Amazon to Cut E-Book Prices, Shaking Rivals (making Amazon a Monopoly)

[rebecca_herman]

124. You make some pretty big assumptions

First, you wrongly assume I read ebooks. I only read print books and I do not believe that will ever change. I find reading a print book to be a significantly more enjoyable experience and I truly love my collection of books. Even if it's an author I previously loved, I will not read it if there's no print version.

Second, I am quite familiar with the various publishers and their imprints. I could look at a book for ten seconds and tell you exactly who published it.

Third, I am not a robot. Nobody is telling me what to read. There are certain themes and genres I do not enjoy and I will not ready them no matter who publishes them. But I have consistantly enjoyed the majority of novels I have read that were published by traditional publishers. I enjoy about 90% of what I read and only hate about 1%. Chances are that if I choose a traditionally published book with a story and genre that appeals to me, I will most likely enjoy it. They provide a good product that I truly enjoy, so why would I stop buying those books just because some people feel the publishers add no value to the product? I think they do, and I am quite happy to pay their prices, and would even pay a bit more than I pay now.

Fourth, I STRONGLY disagree with Amazon's business practices and will never provide them with another cent of my money. They have quite enough money on their own and it disgusts me that my tax dollars are being used to help them when they are quite financially capable of fighting their own battles.