| # | Name | Comments |
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| 951 | Sandra Durham | |
| 952 | Ron Berry | This policy destroys hope for new writers like myself to get into the business. This forces us to use Amazon and pay their prices while we get little or nothing, if and only if, Amazon accepts us as writers!! |
| 953 | Anne Wayman | Amazon had it right before they insisted authors use booksurge |
| 954 | Jenny Andersen | |
| 955 | Anonymous | |
| 956 | Jessica Bacon | Amazon.com has always been my first stop when looking to purchase a book. If they proceed as planned, I will not be purchasing another book from them. |
| 957 | Delores Stroud | I am not a writer, but I am an avid reader, purchasing 90% of my new books from Amazon.com. I strongly object to this strong-arm tactic which will injure the publishing industry. |
| 958 | Sunder Addams | |
| 959 | Marjorie R. Asturias | Thank you for organizing this petition. As a writer and fervent supporter of the publishing industry (indies and the big guns alike), I'm appalled that Amazon.com would use its clout to strong-arm the very people who make it possible for them to exist, all so that they can create a monopoly for themselves. I encourage everyone who cares about the future of book publishing and the written word to sign this petition. |
| 960 | Susan Peters | if Amazon succeeds, it's Borders from now on... |
| 961 | Linda Sedlak | |
| 962 | Anne Geiberger | |
| 963 | Chris Crawford | |
| 964 | Brian Waterman | |
| 965 | Hilarie Nickerson | I am rarely disappointed by Amazon, which is typically my first choice for online book purchases. Unfortunately, this is one of those times. I live in Raleigh, NC, home of Lulu, so I am especially concerned. I hope Amazon will rescind its new policy immediately, and make appropriate apologies to publishers, authors, and readers. |
| 966 | Sade L Bushie | |
| 967 | Anonymous | I will not be buying any more books, music, or DVDs from Amazon, if Amazon takes this step. |
| 968 | Robert H. Brown | |
| 969 | Linda Nathan | |
| 970 | C. LaWana SlackMayfield | If Amazon does not stop this insanity regarding POD I along with others will cancel our memberships and forward this information to all that are in our address books. |
| 971 | Christopher Dow | A cheap, greedy ploy by a company that might have begun with the best intentions but that obviously has grown corrupt as its coffers have grown. And why have they grown? Books. And who makes books? Authors and publishers. Sure, Amazon, kill the goose that lays the golden egg. |
| 972 | D. H. Brown | |
| 973 | Rebecca Brown | |
| 974 | Julie McCord | |
| 975 | Gail Laursen | |
| 976 | Douglas C. Smyth | |
| 977 | Rhonda Hopkins | |
| 978 | Sheree Herkenrath | |
| 979 | Anonymous | Rather, I *was* an Amazon.com customer. I won't be anymore. I'm an editor for a small publishing company. We had been publishing through Amazon.com, but not with BookSurge. We refuse to lower our standards of quality and move to an inferior POD service. BN.com is a good site and you can get free shipping. I'm sure they will be more than
happy to fulfill our book needs. |
| 980 | Anonymous | BookSurge is way out of line. Big problems always start like this. I object the highhandedness of this entity. ABW |
| 981 | DJ Cothran | |
| 982 | Gene van Troyer | With one fell stroke of a pen, Jeff Bezo has undone all of the good will he built over the years in writers and publishers who came to rely on his company. Before this action, Amazon was the most democratic of distributors for small presses and less than best selling authors. It is now robber baron autocratic. |
| 983 | geenwise | |
| 984 | Elizabeth Cunningham | Do not cause hardhsip for independent publishers and their authors. |
| 985 | K. Gordon Neufeld | I am the author of a POD book and feel this attempt to create a monopoly should be opposed. |
| 986 | Stephen B. Bagley | My book "Murder by Dewey Decimal" was published by Lulu and did well on Amazon. I will regret losing this avenue of sales. This move by Amazon is strictly motivated by greed, and I have decided to buy no more books from them. |
| 987 | Ron Peters | I think Amazon is cutting their own wrist with this move, but greed is a powerful motivator.
I believe that Amazon will run afoul of anti-trust laws with this move and will receive their just rewards. |
| 988 | Anonymous | |
| 989 | Joanna Paulsen | |
| 990 | Peggy Tibbetts | Amazon's deal ultimately hurts authors. |
| 991 | Eugene Guck | |
| 992 | James Duffy | this is wrong! |
| 993 | Downey Hoster | |
| 994 | Anonymous | Here is just another example of how greed can take a good company with a good idea and send it down the sewer. |
| 995 | Elizabeth Carlson | |
| 996 | Jennifer Boeye | |
| 997 | Anonymous | |
| 998 | Susan Morgan | Amazon is stepping over the line. As an author who takes pride in my work, I'd rather have my "buy" button turned off than submit to being strong armed by a corporate bully. |
| 999 | Yleana Martinez | IMO, Jeff Bezos is an a**hole. |
| 1000 | Melissa Miller | This is blatant restriction of trade. While I WAS a die-hard Amazon shopper, I have taken my business to Barnes & Noble and will NOT shop with Amazon ever again. As a writer, I am outraged, and as a consumer, I have made a choice. |