Comments on: Friday Morning LitLinks http://authorscoop.com/2009/08/28/friday-morning-litlinks-70/ The Latest in Literary News Mon, 21 May 2012 12:00:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: William Haskins http://authorscoop.com/2009/08/28/friday-morning-litlinks-70/#comment-6786 William Haskins Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:50:27 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=6422#comment-6786 the whole thing is weirdly inconsistent. my book of poems is fulfilled through lulu. when they notified me it would be available on amazon, there was initially a pretty substantial markup. this was lifted after a couple of days and now it is available on amazon for the same price that is available on lulu. go figure. the whole thing is weirdly inconsistent. my book of poems is fulfilled through lulu. when they notified me it would be available on amazon, there was initially a pretty substantial markup. this was lifted after a couple of days and now it is available on amazon for the same price that is available on lulu. go figure.

]]> By: Michael http://authorscoop.com/2009/08/28/friday-morning-litlinks-70/#comment-6785 Michael Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:10:17 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=6422#comment-6785 I am having trouble seeing how Amazon's decision to run their book-on-demand service through one specific publisher. This is a strategic decision involving a very specific and unique business model and it seems understandable if they seek to control the scope of it in-house. Just because Amazon offers authors/publishers an opportunity to sell through them via print on demand, it does not mean that they need to do via any and every print on demand service that is in business. Since these books are being sold by Amazon directly, they have a vested interest regarding the quality of the service. Amazon is not the only place that sells books and it seems like many options are available: 1) don't sell on Amazon at all 2) don't sell on Amazon DIRECTLY (I assume they can do it as a third party sale) 3) take the traditional approach of doing a print run and get Amazon to carry the book Filing a lawsuit is not the answer simply because things are not exactly the way you would like them to be. I am having trouble seeing how Amazon’s decision to run their book-on-demand service through one specific publisher.

This is a strategic decision involving a very specific and unique business model and it seems understandable if they seek to control the scope of it in-house.

Just because Amazon offers authors/publishers an opportunity to sell through them via print on demand, it does not mean that they need to do via any and every print on demand service that is in business. Since these books are being sold by Amazon directly, they have a vested interest regarding the quality of the service.

Amazon is not the only place that sells books and it seems like many options are available:

1) don’t sell on Amazon at all
2) don’t sell on Amazon DIRECTLY (I assume they can do it as a third party sale)
3) take the traditional approach of doing a print run and get Amazon to carry the book

Filing a lawsuit is not the answer simply because things are not exactly the way you would like them to be.

]]> By: Magdalen http://authorscoop.com/2009/08/28/friday-morning-litlinks-70/#comment-6780 Magdalen Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:47:02 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=6422#comment-6780 Picture this: Amelia decides to visit the poetry editor (what is his name anyway, the new guy?) next Wednesday, exactly 62 days after Mag emailed her five finest examples of poetic residue to the last-best-hope of literary cognation. As the lovely and youthful Amelia chats, she fiddles with her latte and thus a few errant drops splish-splash with enough force to cause the Enter key (on the editor's ergonomic keyboard) to active Mag's long dormant email. As the editor hastily daubs at the keys, the print command is activated and lo! you-know-who is presented with 5 pages of some of the best poetry this side of Lake Titicaca. It Could Happen! Picture this: Amelia decides to visit the poetry editor (what is his name anyway, the new guy?) next Wednesday, exactly 62 days after Mag emailed her five finest examples of poetic residue to the last-best-hope of literary cognation. As the lovely and youthful Amelia chats, she fiddles with her latte and thus a few errant drops splish-splash with enough force to cause the Enter key (on the editor’s ergonomic keyboard) to active Mag’s long dormant email. As the editor hastily daubs at the keys, the print command is activated and lo! you-know-who is presented with 5 pages of some of the best poetry this side of Lake Titicaca. It Could Happen!

]]> By: chris johnson http://authorscoop.com/2009/08/28/friday-morning-litlinks-70/#comment-6778 chris johnson Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:26:44 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=6422#comment-6778 Saint Augustine died while the Vandals were sacking his city. Surely "Today in Literature" should know that. It must mean something. Saint Augustine died while the Vandals were sacking his city. Surely “Today in Literature” should know that. It must mean something.

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