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Mar 01

2010

Who Moved My Buy Button? (If only it worked!)

Posted by Ross Browne in Publishers , frustrations , amazon

I just spent a little time at the just-launched http://www.whomovedmybuybutton.com/ and I must say I'm very pleased with the mission of this clever little site that takes on the noble cause of 'Keeping an eye on our friends at Amazon since Friday morning.'

The idea is as simple as it is timely: to help authors whose books are available on amazon.com keep track of whether or not the BUY NOW link is working and the book can actually be purchased.

Amazon vs. Macmillan vs. Everyone

Posted by Dan Gibson in tor , macmillan , kindle , ipad , amazon

Normally, when giant corporations fight, it's more a source of indifferent amusement for me more than anything. While I recognize there was some drama last month over whether companies should be able to act like people, most of the time when public kefuffles occur, it's provides me a giggle over whether Papa John's hurt Pizza Hut's market share by saying that their ingredients are better. There are certainly underlying issues involved, but it ends up sounding like two fifth graders upset that one didn't invite the other to a birthday party. Even though it involves the business I work in, I have to admit, this whole Amazon vs. Macmillan seemed to fall into that category, until I started reading authors talk about how they've been affected.

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