2010-01-30 16:06![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
digitaldiscipline
digitaldisciplineC&P from <lj user="lisamantchev"> here:
I, personally, have not formed any kind of opinion. On the one hand, folks are getting screwed. On the other hand, some other folks are getting less expensive books. On the third hand, I use Amazon's referral service as a source of revenue (albeit a very small one). On the fourth hand, I'm not a content creator, and only occasionally a purchaser (and those cases are almost always book-and-mortar). On the fifth hand, I haven't delved into the intricacies of this beyond reading most of the above links.
On the sixth hand, I'm out of gloves.
I don't pretend to know the intricacies of what is going on between Amazon and Macmillan, but here's what I do know:
Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price Disagreement
And that means: You cannot purchase Eyes Like Stars though Amazon except through third-party sellers. You cannot preorder the paperback of Eyes Like Stars or the hardcover of Perchance To Dream.
If you have preordered either book already, check your open orders. I've already heard from one reader that Perchance To Dream has disappeared from the order she placed it in without notice or explanation from Amazon. If this has also happened to you, please speak up and help us confirm this is taking place.
And, in the meantime and the future, please feel free to give your money instead to your local indie bookstore or brick-and-mortar chain, or head to the local library.
Massive link round-up (ganked from the lovely![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
madkestrel )
Cory Doctorow said Amazon and Macmillan go to war: readers and writers are the civilian casualties.
And John Scalzi said A Quick Note On eBook Pricing and Amazon Hijinx.
More thoughts at Making Light.
And author Jay Lake says Bug off, Bezos. And take your damned bookstore with you.
Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price Disagreement
And that means: You cannot purchase Eyes Like Stars though Amazon except through third-party sellers. You cannot preorder the paperback of Eyes Like Stars or the hardcover of Perchance To Dream.
If you have preordered either book already, check your open orders. I've already heard from one reader that Perchance To Dream has disappeared from the order she placed it in without notice or explanation from Amazon. If this has also happened to you, please speak up and help us confirm this is taking place.
And, in the meantime and the future, please feel free to give your money instead to your local indie bookstore or brick-and-mortar chain, or head to the local library.
Massive link round-up (ganked from the lovely
madkestrel )Cory Doctorow said Amazon and Macmillan go to war: readers and writers are the civilian casualties.
And John Scalzi said A Quick Note On eBook Pricing and Amazon Hijinx.
More thoughts at Making Light.
And author Jay Lake says Bug off, Bezos. And take your damned bookstore with you.
I, personally, have not formed any kind of opinion. On the one hand, folks are getting screwed. On the other hand, some other folks are getting less expensive books. On the third hand, I use Amazon's referral service as a source of revenue (albeit a very small one). On the fourth hand, I'm not a content creator, and only occasionally a purchaser (and those cases are almost always book-and-mortar). On the fifth hand, I haven't delved into the intricacies of this beyond reading most of the above links.
On the sixth hand, I'm out of gloves.
