[Info-vax] OT: Amazon (was What is VMS?)

[Bob Eager]

On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:39:17 -0800, seasoned_geek wrote:

> On Jan 11, 2:00 pm, Bob Eager <news0... at eager.cx> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:11:53 -0800, seasoned_geek wrote:
>> > On Jan 4, 10:18 am, Doug Phillips <dphil... at netscape.net> wrote:
>> >> On Jan 3, 2:58 pm, seasoned_geek <rol... at logikalsolutions.com>
>> >> wrote:> On Jan 1, 1:44 pm, Doug Phillips <dphil... at netscape.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > > On Dec 31 2011, 9:33 am, seasoned_geek
>> >> > > <rol... at logikalsolutions.com> wrote:
>> >> > > > On Dec 30, 10:44 am, Doug Phillips <dphil... at netscape.net>
>> >> > > > wrote:
>>
>> >> ...>< BIG SNIP ><
>>
>> > <BIG SNIP>
>>
>> > Lots of ranting, lots of links, still no industry knowledge.
>>
>> You have not proved any, either.
> 
> I currently have 8 published titles.  2 via a publishers and 6 published
> myself.  I have 3 more titles coming out this year, two of them should
> be available before the end of February.
> 
> You have how many?
> 
> Doug has now many?
> 
> When that number is higher than zero, then, and only then, will you have
> something worthwhile to contribute on the Amazon topic.
> 
> Of course now that Amazon has completely stepped in the doo-doo.
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/technology/amazon-rewrites-the-rules-
of-book-publishing.html?pagewanted=all
> 
> They will once again be whining and crying and bribing people to open
> investigations when all major publishers stop sending them inventory,
> which, coincidentally, no publisher is under ANY obligation to do.

That proves nothing, really.

But, as it happens, I do have a couple.

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