Following Douglas Preston’s open letter to which hundreds of well-known traditionally-published authors signed on, on Thursday a group of almost 30 self-published authors posted a petition of their own at Change.org in response (from online accounts, the letter was written by Hugh Howey and Joe Konrath). It’s offered “To Thank Our Readers,” but after the first 120 words, the balance of the 2,400-word-petition is a defense of, and appreciation of, Amazon. Many of the “supporters” who signed on — now at more than 5,000 people — are also self-published authors offering their own thanks to Amazon. The petition asserts a variety of “truths” […]