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#Amazon is discounting us to death http://gu.com/p/36yje no, new authors DON'T need you, consumers & authors have moved on
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@thistleweb I agree concerning Amazon's unfair practices, foremost tax evasion, but I disagree that physical bookstores are necessary.
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@thistleweb Least of all to "nurture new authors", Amazon is far more welcoming to new authors than the traditional publishers.
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@kevingranade all corps evade tax, none should,but they all do it, #Amazon did to them, what they did to independents some years back
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@kevingranade now that ebook readers are affordable for many, and mature enough to be light, reliable etc, physical is just nostalgia
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@kevingranade his complaint is that they've held onto nostalgia while customers & new writing blood have evolved beyond them
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@kevingranade Waterstones have the brand recognition, they could have adapted & embraced ebooks & new writers; they didn't
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@thistleweb true, the problem is that Amazon is so big and expanding into so much commerce that the impact is frightening.
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@kevingranade the internet destroys some business models, Amazon is just one of the wrecking balls that corps have to adapt to or die
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@thistleweb Blame the publishers for not selling what the consumer wants. I want a $10 paperback that fits in my pocket, not a $30 hardback.
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@thistleweb I'm not worried about retailers, I'm worried about what buying things will look like if Amazon captures most of the market.
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@jezra another one? I though I was the only one who hates overpriced uncomfy to read hardbacks
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@jezra indies selling point is a huge range, Waterstones gradually shifted more to less range, bulk, mainstream, losing value along the way
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@jezra I don't remember ever buying a hardback, ever, I've borrowed them before, but paperbacks are not only lighter, cheaper & comfier
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@kevingranade people say "support your high street" but act by choosing best value, which isn't the high street
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@kevingranade the anti-supermarket protests complain but consumers vote with their wallets and purses
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@jezra Can't really feel sorry for Waterstones since their stores are shit!
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@jezra I love carrying a library in one device, with the ability to scale the font size and never deal with the spine folding on an ebook
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@smarks can't say I know what Waterstones is. A large book retailer?
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@thistleweb exactly. I go to the bookstore to see if the book I want is in paperback yet. Nope, Just a lot of hardbacks taking up room
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@jezra Yeah it's like Easons.... if that's in the US. Maybe similar to Barnes & Noble... never been in one, but they look similar.
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@thistleweb that's what I want as well, but I'm only going to settle for a GNU/Linux device so I might have to wait for a long time.
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@jezra every ereader is embedded linux, but I know what you mean
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@thistleweb if I can't access a terminal and have the freedom to install what I want, it isn't Linux
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