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American Society of Journalists and Authors on the amazon / booksurge situation 4/7/2008 10:44:49 AM
Restraint of Trade by amazon.com Dear fellow members --
In the last few days, Amazon has confirmed that as of April 1, it is requiring on-demand
authors and independent on-demand publishing houses to have their titles printed through
Amazon's own on-demand facilities, Booksurge -- or they won't be sold on Amazon. The big
red buy-it button will go away.
ASJA is investigating the situation and the possibility of joining any protest actions within
the industry. We will keep you informed. In the meantime, we suggest you read the material
on the links below and consider signing the two petitions, one of which asks the Washington
State Attorney General's office to investigate this action in light of restraint-of-trade
laws. (If you live in Washington state, please take particular note of this.) The other
petition basically tells Amazon "We noticed. We don't like it."
You may circulate this e-mail to non-member friends; in fact, the ASJA Board urges you to do
so.
Sincerely,
Salley Shannon, ASJA vice president and Advocacy Committee chairman
[Note: if you are interested in joining an ad-hoc committee on this situation, please write
me at VP.asja.org]
More Blogs by Janrae Frank • American Society of Journalists and Authors on the amazon / booksurge situation - Monday, April 7, 2008 • Amazon / Booksurge controversy - Saturday, April 5, 2008 • Suggestions anyone? - Saturday, September 17, 2005
