "forcing" them to use BookSurge.<BR/><BR/>That's ridiculous. POD authors and publishers <I>do</I> have a choice. <BR/><BR/>But then, so does Amazon. And Amazon has chosen not to promote the competitors of BookSurge.<BR/><BR/>Amazon isn't taking lollipops away from anyone. They've just stopped handing out free lollipops. And the spoiled children are throwing tantrums.Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-36250458097938640262008-04-18T17:17:00.000-04:002008-04-18T17:17:00.000-04:00Brenda, you are absolutely correct. This is nothin...Brenda, you are absolutely correct. This is nothing but whining by the POD pubs more akin to "It's not faaaaaiiiiir!" like my little girls might mewl when I won't let them do what they want. However, it's whining with the accoutrements of free speech, Mom, Pop, and apple pie — all to pressure Amazon.com from conducting business as it needs to. <BR/><BR/>"Waitaminute!" cries a young executive we'll call Jones. "Just why in heck are we hosting OTHER POD services in competition with our own?"<BR/><BR/>"Hey," mumbles Big Cheese. "Maybe Jones is onto something. That can't be very good for our bottom line."<BR/><BR/>The fact is that Amazon.com has their own POD division, and in a downturn economy is trying to figure out how to make it profitable. A monopoly would be if Amazon.com was pressuring ISPs and Hosts to not allow other POD pubs from conducting business.<BR/><BR/>In America, all these other POD publishers have the right to open their own bookstore online. The problem is that requires money, infrastructure, advertising, and, in short, work. Work which Amazon.com has already been done for them. These little remoras are afraid of getting cut off from the flow of money they're accustomed to.D.R. Cooteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com