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| 1051 | Jon Phipps | As a new author, and one who is not likely to ever reach the fame and stature of a Steven King, I strongly resent this attempt at 18th century style capitalism. Not only that but on their website, Borders says it is going to be using the same technology. Look out, theres another on the loose.
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| 1052 | Zach Risso | This is a ridiculous and blatant attempt at a monopoly and it should not be happening. |
| 1053 | Kent Bass | |
| 1054 | Arwen Taylor | This is insane. Authors are customers too. Making such a ridiculous demand of them will result in a loss of both authors and customers. |
| 1055 | Judith Bush | While i am not likely to publish widely using POD, it is important to me that there is a healthy diversity of POD publishers so that i have the opportunity to use this technology for sharing creations and information with friends and family. |
| 1056 | Jennifer Mercer | |
| 1057 | Cayce Snider | |
| 1058 | Anonymous | Stop Amazon! They need to be book-sellers Not force authors to use their booksurge. |
| 1059 | Mary Klaebel | I have a book through LULU.com, so am affected directly by this ultimatum. The whole thing smells like monopoly to me and is anti-free market economy. If Amazon is allowed to get away with this, they will seek to take over others down the road. How long before they start trying to control content. This is NOT North Korea. |
| 1060 | Bert Paredes | Forcing Booksurge down everyone's throat is not the way to increase Amazon's profits. Have you considered the win-win solution of making Booksurge so competitive that everyone will want to use it? |
| 1061 | Michael R. Hicks | I have enjoyed shopping at Amazon for years, and don't begrudge them the success they've enjoyed. However, I can't see this push to get print-on-demand titles listed through Booksurge as anything more than an attempt at setting up a vertical monopoly (paired with its acquisition of Mobipocket, an e-book distributor, a couple years ago). Come on, Amazon - aren't you making enough money?? |
| 1062 | J Holloway | |
| 1063 | Eric Black | |
| 1064 | Anonymous | The "buy button" is still appearing on Amazon.com for my book. If Amazon turns it off though, they and BookSurge can go to hell. Amazon should change their mission statement to something like "Amazon is dedicated to screwing over the little guy and is more than happy to continue this policy into the future. And by the way, thank you for shopping Amazon.com".
By the way, on the "sign the petition" screen there is a "required field" asking if you are an Amazon customer, an option should be added that states "not anymore". |
| 1065 | Anonymous | Amazon are squeezing out the small publishers their tactics. How can they be allowed to get away with it? Self published authors are unable to get their books made available readily via Amazon.UK unless they join the "Amazon Advantage" account which requires 60% of the book price for doing very little. It is incredible they are allowed to get away with it. Well done for creating this petition peoples voices need to heard and Amazon need to listen. |
| 1066 | Anonymous | Amazon are willfully prohibiting orders for potential customers unless the publishing company sign into their agreements. This means that amazon take a staggering 60% of sale for doing not that much!
This must be dealt with, there must be some form of governing body who can oversee this unfair monopoly. For many up and coming authors they feel their hands are tied. |
| 1067 | Anonymous | |
| 1068 | Douglas Reed | |
| 1069 | Christine LeBlanc | I'll stop buying from Amazon all-together if they go through with this. |
| 1070 | Leia Snyder | I am disgusted by Amazon's obvious attempt to monopolize. I am not a customer of Amazon based on a past fundamental difference but this is yet another issue that solidifies my desire to boycott Amazon. |
| 1071 | jay cox | this is a perfect example of corporate greed.
The sins of capitalism.
