Six Days Later
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Six days after Amazon removed all buy buttons from all editions of Macmillan titles, and more than three days after its Kindle team whined that Macmillan had a monopoly on Macmillan titles and therefore Amazon had to capitulate…Amazon **still** hasn’t put back the buy buttons.
Readers, remember, as much as Amazon has a monopoly on the Kindle, it doesn’t have a monopoly on e-book availability. You can still purchase e-books from the publishers directly, and from Amazon’s competitors (such as B&N.com, Borders.com, Walmart.com…the list goes on). And heck, you can always walk into an actual bookstore. Or library. Looking for a local independent bookstore? Check out Indie Bound.
Author Laura Ann Gilman has pointed out that Wall Street is getting ticked off at Amazon. Go figure.
Something to think about: We’ve heard from Macmillan CEO Sargent. And we’ve heard from New Corp. CEO Murdoch (who owns HarperCollins). Why haven’t we heard from Amazon CEO Bezos?