{"id":261580,"date":"2010-02-01T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-7556275633211978624"},"modified":"2010-02-01T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T14:55:00","slug":"apple-and-amazon-%e2%80%93-be-nice-to-your-science-fiction-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/261580","title":{"rendered":"Apple and Amazon \u2013 Be nice to your science fiction writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday, when the traditional media was going to sleep, Amazon removed all Macmillan books from its online store. Not just eBooks, everything.<\/p>\n<p>It was a bold move in a price-and-control technology-transition-type war with book publishers. Superficially, it looks like the kind of thing Apple did to the music labels. Corporate warfare \u2013 who cares?<\/p>\n<p>Except there\u2019s always collateral damage. In this case, including science fiction writers.<\/p>\n<p>Who are, often, geeks. Geeks who write. Geeks who write well for money. Geeks with printing presses and readers.<\/p>\n<p>By Friday night, the hellfire had begun \u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"A Quick Note On eBook Pricing and Amazon Hijinx \u00ab Whatever\" href=\"http:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/2010\/01\/30\/a-quick-note-on-ebook-pricing\/\">A Quick Note On eBook Pricing and Amazon Hijinx \u00ab Whatever<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Amazon, Macmillan- an outsider&#39;s guide to the fight - Charlie&#39;s Diary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antipope.org\/charlie\/blog-static\/2010\/01\/amazon-macmillan-an-outsiders.html\">Amazon, Macmillan- an outsider&#8217;s guide to the fight &#8211; Charlie&#8217;s Diary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It kept coming through the weekend. By <em>Sunday<\/em> Amazon surrendered unconditionally \u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Making Light- Amazon versus Macmillan\" href=\"http:\/\/nielsenhayden.com\/makinglight\/archives\/012156.html\">Making Light- Amazon versus Macmillan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"It\u2019s All About Timing \u00ab Whatever\" href=\"http:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/2010\/01\/30\/its-all-about-timing\/\">It\u2019s All About Timing \u00ab Whatever<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Amazon surrenders - Charlie&#39;s Diary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antipope.org\/charlie\/blog-static\/2010\/02\/amazon-surrenders.html\">Amazon surrenders &#8211; Charlie&#8217;s Diary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"All The Many Ways Amazon So Very Failed the Weekend \u00ab Whatever\" href=\"http:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/2010\/02\/01\/all-the-many-ways-amazon-so-very-failed-the-weekend\/\">All The Many Ways Amazon So Very Failed the Weekend \u00ab Whatever<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Amazon-Macmillan- other perspectives - Charlie&#39;s Diary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antipope.org\/charlie\/blog-static\/2010\/01\/amazonmacmillan-other-perspect.html\">Amazon-Macmillan- other perspectives &#8211; Charlie&#8217;s Diary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I never even got to write the blog post I was mentally composing.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder how long it took Amazon\u2019s executive team to recognize they had to bail. Six hours?<\/p>\n<p>They never even got to face the wrath of the mystery fans, much less the romance readership. For both of those readerships, however, the news and response would have had to go through ailing newspaper channels. The response cycle would have taken weeks, and Amazon\u2019s ploy might have worked.<\/p>\n<p>Science fiction writers have a far more connected, and more vicious, readership.<\/p>\n<p>I trust Amazon and Apple have learned something. If they want to crush book publishers, they must first win over the science fiction writers. They are, however, a very suspicious and imaginative bunch \u2026<\/p>\n<p>PS. Amazon just killed the Kindle. Smart move guys.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/5587346-7556275633211978624?l=notes.kateva.org' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday, when the traditional media was going to sleep, Amazon removed all Macmillan books from its online store. Not just eBooks, everything. It was a bold move in a price-and-control technology-transition-type war with book publishers. Superficially, it looks like the kind of thing Apple did to the music labels. Corporate warfare \u2013 who cares? 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