How authors can beat both Amazon and Hachette…

I was tempted to make this a humorous post too, a parody of “How Book Publishers Can Beat Amazon,” an op-ed column (two or three columns, in fact) written by lawyer Bob Kohn in last Saturday’s (May 31) NY Times. Last Wednesday (June 4), the lead editorial in the Times also attacked Amazon. Pretty clear where their sympathies lie. Moreover, they’re clearly not on the side of readers or writers! Of course, they claim they’re protecting them…bla-bla-bla. Back to that temptation: it occurred beca...