Authors Guild president and perennial best-seller Scott Turow wrote a letter to ICANN last week claiming that Amazon’s virtual land grab offers a limitless potential for abuse. For Turow, at least, Amazon is not presumed innocent (ba dum bum). In ICANN’s defense, there are a few ...
共同管理似乎是双方纠缠7年的关键所在。此前这些国家就主张亚马逊可以使用与商业利益相关的域名,例如“books.amazon”等,而“tourism.amazon”这种与文化遗产相关的域名归于南美国家。但亚马逊则认为这种共同管理的方式太过混乱,亚马逊建议南美国家可以使用国家缩写 “.amazon”的形式,例如巴西使用“br.amazon”。 而这已...
On Wednesday, January 27, in Washington, the New America think tank plans an open discussion on “Amazon’s Book Monopoly : A Threat to Freedom of Expression?” with author Scott Turow and Smashwords founder Mark Coker,” among others. New America says it is “committed to the solution of...
Amazon is pressuring the Hachette Book Group, a subsidiary of French company Lagardere, as the two renegotiate their contract, according to US media reports. Noticed tactics include delaying delivery of Hachette books and not discounting works handled by the publisher, and suggesting that readers loo...
Scott Turow, president of the Authors Guild, denounced the suit, as did David Carr, the media critic of the New York Times, who said it was “the modern equivalent of taking on Standard Oil but breaking up Ed’s Gas ‘N’ Groceries on Route 19 instead.” On its face, the suit ...
Russo and other authors, including Stephen King, Dennis Lehane, Anita Shreve, and Ann Patchett, as well as Authors Guild president Scott Turow, took exception to a promotion Amazon ran on Dec. 10. Customers using Amazon's Price Check smartphone app -- which allows comparison shopping between ...
“Amazon’s acquisition of Goodreads is a textbook example of how modern Internet monopolies can be built,” said Scott Turow, Authors Guild president. “The key is to eliminate or absorb competitors before they pose a serious threat. With its 16 million subscribers, Goodreads could easily...
Amazon has scuttled that potential and also squelched what was fast becoming the go-to venue for online reviews, attracting far more attention than Amazon for those seeking independent assessment and discussion of books. As those in advertising have long known, the key to driving sales is contro...