tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post3133087337253326340..comments2023-10-28T01:00:43.874-07:00Comments on The Book Frog: Us or ThemRebecca Glennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497012798954379217noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post-13508168646208474612012-04-14T20:55:11.710-07:002012-04-14T20:55:11.710-07:00I'm deeply disturbed by the actions of our Jus...I'm deeply disturbed by the actions of our Justice Dept. It's obvious to me that Amazon must be in bed with them, making back room deals that will keep national and state governments timid and ineffectual in truly pursuing Amazon as a source of sales tax revenue, while Amazon then repays the favors granted them by the Feds in helping them recoup that lost sales tax revenue on Amazon purchases by passing the unjust billions of bucks <i>Amazon should be paying</i> to the big publishers who'll inevitably blink before caving in to protracted legal battles whose ludicrous expense far exceeds whatever spurious price tag could ever be put on the public's so-called "excessive overpayment". Excessive overpayment my ass. The fact is Amazon and our federal government are probably in some type of collusion or greedy agreement themselves, which might then help make some much needed sense of the mystifying decision of the Justice Dept.'s lawsuit against the publishers that, while not knowing all the intricacies of the case, certainly lacks a lot of face validity at first blush.<br /><br />Thanks for the link and your fine piece. I'm completely with you on it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13736768855641666746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post-25495525595242115122012-04-14T10:04:59.725-07:002012-04-14T10:04:59.725-07:00I don't buy ebooks on principle (if I'm go...I don't buy ebooks on principle (if I'm going to spend money on a book, I want to have full control over what I can do with it). All the books I read on my Nook are from the public library. But the more that I read about Amazon and their business strategies, the more I want to wean myself away from them.karen!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03020530163370836712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post-51361875025843464262012-04-13T14:32:45.028-07:002012-04-13T14:32:45.028-07:00@Jacki--thanks! Hey--is Book Hog the store? How...@Jacki--thanks! Hey--is Book Hog the store? How's that going?<br /><br />@karen! Thank you, thank you. Pete and I are freaking out about this whole situation, which in most scenarios doesn't end well for booksellers. <br /><br />Sigh.Rebecca Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497012798954379217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post-22292005712323833022012-04-13T14:05:01.000-07:002012-04-13T14:05:01.000-07:00I haven't clicked through to read the article...I haven't clicked through to read the article you referenced yet, but I wanted to let you know how much I appreciated this post.karen!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03020530163370836712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post-12614465941899777942012-04-12T16:08:25.795-07:002012-04-12T16:08:25.795-07:00Book Hog (and Jacki) thoroughly agrees with your b...Book Hog (and Jacki) thoroughly agrees with your brilliant essay. It so reminds me of that little story about David & Goliath. And we all know how that turned out.<br />I will defend 'real' bookstores until my last breath.Jackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868782573805016121noreply@blogger.com