[Holbein]

Bullshit. Amazon told Hachette & Co "we are granting ourselves a big discount, from now on we will pay 20% less than before. Since this is nearly a monopsony, you can agree to these terms, or loose a lot more than half of your income. But hey it's your choice... (suppressed snickers)". Amazon is not playing fair at all.

[facepalm]

How do you know what is fair? Maybe the 25% more they were paying before were unfair? The monopschmopy arguments are all bullshits because there are plenty of ways to buy books. Maybe you could even buy them directly from Hachette?

[Holbein]

Well, I've read a few articles about that spat, and made up my mind. I suggest you read a few articles yourself, get ahold of the facts, and stop the way small kids argue ("monopschmopy").

[facepalm]

I suppose the adult way of arguing is to call other arguments childish?

I'm sorry that I can't recognize your authority (built on reading a few articles) at face value. At least have the decency to link to some of those articles.

How can an article determine the fair value of anything anyway?

[Holbein]

Why don't you talk to joshkaufman about that "not providing any links" business, huh? But you don't, because you have a selective perception - what you do agree with does not need verification, apparently.

Here's a link for you: http://www.spiegel.de/international/amazon-seeks-fifty-perce...

Now about "childish": calling things what they are is indeed the adult way. You've been childish. And in your last post, you've also been cynical ("At least have the decency…"). Both are very bad traits. Please grow up.

[facepalm]

I've been childish because I said monoschmopolywhatever? Perhaps you just need to get over yourself.

Btw I suppose "I have more experience than you (because I read some articles) therefore I am right" is another hallmark of grownup conversations.

Your link says Amazon used to get 30% and now they want 50% of ebook sales, same as for paperback books. They still make more money with paperback books. Where in that does it imply what a fair price is?

You can read books from other sources on your Kindle Reader. So what if Amazon has built a decent reach - why shouldn't they be paid for it? If you place an ad in the New York Times, is it unfair that it costs a lot of money because their paper reaches a certain audience?