Two Journalists Killed in Separate Incidents – WritersWeekly Whispers and Warnings – 10/12/18

2 journalists dead; Amazon to pay higher shipping costs to the USPS; Is a reckoning finally coming for Amazon?
2 journalists dead; Amazon to pay higher shipping costs to the USPS; Is a reckoning finally coming for Amazon?
Cuatomer Poaching * Led Zepplin Copyright Infringement * Predatory Science Journals * Amazon Drivers’ Labor Woes * Amazon turning Whole Foods employees into ‘robots?’; Amazon increases min. wage but cuts benefits?!
Bookshops Threatened * Shady Amazon Employees * Did Netflix do something really stupid? * Harry Potter Festival Naming Fears * New York Review of Books editor out of a job for controversial essay
Amazon waits 3 YEARS to remove pro-rate dating books?!; Attorney-client privilege…or not?; Target accused of redacting keywords for books; Predatory publishers (don’t miss this one!!); Reporter fired for fake news?
“What sells better in stores? Paperbacks or hardcovers? And, do those sell better than ebooks?”
Amazon has killed CreateSpace, and renamed it/merged it/replaced it (same thing, no matter which way you wash it!) with “KDP Print.” We all knew that was coming. And, between you and me, with all the complaints about CreateSpace posted online, it’s no surprise they wanted to get rid of the name…
Getting sued for book reviews and more authors are angry at Amazon – Letters/Comments from our readers!
Amazon Losing Popularity with small sellers * Graffiti Copyrights? * Uncertainty for B&N * Amazon “Buy Button” * Village Voice Downsizing * Online Satire Outlawed
Why would Amazon stock print-on-demand books?
Has your book’s listing on Amazon recently changed? Have you noticed the following? High list price; No Prime availability; Some unknown firm selling your book instead of Amazon?