As reacções à mudança de postura da Amazon

Em resposta à recente atitude da Amazon de apenas comercializar livros em sistema POD que usem o sistema Booksurge (ver aqui), choveu um coro de críticas a esta postura da livraria de Jeff Bezzos.

O presidente da American Society of Journalists & Authors, mostrando-se "disgusted", não poupou a Amazon: "With these grabby, strong-arm tactics, Amazon negates all the years of goodwill it has built up with writers, who ultimateley will bear the brunt of any price increases in the printing of independently published books". (: Bookseleer, "Criticism over Amazon p.o.d. move", 11.04.2008, p. 25.)

A Publishers Marketing Association, por seu lado, apelou à Amazon que reconsiderasse: «Without the opportunity to benefit from competitive pricing, small publishers risk, at best, an expensive and needless overhaul of their manufacturing process, and, at worst, the loss of their livehood". (: Bookseleer, "Criticism over Amazon p.o.d. move", 11.04.2008, p. 25.)

O site YouWriteOn.com (novos autores) pura e simplesmente apela ao boicote da Amazon (ver aqui)