The Author's Guild and the American Booksellers Association are lobbying the state department to sue Amazon over their alleged bookselling monopoly. This is a sort of ongoing battle that has been waged for years now. I can't believe that in 2023 someone or something hasn't come up with a better alternative to Amazon.
Aug 21, 2023·edited Aug 21, 2023Liked by Vincent Zandri
Blaming Amazon is pushing the easy button. Live in North Central Florida, the only bookseller by me is Barnes & Noble, sure I can drive 50 to 65 miles to two Books-A-Million stores, the majority of their stock is what sells, James Patterson has two entire book shelves, small numbers of other author's books, and the way the chain operates.
It makes amazon an easy choice for me, new book wise they have everything at your finger tips, no limited selection, as a reader you're going to pick either the Kindle/Fire or Nook e-readers. While I still read paperbacks, a limited number hardcover books, B&N forced me to embrace ebooks, researched it, ask other readers and Kindle came highly recommended. Why I own a 7", 8" & 10" Kindle Fire, have a Kindle Keyboard e-reader that still works, have the Kindle App on my phone and 92% of my book purchases are with amazon.
Let me add that Barnes & Noble went after, bankrupted both Borders Group and Waldenbooks, then purchased B. Dalton Books, Bookshop and Crown books (Sure I'm missing a few other book chains.)to eliminate them from competing against them.
Also like with Sam Walton, everyone sat back watched Jeff Bezo's grow amazon.com into what it is today, and after the fact everyone cries about how they monopolies bookselling and ignore the fact B&N played a major role into enabling amazon to be the No. 1 bookseller in the World.
No reason that Border's is gone, or malls don't have either a Waldenbooks or B. Dalton in it, the only thing they did wrong was compete with B&N for customers.
I don't know all the stuff you know regarding how amazon is for a author, but as a reader with the indie authors, amazon opened a new genre world for me, and right at my finger tips. I'm reading stuff that I never would if I walked into a traditional book store. I can't see how either organizations can say they are an alleged bookselling monopoly, perhaps they need to sue B&N for causing it and a true monopoly is Mars Industries with all the corporate Veterinarian practices they own.
Great comment and totally agree. You walk into a B&N abd it's either Patterson or Lee Child. I'd rather scroll thru the hardboiled and noir reads on Amazon...
Blaming Amazon is pushing the easy button. Live in North Central Florida, the only bookseller by me is Barnes & Noble, sure I can drive 50 to 65 miles to two Books-A-Million stores, the majority of their stock is what sells, James Patterson has two entire book shelves, small numbers of other author's books, and the way the chain operates.
It makes amazon an easy choice for me, new book wise they have everything at your finger tips, no limited selection, as a reader you're going to pick either the Kindle/Fire or Nook e-readers. While I still read paperbacks, a limited number hardcover books, B&N forced me to embrace ebooks, researched it, ask other readers and Kindle came highly recommended. Why I own a 7", 8" & 10" Kindle Fire, have a Kindle Keyboard e-reader that still works, have the Kindle App on my phone and 92% of my book purchases are with amazon.
Let me add that Barnes & Noble went after, bankrupted both Borders Group and Waldenbooks, then purchased B. Dalton Books, Bookshop and Crown books (Sure I'm missing a few other book chains.)to eliminate them from competing against them.
Also like with Sam Walton, everyone sat back watched Jeff Bezo's grow amazon.com into what it is today, and after the fact everyone cries about how they monopolies bookselling and ignore the fact B&N played a major role into enabling amazon to be the No. 1 bookseller in the World.
No reason that Border's is gone, or malls don't have either a Waldenbooks or B. Dalton in it, the only thing they did wrong was compete with B&N for customers.
I don't know all the stuff you know regarding how amazon is for a author, but as a reader with the indie authors, amazon opened a new genre world for me, and right at my finger tips. I'm reading stuff that I never would if I walked into a traditional book store. I can't see how either organizations can say they are an alleged bookselling monopoly, perhaps they need to sue B&N for causing it and a true monopoly is Mars Industries with all the corporate Veterinarian practices they own.
Great comment and totally agree. You walk into a B&N abd it's either Patterson or Lee Child. I'd rather scroll thru the hardboiled and noir reads on Amazon...