While admitting that “Amazon is a competitor” (whose quest for exclusivity is a particular competitive problem) and Hachette is an “important” supplier, Kobo President Michael Tamblyn took to the virtual podium on Twitter Friday morning to offer “32 Short Notes on Amazon-Hachette-IndyAuthors”: 1. Indie authors take note: Amazon is, among other things, a machine designed to optimize product prices in order to gain share and sales. 2. AMZN, like every retailer that reaches a certain size, turns to its suppliers to grow profitability by demanding more favourable terms. 3. The Hachette-Amazon fight is an especially public manifestation of that Big […]
