The Amazon and Macmillan War

[snurri]

Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.

Don't buy your books from Amazon. You may have noticed that I usually link to Indiebound; they're a good source for local vendors. Or, if you really want to support a big evil corporation, buy from Barnes and Noble. Just as long as you don't buy from Amazon, at least, not right now.

For many links which will explain the situation better than I can, check out Charles Tan's blog and scroll down to the section Amazon vs Pan Macmillan.

Comments

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I'm someone who buys all my books from bricks and mortar indie bookstores, but I don't understand the uproar.

Look at it this way - if some producer tried to force an independent digital distributor to charge more for already overpriced DRM'd digital copies instead of letting the store set their own prices, who's side would you take?

Why not boycott Macmillan for trying to gouge their customers? Amazon had its own motives for rejecting the deal, but as far as I can tell, neither side was in the right.