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| United Authors wants Amazon to leave the field |
| 2014-09-17 |
| So they can score a touchdown... A gentle takedown of a letter to Amazon from Authors United. An excerpt: We, at Authors United, are better than people working in China. We're better than people who make toasters and televisions. We're special snowflakes, unique and quirky, and the lonely, intense struggle we endure for the sake of ART is much more difficult than coal mining or waitressing or mechanical engineering or brain surgery or conservationism or rocket science. If I ever reach this level of self-importance, I want someone to slap the shit out of me. Seriously. Slap me until I shit all over myself. It would be less embarrassing than agreeing with the above Authors United paragraph. When all you have to do to humiliate someone is hold up a mirror, it's time to stop making public statements. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #9 Old Patriot, you need to link to your books. Might get a bite or two. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-09-17 21:42 |
| #8 I'm not well-known or popular, but I make about $20/month from Amazon for my science fiction. I would never be published by the "big houses", or possibly even Baen. Amazon is great for those of us who want to write, and want to see our stuff for sale. "Authors United" can go where it doesn't snow, and I don't mean Hawaii. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2014-09-17 21:26 |
| #7 I'm on the lookout for Hatchet products and will avoid their them because of the deceptive way they've tried to play this out in the court of public opinion. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-09-17 14:55 |
| #6 He's got part of it right. They are flakes. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2014-09-17 12:01 |
| #5 Self-publishing is scary. - best-selling author. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-09-17 10:03 |
| #4 I'll listen to them when I want to read their boring drivel. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-09-17 09:42 |
| #3 People in China don't vote for the Democratic Party. |
| Posted by: JFM 2014-09-17 08:28 |
| #2 How are they better than people in china who produce products that others desire enough to ship all over the world? |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-09-17 08:13 |
| #1 We're special Otherwise, you sound like a pompous ass. |
| Posted by: Victor Emmanuel and Company5016 2014-09-17 01:26 |