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In reply to the discussion: Amazon is hurting LOTS of people [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)50. I think that many of those who sell on Amazon could "survive" just fine
not selling there.
Especially millionaire long-time career politicians who decry other millionaires for making money associating with those that he deems part of the oligharcy.
One author pleaded with their readers to not buy his book on Amazon but instead at independent booksellers or directly from the publisher - and that author doesn't have two houses and a guaranteed alternate income other than book sales.
https://www.cnet.com/news/author-pleads-please-dont-buy-my-new-novel-on-amazon-q-a/
Author Jaime Clarke's new novel "Vernon Downs" will be available on Amazon in April of next year, but fans and new readers who heed the author's plea can get a copy this December. His only request: Buy "Vernon Downs" straight from the publisher and not from Amazon.
In a Web site aptly named pleasedontbuymybookonamazon.com, Clarke lays out his call to support independent publishing and push back against the aggressive cost-cutting tactics of Amazon that, he says, are great for consumers but detrimental to the livelihood of independent publishing.
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"Vernon Downs" is published by Roundabout Press, from which readers can preorder the book online. Any royalties on sales received from preordering the book now from Roundabout will go directly to the publisher, Clarke said. In addition, anyone who buys the book from Roundabout can get it shipped to them in December. Amazon can't start selling the book until next April, according to Clark, after "Vernon Downs" has gone through the publishing process to get an official bar code.
In a Web site aptly named pleasedontbuymybookonamazon.com, Clarke lays out his call to support independent publishing and push back against the aggressive cost-cutting tactics of Amazon that, he says, are great for consumers but detrimental to the livelihood of independent publishing.
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"Vernon Downs" is published by Roundabout Press, from which readers can preorder the book online. Any royalties on sales received from preordering the book now from Roundabout will go directly to the publisher, Clarke said. In addition, anyone who buys the book from Roundabout can get it shipped to them in December. Amazon can't start selling the book until next April, according to Clark, after "Vernon Downs" has gone through the publishing process to get an official bar code.
https://www.cnet.com/news/author-pleads-please-dont-buy-my-new-novel-on-amazon-q-a/
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No point in blaming Amazon...we have no worker protection anymore. Starbucks here
Demsrule86
Sep 2018
#1
Bezos does not have to be that evil. He's one of the wealthiest people in the world.
mucifer
Sep 2018
#3
Well they f**ked that up when they voted for Reagan over Jimmy Carter which started the systematic
still_one
Sep 2018
#9
Oh and it is gonna get FAR FAR Worse and VERY soon, the people want it to.
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2018
#52
You should give credit to the source of the OP. It's "In These Times" Thanks good article
mucifer
Sep 2018
#2
First of all it depends on the job the employee does at Amazon. A software engineer is not going to
still_one
Sep 2018
#11
Actually, Bezos and other CEOs are guaranteed a crap ton of money at worker expense
AllyCat
Sep 2018
#22
Making $15/hr for 24 hours a week "allows us to work with a sense of autonomy"?
jcgoldie
Sep 2018
#29
Nobody can do that and survive right now. That's the problem. And what are your other options?
JCanete
Sep 2018
#49
Well that's silly. It is also, as I"ve explained to you, a platform that has ubiquitous reach,
JCanete
Sep 2018
#51
What's silly is trying to defend one politician for doing something that one would
ehrnst
Sep 2018
#57
Are you kidding? I wouldn't call using a platform corrupt. That makes no sense. He's not
JCanete
Sep 2018
#59
you are making a case that there's some contradiction of behavior here...I'd like to see an example.
JCanete
Sep 2018
#62
Corporations by charter have to maximize profits regardless of the overall impact on
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2018
#53
I agree with much of what you said, but no, pointing out one company as an example versus as a
JCanete
Sep 2018
#54
I worked for a beer distributor for years. Sometime around 1990 our assistant manager
brewens
Sep 2018
#31
Yes! "It's time to end corporate welfare and give unions the strength they need once again!" nt
LAS14
Sep 2018
#38
Employee Free Choice Act and a significant increase in taxation is a good start.
David__77
Sep 2018
#58