Amazon kompanija lygiai taip pat monopsoniškai nesudaro normalių sąlygų pardavinėti knygas iš tų leidyklų (pavyzdžiui Hachette), kurios neduoda Amazon kompanijai didelių nuolaidų. Tokiu keliu mūsų kultūra praranda savo vertę [1]. Kas bus su Amazon kompanija?
1. "To the Editor:
Thank
you, Paul Krugman, for saying this, and for reminding me of that
wonderful word “monopsony.” Many believe that Amazon is siding with the
public by driving down the prices that publishers can charge for books.
But it isn’t. What it’s doing is making it uneconomical for publishers
and authors to give us the professional works of fact and fiction that
we take for granted, in favor of its own low overhead self-publishing
model — a model that produces mostly rubbish. There are many reasons
that most writers stick with publishers, including advances, editing and
publicity.
This
isn’t about competition — any author is currently free to self-publish
on Amazon, and any reader to read his or her books. Rather, it’s about
Amazon’s attempt to use its monopoly power and vertical integration to
destroy competition and force everyone into its model, one that would
make impossible the professionally written and edited books upon which
our cultural life depends.
I
invite anyone who thinks that Amazon is doing us a favor to read a
random sampling of self-published books sometime. You will soon change
your mind.
JOSHUA P. HILL
New London, Conn., Oct. 20, 2014"
New London, Conn., Oct. 20, 2014"
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