For those of you following the story of Amazon’s attempt to dominate the print-on-demand publishing world by demanding that all POD books listed by Amazon be printed by their own Booksurge printing company, you will probably be excited to hear the latest from Angela Hoy over at BookLocker.
Booklocker is filing a class action suit against Amazon in attempt to thwart their tyrannical ways.
From http://antitrust.booklocker.com:
BookLocker.com has filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon.com in response to Amazon’s recent attempts to force all publishers using Print on Demand (POD) technology to pay Amazon to print their books. You can read the complaint here.
BookLocker.com has filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon.com in response to Amazon’s recent attempts to force all publishers using Print on Demand (POD) technology to pay Amazon to print their books.
You can read the complaint here.
Amazon began their clandestine effort earlier this year by phone (nobody there seemed to want to put anything in writing), approaching POD publishers, and telling them they must pay Amazon to print their books or their active “buy” buttons would be turned off at the Amazon.com website. What this means is Amazon customers won’t be able to purchase those books directly from Amazon.com (and would not qualify for free shipping), but only through third-party resellers on the site.
