Over 28,000 people have signed a petition to “stop the unfair removal of titles on Amazon” as a result of the retailer’s Kindle Direct Publishing Select policy. The policy states that work that is part of KDP Select must not be digitally published elsewhere. The petition claims the books being removed have sometimes been stolen and pirated: “Many authors follow this rule closely, but Amazon refuses to acknowledge the part they play in the theft and redistribution of authors’ publications online.” The signatories are asking for Amazon “to change their current process for authors that allegedly infringe” on the policy; […]
