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http://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-court-rules-e-books-are-services-not-goods-1425552050?et_mid=730693&rid=241005945
Add this to the fact they just finished cramming VAT down every online retailer of ebooks across the world, and what I see is a pattern:
European fatcat corporate publishers and their corrupt influence are attacking the ebook industry (indirectly an attack on Amazon), in order to slow the progression of the ebook explosion, which steals directly from their pockets as discoverability is stripped away from them and given to Indies via Amazon's empowering influence on the market.
I'm not an Amazon preacher by any means, I absolutely hate what they are doing with Kindle Unlimited, its ruining the Indie ebook market, but I call foul when I see it.
European fatcat publishers are using legislators to shove roadblocks in front of the digital explosion, hoping to slow down Amazon and Ibooks.
Add this to the fact they just finished cramming VAT down every online retailer of ebooks across the world, and what I see is a pattern:
European fatcat corporate publishers and their corrupt influence are attacking the ebook industry (indirectly an attack on Amazon), in order to slow the progression of the ebook explosion, which steals directly from their pockets as discoverability is stripped away from them and given to Indies via Amazon's empowering influence on the market.
I'm not an Amazon preacher by any means, I absolutely hate what they are doing with Kindle Unlimited, its ruining the Indie ebook market, but I call foul when I see it.
European fatcat publishers are using legislators to shove roadblocks in front of the digital explosion, hoping to slow down Amazon and Ibooks.