here we go again...

[lagilman]

Y'all are following the most recent Amazon attempt at bullying publishers into accepting unfavorable terms or be unlisted, right?


Me? I don't shop at Wal-Mart because I don't like their policies, and I'm willing to pay the extra dollar or so to support retailers that behave well. I won't shop at Amazon any longer, either. But that's a decision you've got to make on your own.

Comments

[chickwriter.livejournal.com]

I'm just... ::throws up hands at the idiocy::

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

I don't buy books at Walmart.

I no longer buy from Amazon either, after that last bit of bullying. This just helps to cement it even further.

[blazedglory.livejournal.com]

Seriously?

I don't shop at Wal-Mart either, for pretty much the same reason. Amazon went away with their last piece of nonsense.

::shakes head::

I'm sort of curious as to what Amazon is charging for the Spenser books, but I don't want to give them the hit. I'm going to see if one of our local indies has them.

[jaylake.livejournal.com]

I punted my entire relationship with Amazon (to the extent of cancelling my accounts) when they pulled the Macmillan print books over the ebook pricing negotiations. I don't assert that this is illegal behavior, but it's such a clear abuse of market power that I am no longer interested in contributing to that market power in any way, shape or form.

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

Both Amazon and Walmart have been hitting the fail meter pretty heavily recently. You heard about the announcer fail at the NJ Walmart, right?

[safewrite.livejournal.com]

Already there, girlfriend. Amazon had the nerve to spam me with "Buy My Kindle!" ads right after I sent them a blistering note on the Macmillan thing. All I am using them for is the name of indie bookstores and resellers. Once I have enough information on other places to buy my books, I am canceling my account.

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

Havn't shopped at Amazon for years. It costs me a dollar or so at my local bookstore (Borderlands, in San Francisco). Peace of mind, and Excellent help.

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

Dammit, just after I found out the initial reason I've been boycotting Amazon for years is resolved, now this?! FFS, Bezos and company!

I'd sooner clean a public toilet with my tongue than even cross the threshold of a Wal-Mart, but so far, B&N hasn't done anything to offend me.

[jslinder.livejournal.com]

There's a big piece of AppleFail here as well:

"But some of these smaller publishers have begun talking with Apple, which has effectively said that any publisher that wishes to sell its books on the iPad must offer the same terms to all booksellers. In other words, to do business with Apple, publishers must export Apple’s business model to all retailers. Amazon, by contrast, has not promised to adopt the agency approach for any but the largest publishers.

It goes back to my original problem with this whole thing. Whenever one part of the distribution chain has the unreasonable ability to affect the price charged by another, the system breaks.

[lagilman]

Yes, but Apple, to-date, has not threatened ALL the business they do with a company unless they kowtow. In fact, Apple started all this by offering to negotiate terms with publishers.


(I'm not defending Apple -- I've not drunk their kool-aid. Just pointing out the scale of things)

[rovanda.livejournal.com]

I still use Amazon to check reviews, but I've stopped shopping there since the MacMillan fracas, and moved my wishlist (there for family holiday shopping convenience) to Powell's.

[threeoutside.livejournal.com]

Never shop Wal-Mart, haven't for more than ten years. I quit Amazon after the McMillan bullshit, though I retain my account and use them to find reviews. I've found small bookstores online and I try to buy as many of the books I'm going to buy, from a local indie bookseller who's going through a really rough patch these days. Costs a bit more but hey - that's what this is all about, right? Money = power?

[argillaceous-d.livejournal.com]

Well Amazon convinced me to buy a Nook instead of a Kindle after the whole McMillan clusterf*ck...

I'm diggin my Nook, btw...

[wiredwizard.livejournal.com]

I only buy 3 things at WalMart really: $5 DVD's, containers of mixed gummi treats & chocolate....

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

I have never bought anything from Amazon.