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    « Amazon vs…Rupert Murdoch? | Home | Amazon versus publishing: One week later »

    Six Days Later

    Six days after Amazon removed all buy buttons from all editions of Macmillan titles, and more than three days after its Kindle team whined that Macmillan had a monopoly on Macmillan titles and therefore Amazon had to capitulate…Amazon **still** hasn’t put back the buy buttons.

    Readers, remember, as much as Amazon has a monopoly on the Kindle, it doesn’t have a monopoly on e-book availability. You can still purchase e-books from the publishers directly, and from Amazon’s competitors (such as B&N.com, Borders.com, Walmart.com…the list goes on). And heck, you can always walk into an actual bookstore. Or library. Looking for a local independent bookstore? Check out Indie Bound.

    Author Laura Ann Gilman has pointed out that Wall Street is getting ticked off at Amazon. Go figure.

    Something to think about: We’ve heard from Macmillan CEO Sargent. And we’ve heard from New Corp. CEO Murdoch (who owns HarperCollins). Why haven’t we heard from Amazon CEO Bezos?

    3 Responses to “Six Days Later”

    1. When the Amazon Kindle team posted its statement on Sunday evening, it said, “ultimately … we will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan’s terms.” When I saw that, I wondered whether “ultimately” meant “when we get around to it.” And I’ve kinda been wondering if Amazon is going to leave things the way they are until the new agency agreement goes into effect next month. I hope not, but I guess we’ll see.

      Definitely agree that Bezos should make a statement.

      by Nancy Holzner on February 4th, 2010 at 10:54 am

    2. We haven’t heard from him because he’s in a Seattle ER having his thumbs extracted from his a**.

      by P.N. Elrod on February 4th, 2010 at 9:38 pm

    3. ‘We haven’t heard from him because he’s in a Seattle ER having his thumbs extracted from his a**.’

      Really? Does that mean they got his head out first?

      We have heard from Hachette who are moving to an agency model:

      http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/agents/breaking_hachette_book_group_to_transition_to_agency_model_151128.asp

      Revenge is a dish best eaten cold…

      by stevie on February 5th, 2010 at 8:40 am

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