Flash! Amazon Acts like For-Profit Company!

Posted by Andy_Updegrove on Dec 30, 2014 12:57 AM EDT
ConsortiumInfo.org Standards Blog; By Andy Updegrove
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Many self-published authors believe that Amazon is the patron saint of writers, and that anyone who thinks otherwise is suffering from "Amazon Derangement Syndrome." Until now...

One of the most incredible phenomena I’ve witnessed since I’ve become interested in self-publishing has been the propensity for many authors to lionize Amazon as if Jeff Bezos’s sole purpose in life was to help avenge the author class against the evil patriarchs of traditional publishing. Well, guess what? The realization has finally begun to dawn that facilitating self-publishing has been a means to an end for Amazon, and not the end itself.

Apparently, Amazon just might be pursuing a way to maximize its own profits rather than those of indie authors. What a shock!

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