I know I'm against the grain here, but I don't have much sympathy. Firstly, no-one is forcing them to sell through Amazon/Audible. They don't have to. They cou

I know I'm against the grain here, but I don't have much sympathy. Firstly, no-one is forcing them to sell through Amazon/Audible. They don't have to. They could build their own storefront, with all the effort and cost that goes with that. Secondly, publishers are complaining about shady accounting and crooked royalty payments? Publishers of all people? Oh, the irony. Thirdly, presumably they've done the calculations, and even with the shady royalty payments it's still worth their while going through A/A rather than selling elsewhere (presumably because A/A's reach is far bigger than anything they can do on their own). This is about "we want more of the pie", though granted it's "we want the share of the pie that we were promised". Lastly, publishers will happily stiff everyone else when they have the power. Appealing to the masses to help them when the shoe is on the other foot is pathetic. I'm much more inclined to schadenfreude than sympathy.