For weeks, I’ve been reading about the
ongoing dispute between Amazon and the Hachette Book Group. Millions of words
have already been written on this topic, and it would take up too much space to
highlight all of the opinions when you can easily Google the amazon/Hachette
dispute to find the info. Since I live in Canada, what does interest me is that
The Writers’ Union of Canada has now issued a public statement on the matter.
In a nutshell, they aren’t taking either side
but are offering a third side, that is “that of the full spectrum of today’s
professional authors. Simply put, neither Amazon.com nor Hachette Book Group
would exist without the work of professional authors.” In other words, they
want the two sides to resolve this issue fast as it’s hurting author’s incomes.
By the way, the TWUC’s official position is
that 25% royalties on e-book sales is far too low and “does not reflect a
marketplace reality”, indicating that 50% would be more realistic. I don’t
disagree with them, but I doubt this will happen anytime soon either. You can
read what else the TWUC says at http://www.writersunion.ca/news/public-statement-amazoncom-hachette-book-group-dispute
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