#Best day to order mypublisher book free#
I can’t blame anyone who wants to buy inexpensive books, and when cost and convenience are of paramount importance to you, then click away…or better yet, check out free books from your local library. The truth is, our addiction to Amazon is what has empowered it to destabilize the book world. Likewise, I cannot support a company that is destroying so many of my favorite things. (And Amazon’s working conditions aren’t much better than slave labor). I could not support a company that used, say, slave labor, no matter how great their bargains. I love bargains as much as the next guy, but I have limits. What do you think will happen if Amazon succeeds and destroys its competition? Do you think it will continue slashing prices when it’s the only bookseller left? Do you think it will continue giving us great bargains out of the kindness of its heart? Am I the only one who wants to live in a world with bookstores and book culture and a healthy publishing industry? But now Amazon is threatening the entire culture of books so it can sell more batteries and soap. Amazon has forced publishers and booksellers to improve efficiency, and that’s a good thing. Honestly, the book industry probably needed a kick in the pants. When bookstores disappear, so do booksellers and book culture. Books are worth a lot.īookstores that can’t compete with Amazon’s artificially low prices die off. Books change lives, and they’re beautiful objects, and they have a special place in our history and culture. To sell things like batteries and soap Amazon has driven down the price of books, which is convincing people that books aren’t worth much. “And since you’re here, why not reorder some regularly priced batteries and soap?”
“Check out our mysteriously cheap books,” whispers Amazon.
Amazon loses money on books, but uses them to lure customers toward more profitable things. The answer, of course, is that Amazon does not love books. I thought Amazon loved books? I thought it loved MY books? How could it hold books hostage if it loves them? It actually makes me sad that Amazon, a bookseller, would be willing to hold my books hostage. Things have gotten messy, and as a pressure tactic Amazon has made it difficult or impossible to buy Hachette’s books, including my books. So I’ve been confused by the bizarre negotiations between Amazon (a different kind of bookseller, but a bookseller nonetheless) and my publisher, Hachette. (Nor would there be book culture without libraries, librarians, publishers, and readers. They are all required. There would be no book culture without booksellers. They provide a setting to learn and grow and interact with our communities. They bring authors and artists into our neighborhoods. They love matching the right book with the right reader. And I really love people who love books, which is why I love booksellers.īooksellers are curious and intelligent and interesting people and they’re always finding new things to be excited about, thanks in part to all the books in their lives. I might even love the taste, let me check…yeah, I love the taste of books, too. I love the look and smell and sound and feel of books.
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