So, I'm sharing this because it really bothered me. I'm not going to tell any other authors what to think or do. I'm just going to share my thoughts about what I found in my email.

Anyway, here's the start of the article from Writer's Manifest. Please link back to read the rest and feel free to share your thoughts.

I received a disturbing email yesterday evening, one that makes me very happy that I have diversified my publishing platforms.

The email – and any other Indie Authors out there probably know exactly what email I am talking about – was from Amazon, asking me to step up and support them in their war against Hatchette.


As you may or may not know, Amazon has been at war for a little while with the Big Publishers over the pricing of e-books. The BPs like to price their e-books at prices comparable to paper-back prices while Amazon prefers lower price models to keep sales flowing.

It’s an age-old pricing concept. If you sell items at $14.00, people looking to limit their spending may only purchase one or two. If you sell items discounted at $10.00, consumers recognizing the discount will purchase more items. Consumers who before only spent $14 or $28 will now spend $20 to $40 (those buying one more likely to buy two, those buying two more likely to buy three or four).

What Amazon wants me to do is email Hatchette and tell them to stop being big, mean, bad people and stop trying to bully a big company like Amazon.

Yes, I’m being up on the melodrama, but it is not undeserved.

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