Amazon: Friend or Foe?

April 29, 2008 · Filed Under Other auctions news · Comment 

New moves have publishers grumbling more than ever about one of their biggest customers

Along with discussions of hot books and high prices at this month’s London Book Fair, another major topic of conversation in the aisles was Amazon. The immediate flashpoint was the e-tailer’s new policy of making publishers who use print-on-demand go through its BookSurge subsidiary if they don’t want to risk having Amazon deactivate the buy button on their titles.
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Jeff Bezos talks about Kindle on Amazon Homepage again

April 29, 2008 · Filed Under Other auctions news · Comment 

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos talks again *apology from March) about the Kindle ebook reader in a message on the Amazon.com homepage. As reported the Kindle is back in stock since April 20th.
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Writers call for 1 May Amazon, eBay boycott

April 29, 2008 · Filed Under eBay News, Other auctions news · Comment 

UK Arts Council-funded WriteOnDemand – a site for struggling authors keen to see their names in print – is calling for a day-long boycott of Amazon on 1 May over the online retailer’s insistence that print on demand (POD) books sold through its site use its own BookSurge service.
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Amazon.com Starts Its Own Gadget Blog

April 29, 2008 · Filed Under Other auctions news · Comment 

As if there aren’t enough gadget blogs, like Gizmodo, Engadget, Crave, and more, Amazon.com has launched its own gadget blog. The blog, named End User, could possibly be a little self-serving, as most of the posts seem to have links directly to Amazon.com items for sale (no!) and the blog’s authors are all Amazon.com employees (double no!).
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