"Macmillan ... are committed to switching to an agency model and charging $12.99 to $14.99
"We have expressed our strong disagreement and the seriousness of our disagreement by temporarily ceasing the sale of all Macmillan titles. We want you to know that ultimately, however, we will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan's terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to you even at prices we believe are needlessly high for e-books. Amazon customers will at that point decide for themselves whether they believe it's reasonable to pay $14.99 for a bestselling e-book. We don't believe that all of the major publishers will take the same route as Macmillan. And we know for sure that many independent presses and self-published authors will see this as an opportunity to provide attractively priced e-books as an alternative.
"Kindle is a business for Amazon, and it is also a mission. We never expected it to be easy!"
Wow. What a masterfully passive aggressive mash. They made us do it. But they'll see. They will. Will.
Also, even if Amazon's posts on that forum are normally signed by "the team," this was a decision by somebody or a small group of somebodies, and it should have been signed by a name. Especially something as masterful as this.
"We have expressed our strong disagreement and the seriousness of our disagreement by temporarily ceasing the sale of all Macmillan titles. We want you to know that ultimately, however, we will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan's terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to you even at prices we believe are needlessly high for e-books. Amazon customers will at that point decide for themselves whether they believe it's reasonable to pay $14.99 for a bestselling e-book. We don't believe that all of the major publishers will take the same route as Macmillan. And we know for sure that many independent presses and self-published authors will see this as an opportunity to provide attractively priced e-books as an alternative.
"Kindle is a business for Amazon, and it is also a mission. We never expected it to be easy!"
Wow. What a masterfully passive aggressive mash. They made us do it. But they'll see. They will. Will.
Also, even if Amazon's posts on that forum are normally signed by "the team," this was a decision by somebody or a small group of somebodies, and it should have been signed by a name. Especially something as masterful as this.