So ... Amazon has been awesome for indie authors, right? Most of my own income has come from sales of books through Amazon, so they've been good for me.
However, it's also true that Amazon has recently engaged in practices that seem to be geared toward vanquishing their brick and mortar retail competition.
Or, to put it more mildly, in the words of Scott Turow, "A retailer is not expected to serve as a warming station for the homeless or a site for band practice. So it's worth wondering whether it's lawful for Amazon to encourage people to enter a store for the purpose of gathering pricing information for Amazon and buying from the Internet giant, rather than the retailer. Lawful or not, it's an example of Amazon's bare-knuckles approach."
Frankly, this lawyer is inclined to agree.
Now, as a business owner, I will continue to list my books with Amazon.
However, I will not back off from my position of supporting other retailers, because I think competition is important and indie bookstores serve a purpose other than simply selling books.
Oh, and here's another blog post about that controversial Amazon app thingy. Just another point of view worth considering.
And speaking of contradictory feelings, here's the latest review from the NY Times of the Kindle Fire.
And the Department of Justice is investigating who???? Seriously?
Finally, what on earth is this guy's major malfunction?
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