The stories of the way Amazon is treating small publishers continue to proliferate. This morning, Angela Hoy’s blog, Amazon BookSurge Antitrust Lawsuit Clearinghouse points to the website of Avotaynu Books
There, in an article titled Do Not Buy Avotaynu Books from Amazon.com, the publisher of Jewish Genealogy, details how Amazon changed its terms (yes, it has […]
A press release wandered in yesterday titled: Australian Book Printer Challenges Amazon.com’s Booksurge for Market Dominance
Although I don’t see anything in the press release that leads me to believe Booktasia is really different than Amazon’s BookSurge, it’s interesting that they at least allude to some of the problems some self-publishers have had with BookSurge, most […]
The blog, Amazon BookSurge Antitrust Lawsuit Clearinghouse, run by Angela Hoy who has filed suit against Amazon over it’s policies regarding self-published authors, has a post called: Amazon Showing Its Power in the UK; Stephen King affected
It points to an article in The New York Times that gives a startling overview of Amazon’s policies in […]
TheBookseller.com is reporting unease among publishers and agents in the UK who are warning authors and others about Amazon’s insistence publishers use BookSurge to maintain their buy buttons on the online retailer.
Wonder when Amazon will issue another press release on this situation. Maybe a boycott will be required. This issue feels like it’s moving oh […]
I sent Angela Hoy, who has initiated the lawsuit against Amazon.com over their insistence that self-publishers use BookSurge an email - here’s our exchange:
Angela, how can I and thegoldenpencil best support you and the lawsuit against Amazon?
A
Hi Anne,
Please just help spread the word. :)
Angela
Do you have a website, blog or mailing list? Are you willing […]
You know, probably the only thing other than Angela Hoy’s lawsuit that will stop Amazon’s drive for power over publishing is if we stop buying from Amazon and if we stop linking to Amazon. Sigh.
Sigh, not only because it’s so wonderfully easy to buy books and other stuff at Amazon I hate to make my […]
Angela Hoy Angela Hoy, Publisher of BookLocker and Publisher and Editor of WritersWeekly.com, and our heroine who has launched a class action suit against Amazon over the online bookstore’s insistence that self-publishers use their POD printer, BookSurge, was interviewed by Publishing Insiders along with Eric Kampmann, Founder President of Beaufort Books and CEO of Midpoint […]
One of my heroes is Peter Bowerman. His most recent book, The Well-Fed Self-Publisher is based on his very real-world experience publishing two best sellers, The Well-Fed Writer and The Well-Fed Writer: Back for Seconds.
I checked his blog and didn’t find anything about Amazon’s controversial attempts to force self-publishers to print through Amazon-owned BookSurge to […]
BookLocker Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Amazon.com is the headline at BookLocker’s new blog, Amazon BookSurge Antitrust Lawsuit Clearinghouse, devoted to the suit.
The suit is, of course, in response to Amazon.com’s efforts to make print on demand publishers who wish to be listed on the online bookseller’s site use their POD printer, BookSurge, exclusively. You’ll […]
Yikes! I missed this until just now. According to Rosemary Haworth writing for PC Advisor in the UK Arts Council-funded YouWriteOn is calling for a one day strike against Amazon… today, May 1st.
The article is entitled Writers call for 1 May Amazon, eBay boycott. Amazon’s attempt to force POD publishers to use their BookSurge POD […]
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