Comments on: Is the Department of Justice’s Suit Against Publishers Good for Authors? http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/04/is-the-department-of-justices-suit-against-publishers-good-for-authors/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: auto locksmith http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/04/is-the-department-of-justices-suit-against-publishers-good-for-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-33688 Sat, 26 May 2012 19:41:54 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7444#comment-33688 Hello Nice blog site. Do you want to invitee submit on mine at some point? If that’s the case please let me know by means of e mail or simply reply to this comment because My partner and my spouse and i actually subscribed to notices and can realize if you do.

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]]> By: Matthew Young http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/04/is-the-department-of-justices-suit-against-publishers-good-for-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-29491 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:45:26 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7444#comment-29491 I don’t think that B&N will go out of business soon, but I do think that ebooks are the wave of the future. The problem is that anyone can epublish whatever they’d like to, edited or not. The overall quality of books will go down if B&N were to stop selling and this isn’t good for anyone.

But self-publishing on Amazon can be a very good thing for already established authors as they can get a higher commission rate per sale. It’s just going to be harder to sift the few good books out of the mess that has already been created by Amazon’s model.

]]> By: Aonghus Fallon http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/04/is-the-department-of-justices-suit-against-publishers-good-for-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-29313 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:53:36 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7444#comment-29313 What’s the difference between a (hypothetical) monopoly by a behemoth like Amazon and a failed attempt at a monopoly by a cartel? Apart from the fact that Amazon’s practices actually benefit the customer?

I’m ignoring how the rise of ebooks will eventually render any sort of publishing monopoly largely redundant. Anybody (e.g. J.K. Rowling) can sell from their own website if they so desire.

]]> By: Steve Masover http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/04/is-the-department-of-justices-suit-against-publishers-good-for-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-29299 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:06:14 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7444#comment-29299 The thing that puzzles me is the topic of my own blog this morning: aside from the fact that it looks like the DoJ is going after publishers and Apple for colluding to break Amazon’s monopoly on e-books, there’s much too little consideration coming out of the community of authors, publishers, agents, editors, readers, and pundits about what it would mean if Amazon _did_ sew up the market on e-books; if print-books faded away as some suggest they will; and then if Amazon … died!?! Companies do that, as everyone knows. Would all those Amazon-only-e-books be lost to Amazon’s creditors and a black hole of legal limbo? The threat to culture may be as great — greater in the long run — that the threat to commerce.

FWIW, my post is here: http://stevemasover.blogspot.com/2012/04/its-culture-stupid-blindered-blather-on.html

]]> By: Catherine Whitney http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/04/is-the-department-of-justices-suit-against-publishers-good-for-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-29294 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:10:43 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7444#comment-29294 Conspiracy theories aside, this is high drama. The Justice Department is trying to manage a new technological reality with old models. I admire Penguin and Macmillan for standing up on behalf of us all. Just because Amazon has the wherewithal to control the market, doesn’t mean they should.

]]> By: Kaitlyne http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/04/is-the-department-of-justices-suit-against-publishers-good-for-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-29292 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:29:20 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7444#comment-29292 You aren’t the first person I’ve seen suggest that.

]]> By: Kiana http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/04/is-the-department-of-justices-suit-against-publishers-good-for-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-29291 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:03:11 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7444#comment-29291 To be honest, I wouldn’t be surprised if the DOJ wasn’t receiving some sort of kick back from Amazon for bringing this lawsuit against the publishers. It just doesn’t make sense for the DOJ to do this. The only one who is going to benefit from this is Amazon. As a reader, I am not going to benefit at all if Barnes and Noble closes its doors.

]]> By: Kaitlyne http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/04/is-the-department-of-justices-suit-against-publishers-good-for-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-29289 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:17:34 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7444#comment-29289 What I don’t understand–and I admit I’m not well-versed in the legal sides of these things–is why Amazon itself isn’t coming under fire for its practices. Granted, I also don’t understand why Walmart can get away with much of what it does. It seems like these big companies should have either been broken up long ago or penalized for their actions.

If Amazon did become the only major ebook seller, wouldn’t the government be required to step in and prevent that? I feel like there is a complete lack of understanding right now concerning the reasons why the payment model was instituted in the first place.

If I’m being honest, as an author Amazon sort of terrifies me. No company should have that much power. I’ve actually stopped buying books from them because I don’t feel comfortable supporting the company.

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