See now don't get me wrong, I know the evil shit Amazon has going on. But you wanna know why they got where they are? Because "people who want to sell books" ripped me off for years.
I'm Australian and as a kid was an avid reader. Too bad we had a law saying that if an Australian publisher for a book existed, book stores had to buy from them and not anybody internationally. Result was those publishers were glorified middle men who bought the rights to the best sellers overseas and then sold them at a premium. $40+ for a hardback or $30 for paperback was a LOT OF FUCKING MONEY for a kid back then. But, "fuck you, pay me".
Well then came Amazon and I went "fuck YOU" and started shipping from the states directly, so much cheaper. Finally came ereaders and I could have a book for a few dollars instantly.
These businesses crying poor as they struggle to keep up with a massive multinational soulless corporation didn't seem to care when I couldn't afford to shop there, now they demand I pay them a premium so they can stay in business.
The time to meet me in the middle was 20 years ago and you didn't. Now I don't care.
tehmlem on July 29th, 2021 at 22:16 UTC »
I can see why they don't want to go.. the moon is a harsh mistress.
Bubba-jones on July 29th, 2021 at 23:41 UTC »
Why don’t they want to go to the moon?
Sparcrypt on July 30th, 2021 at 01:31 UTC »
See now don't get me wrong, I know the evil shit Amazon has going on. But you wanna know why they got where they are? Because "people who want to sell books" ripped me off for years.
I'm Australian and as a kid was an avid reader. Too bad we had a law saying that if an Australian publisher for a book existed, book stores had to buy from them and not anybody internationally. Result was those publishers were glorified middle men who bought the rights to the best sellers overseas and then sold them at a premium. $40+ for a hardback or $30 for paperback was a LOT OF FUCKING MONEY for a kid back then. But, "fuck you, pay me".
Well then came Amazon and I went "fuck YOU" and started shipping from the states directly, so much cheaper. Finally came ereaders and I could have a book for a few dollars instantly.
These businesses crying poor as they struggle to keep up with a massive multinational soulless corporation didn't seem to care when I couldn't afford to shop there, now they demand I pay them a premium so they can stay in business.
The time to meet me in the middle was 20 years ago and you didn't. Now I don't care.