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ABA Opposes Amazon Source Because, Well, It’s From Amazon

November 6, 2013
By Michael Cader

American Booksellers Association ceo Oren Teicher released a statement regarding the Amazon Source initiative. He is, as you might expect, opposed to the program, though the rationale is not entirely clear. Perhaps primarily, he just doesn’t like the company: “Given Amazon’s aggressive corporate tactics and their long-standing strategy to avoid the collection of sales tax, we don’t see this new program as being at all credible.” In one part of the statement, Teicher actually laments that the new Amazon program is only available to some of the organization’s members: “Based on available information, independent bookstores in more than half the […]

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