{"id":296,"date":"2011-12-15T20:37:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T01:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluecandlesociety.net\/?p=296"},"modified":"2011-12-15T20:52:30","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T01:52:30","slug":"296","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluecandlesociety.net\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Settle Down, Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Amazon is throwing its weight around again<\/a>.\u00a0 John Scalzi, as usual, summed it all up quite nicely<\/a> by calling it a “dick move”.\u00a0 That seems to be the prevailing opinion among authors, actually.\u00a0 Not that it is an attempt to subvert capitalism itself, like so many thought with the whole Macmillan “you’ll sell us your books for what we tell you to, muchacho”\u00a0 business, but just a kind of jerky thing to do (sort of an “Oh Amazon, there you go again” reaction).\u00a0 And of course, there’s nothing wrong with buying stuff from a jerk – they’re just selling you stuff, not coming home to meet the family, but it’s starting to make me wonder.\u00a0 I mean, if I had my choice between two hardware stores, and I happened to know that the owner of one liked to kick small dogs and throw stuff at elderly nuns, I’d be inclined to go with his competitor even if it cost me slightly more.\u00a0 And having talked to people who’ve actually worked in Amazon warehouses during the seasonal rush, it sounds like dog kicking and nun-thowery isn’t all that far off, from a work environment standpoint.<\/p>\n

I guess my question is really “Why you gotta be a jerk about it, Bezos?”\u00a0 Also, I just noticed that the book I was thinking of buying is cheaper at Barnes and Noble online than Amazon.\u00a0 Just sayin’.<\/p>\n

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