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Publishers are evil!
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[APRIL FOOLS] Authors Guild to take on Amazon!
According to a Wall Street Journal article, they got an advance look at the Authors Guild's new website. The article states that the Authors Guild will hold a press conference at the Algonquin Hotel in New York on Monday morning to announce they will be releasing their own retail website in the second half of 2012. This website will allow the authors they represent to bypass eBook distributors, such as Amazon, and sell directly to the public.
This is a great article and I’m surprised the Big Six publishers haven’t tried to do something similar. I tried to add a link to the Journal’s story, but it is one of those annoying pay links and I can’t find a non-pay link to the story (if you have a WSJ subscription try the Pay Article), but here is what the article said <i>in my own words</i> (moderators, this is not a copyright violation)— Quote:
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04-01-2012, 02:31 AM | #2 |
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This sounds great. I wonder what kind of effect this would have on ereaders sellers like bn and amazon, which rely on ebook sales to make their model profitable. Would they go exclusively tablets?
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04-01-2012, 03:00 AM | #3 |
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Foole me once...
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04-01-2012, 03:48 AM | #4 |
Is that a sandwich?
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How long did it take you to think this one up?
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04-01-2012, 05:26 AM | #5 |
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D'oh!
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04-01-2012, 06:58 AM | #6 |
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Gah, I'm slow this year! I even read all the comments.
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04-01-2012, 08:08 AM | #7 |
how YOU doin?
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I fell for it hook line and sinker.
Should have known it was too good to be true, especially coming from the 'Authors' Guild. Well played, Daithi. |
04-01-2012, 10:24 AM | #8 |
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The sad thing is, this is what they should be doing (finding innovative new business models) instead of crying about how the publishing industry is dying.
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04-01-2012, 10:42 AM | #9 |
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I knew it wasn't true as soon as it started seeming reasonable and pro-author, two things the Author's Guild has never been.
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04-01-2012, 10:43 AM | #10 |
Close to the Edit!
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Definitely got me going for a moment...well done!
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04-01-2012, 11:23 AM | #11 |
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It's sad that the moment I thought how sensible my BS filters fired up and rang like a fire alarm
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04-01-2012, 11:24 AM | #12 |
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It was the non-DRM'd bit that cued me in.
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04-01-2012, 05:57 PM | #13 |
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This proposal is about the most sound, best business plan, most consumer-friendly proposal that I've ever heard. Why, it actually makes sense and would help authors make plenty of money while giving customers a sensible product at a fair price.
Of course it is an April Fool's joke. |
04-01-2012, 11:01 PM | #14 |
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I went into this thinking "Oh, this is just a joke..."
Then, I started reading it. Soon, I felt a sharp pain in my cheek as if I were being pulled away. Great job on that one. |
04-02-2012, 02:54 PM | #15 |
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That was beyond mean.
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