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In reply to the discussion: Amazon to Cut E-Book Prices, Shaking Rivals (making Amazon a Monopoly) [View all]MelissaMSmith
(4 posts)They have a history of unethical decisions you would not deem acceptable from a smaller retailer. We forget the unpleasantness of the past in favor of easy accessibility.
http://antitrust.booklocker.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html
Amazon does not take into consideration the laws and ethics that others abide by. If you do not use their POD-Print on Demand service, they will not list you on their website. That MAY be their right, but they will also list authors and books who have NOT given their permission to be listed on Amazon in the first place.
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2011/11/ebooks/authors-guild-weighs-in-on-amazon-lending-library/
The shady business practice has been around for quite sometime. And as for throwing the word Monopoly around, this too, is nothing new.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/04/26/100426fa_fact_auletta
A lot of things need to be revamped here, but placing Amazon on a pedestal is not only wrong, it is hurtful.
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/11/cutting-their-own-throats.html
http://www.jimchines.com/2012/02/amazon-ebook-price/
You shop online for the convenience, however, is the tradeoff really that great? We sacrifice so much for one-stop-shopping, and don't think of the consequences.