Indie Bookstores Reject Amazon Wylie Deal
Yesterday the Wylie Agency and Amazon announced an exclusive eBook deal. Publishers Macmillan and Random House criticized the deal and now indie bookstores are also rejecting the idea
Brandon Stout, a spokesperson for Changing Hands Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Arizona, thinks it is offensive. “What’s offensive is the exclusivity, the lack of choice, the author complicity in herding readers to a closed system like the Kindle,” he said. “Think about the music industry. AC/DC, KISS, even Bruce Springsteen launch Walmart exclusives and the industry hits the roof.
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