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Amazon ☹

Amazon poses a threat to independent booksellers and they are not going away anytime soon.  As Amazon continue to gain near monopolistic power we must devise ways to continue to thrive.  Here we share articles to help understand what Amazon is doing and how we can adapt.

  1. LATEST BLOW TO BOOK INDUSTRY

    Wendy Jones,
    • 11 replies
    • 3.6k views
    Mel Hopkins

  2. CreateSpace Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Merger

    Mel Hopkins,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.9k views
    Troy

  3. F*ck Amazon Prime Day and Here’s Why

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  4. I’m Selling My Book and Deliberately Keeping it Off Amazon

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 7.9k views
    Troy

  5. No Reason to Buy (or sell) Books on Amazon Anymore

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  6. Amazon's Effect on the Black Book Ecosystem - What's The 411 Interview

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  7. How Retailers Can Thrive in the Age of Amazon

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  8. AMA(NO)ZON’S LATEST MALPRACTICES

    Wendy Jones,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  9. Independent Booksellers Urge: “Don’t Box Out Bookstores”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  10. How is Amazon Selling Paperback Versions of Caste?

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Wendy Jones

  11. "People are very convenience-motivated,"

    Mel Hopkins,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Mel Hopkins

  12. Powell's Has Stopped Selling Books on Amazon's Marketplace

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.8k views
    Wendy Jones

  13. AALBC is Officially Done with Amazon

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  14. Would You Boycott Amazon to Support the Black Book Ecosystem

    Troy,
    • 28 replies
    • 7.3k views
    Mel Hopkins

  15. Ways to NOT support am*zon

    Maurice,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  16. If You Love Amazon You Really Need to Watch This Video

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  17. Amazon's Adverse Impact on the Book Industry Global

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  18. Amazon's Stranglehold: Stifling Competition, Eroding Jobs, and Threatening Communities

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  19. The Authors Guild Fights Amazon

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  20. The Authors United Position Paper on Amazon’s Book Selling Practices

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  21. Amazon charges non-Prime members more at physical bookstores

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
    CDBurns

  22. Amazon targets authors and marketers for alleged abuse of Kindle Direct Publishing system

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  23. Specific Alternatives to the Universe of Amazon

    Wendy Jones,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

  24. Am*zon blocks Library Borrows

    Mel Hopkins,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  25. Factors That Determine a Boycott’s Success

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  26. Amazon Impact on the Black Book Ecosystem is Even Greater

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  27. How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.com

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  28. What’s Wrong With Amazon?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

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