What Hugh Howey Won't Talk About (but Should). And Don't Take Amazon's Latest Claims About the Awesomeness of $2.99 to $7.99 Pricing Seriously. Part II of Several Parts (a .5 Release)

Sorry for the .5. I've worked in software for many years and we tend to do that.

Just a quick update on the Hugh Howey stemwinder of August 1st. I thought this was interesting:

So, no one has anything to say about the actual arguments and positions from either side? Is that what I’m hearing? To equivocate between Amazon and Hachette by saying both are corporations is absolutely absurd. Monsanto and Whole Foods are both corporations. So they’re the same, right? No need to look any further?

I’d rather dig deeper than that, if nobody minds.

    * Amazon allows anyone to publish. Hachette doesn’t even allow unagented submissions, meaning they require you to pay 15% of your earnings to a third party just to talk to them, no matter how well you can represent yourself.

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