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I think Amazon should be made to pay something, although maybe not the full $13k, simply to make damn sure that they sort out their systems and this doesn't hap
by MattBearman 15y ago
I think Amazon should be made to pay something, although maybe not the full $13k, simply to make damn sure that they sort out their systems and this doesn't happen again.
If Amazon gets off lightly they probably won't change anything, and this could happen to some other unsuspecting author.
- archangel_one 15y agoI agree, although it would be even better if Amazon just paid the poor guy without someone having to make them do it. This clearly wasn't intended and it's not like paying even the full sum would make a lot of difference to their bottom line.
- roc 15y ago> "this could happen to some other unsuspecting author." Not to mention the now-clear potential for malicious activity that this process illustrates: If one wanted to cause trouble for an author, apparently they could just post three chapters of a book to the Nook store at $0 and watch the target author's Kindle revenue drop to zero. Amazon's incentive is clearly to err on the side of price drops -- particularly if they suffer no serious legal/PR damage from false-positives.