Shame on you Amazon.com! |
| 1072 | Prentiss Gray | This stinks |
| 1073 | Sue Merian | Amazon is doing a shameful and unethical if not illegal thing. I guess they are so big they have lost sight of what is fair and right. As is often said, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Let us show them that we are not just Amazon robot slaves who must buy from them. Get books elsewhere! There are other places where one can buy books! Stand up for freedom in the market place. |
| 1074 | Ingrid Cranfield | People should be able to buy wherever they choose. What is the point of posting a book on Amazon if people can't buy it? |
| 1075 | Roge Haller | I am a small publisher that did not go with BookSurge because of quality issues. Now that Amazon owns them and is insisting on Booksurge printing to be sold on Amazon, my business will go elsewhere. It may be tough for a while, but where ever there is a void, the vacuum syndrome fills the void. There will be a new Marketing strategy to follow. |
| 1076 | Heather Varley | I am an aspiring author who is currently working predominantly online. While I understand Amazon.com's business decisions, from their point of view, it is a travesty of intelligence to think that they have the right to attempt this. This needs to end now. |
| 1077 | diane ostrowski | Outrageous - I will NEVER shop at Amazon |
| 1078 | Robyn Haaf | As a regular and loyal customer to Amazon, I feel this tactic in forcing authors to use Booksurge is a blatant attempt at blackmail and an attempt to set up a monopoly. Fortunately, there are many wonderful independent booksellers in Seattle where I can purchase my books and cease my patronage at Amazon if this poor business practice continues. |
| 1079 | Anonymous | I'm a reader and author and I've got books on Amazon for sale as well as buying regularly. Because of this move from Amazon I've taken my links to Amazon.com off my website and I've told as many people as possible. |
| 1080 | Anonymous | I will never sign up with Booksurge |
| 1081 | Anonymous | |
| 1082 | Jamie Engle | Moving my $1000+ online book buying to bn.com until Amazon grows a conscious. |
| 1083 | Anonymous | |
| 1084 | Janis Bell | |
| 1085 | Anonymous | |
| 1086 | Mark S. Sooy | |
| 1087 | Meg Justus | |
| 1088 | Jan Brod | No monopolies! |
| 1089 | Aerielle Collins | |
| 1090 | Alex Perdian | I believe this effort by Amazon is a blatant attempt to monopolize the market -- and it's wrong! |
| 1091 | H Thomas | |
| 1092 | Linda Dessau | Self-published authors deserve the right to choose who they use for print-on-demand services. |
| 1093 | Julie Gbell | |
| 1094 | Anonymous | My son is an author, the buy button on Amozon.com has not yet been removed. If they do remove it they will be taking away all he has worked for. For him and all authors, they are the ones who have written the books that are giving Amozon and any other companies their work and purpose. Give the authors the credit and readers they have earned without all this trouble. If Amazon insist on causing this problem, I will never shop on their store again. |
| 1095 | Anonymous | |
| 1096 | Molly Gordon | I spend hundreds - maybe thousands with Amazon. I won't give them a dime until this is retracted. I also have an ezine with 10,000 readers - active, loyal, literate readers, who will not see another Amazon link until this is retracted. |
| 1097 | Robin Sussman | This is outrageous. I, for one, will be joining the boycott until this is reversed and finding my books elsewhere. |
| 1098 | vicki nathan | Your new policy is discouraging (re: who I thought you were) and unacceptable. |
| 1099 | Katherine B. McGrew | I absolutely cannot believe that you will refuse to sell books that are not using Booksurge but you will continue to sell magazines that sell dogs for the sole purpose of dog fighting. You refuse to censor for ethical reasons but you'll censor for financial reasons? That's disgusting! I will not only remove myself as a customer and take my business elsewhere, but I will become an active advocate, working my hardest to convert anyone else I know who continues to use your services if you employ this greedy tactic. I will go out of my way to collect other, better resources and spread the word to everyone I know about why I am no longer supporting Amazon and why these other services are better, more humane, more ethical and less of a greedy corporate evil monopoly...which, sadly is how you are turning out to be. I remember when I was one of the sole outspoken "Pro-Amazon" voices in a sea of people protesting the "Big Corporation" over the small local bookstore. Now, it seems that I was wrong. Sure, you had a great service at great prices, and I was right that if you provided something better than the local stores could offer, you should be compensated with our business. But I was wrong, in thinking that the lion's share of the market would be enough for you. Now you want it all, and you want to drive not only the little bookstore out of business but the independent voice of the self-published author as well. Just looking at how expensive Kindle is, I know BookSurge won't be at all affordable for the independent author. And in doing so, you will become to the written word what Clear Channel has become to the musical world - the controlling, limiting factor that lives like a giant parasite off the labor of the creatives - bleeding them dry and forcing them into conformity. Enough is enough. You don't have to drive other competitors out of business, Amazon. All you have to do is offer a better service at a better price. That's what it's all about. Grow some values! |
| 1100 | Barbara Watkins | What you are doing is a travesty. Customers and publishers alike should question your ethics, as well as your shady business tactics. |