It does seem pretty damn snarky of Amazon to decide it won't sell any POD books except those printed by Book Surge. I don't have any POD books out there with any publisher, but it still makes me mad to see a giant like Amazon throw its weight behind its one trading partner. Makes me wonder if Bill Gates bought Amazon and no one noticed? This is just the kind of marketing ploy that made Microsoft the company everyone loves to hate.
Tempest in our teapot
It does seem pretty damn snarky of Amazon to decide it won't sell any POD books except those printed by Book Surge. I don't have any POD books out there with any publisher, but it still makes me mad to see a giant like Amazon throw its weight behind its one trading partner. Makes me wonder if Bill Gates bought Amazon and no one noticed? This is just the kind of marketing ploy that made Microsoft the company everyone loves to hate.
-
The curse of YA, or Why is Harry Potter an orphan?
I saw a link on Neil Gaiman's Facebook page to this NYT Books section essay about how prevalent bad or missing parents are in YA fiction. It's a…
-
More on "sticky books"
Since my post of the other day, I have decided that either kids' books are more likely to be inherently sticky or that things we read when young are…
-
And a little child shall lead them
The subject line refers not to religion, but to publishing. The Washington Post did away with their print Book World standalone section, which used…
- Post a new comment
- 0 comments
- Post a new comment
- 0 comments