Comments on: ISBW Special #36: AISFP #56- Mary Anne Mohanraj http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2008/08/13/isbw-special-36-aisfp-56-mary-anne-mohanraj/ The podcast for wanna-be fiction writers Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Moritz http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2008/08/13/isbw-special-36-aisfp-56-mary-anne-mohanraj/#comment-1445 Moritz Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:44:50 +0000 http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=273#comment-1445 Great interview. Unfortunately, most links in the show notes only lead to thte strange horizons website. Great interview. Unfortunately, most links in the show notes only lead to thte strange horizons website.

]]> By: Anne Lyle http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2008/08/13/isbw-special-36-aisfp-56-mary-anne-mohanraj/#comment-1442 Anne Lyle Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:42:45 +0000 http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=273#comment-1442 I'm with you on the Amazon boycott, Mur - I've taken all the affiliate links off my site since I heard about their latest shenanigans here in the UK (dropping the "Buy Now" buttons on certain bestselling authors' listings in order to try and blackmail one of the UK's biggest publishers into giving bigger discounts). I've also stopped buying new books directly from Amazon, though I still pick up the occasional out-of-print book from Amazon Marketplace. My main use for Amazon nowadays is as a source of reader reviews of books I'm thinking of buying - which I then purchase elsewhere :) It's bad enough that online selling has been the final nail in the coffin of independent book shops, but when they start trying to gouge ever more money out of the people actually producing the goods (i.e. publishers and authors), it's time to call a halt. Maybe we need a Fairtrade mark for booksellers! I’m with you on the Amazon boycott, Mur – I’ve taken all the affiliate links off my site since I heard about their latest shenanigans here in the UK (dropping the “Buy Now” buttons on certain bestselling authors’ listings in order to try and blackmail one of the UK’s biggest publishers into giving bigger discounts). I’ve also stopped buying new books directly from Amazon, though I still pick up the occasional out-of-print book from Amazon Marketplace. My main use for Amazon nowadays is as a source of reader reviews of books I’m thinking of buying – which I then purchase elsewhere :)

It’s bad enough that online selling has been the final nail in the coffin of independent book shops, but when they start trying to gouge ever more money out of the people actually producing the goods (i.e. publishers and authors), it’s time to call a halt. Maybe we need a Fairtrade mark for booksellers!

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