I wondered if anyone here had insight into Amazon's new policy that allows third-party sellers to "win" the one-click-buy button, as described here and here.
I'm genuinely confused and curious about the implications of this, if any. Some commenters on the PW piece say this policy will take sales and royalties away from authors. Others say those concerns are alarmist, because Amazon vets the third-party sellers of all books labeled as "new."
Any thoughts?
(Mods, I wasn't sure if this belonged here, in General Publishing, or elsewhere. I apologize in advance if it's out of place!)
I'm genuinely confused and curious about the implications of this, if any. Some commenters on the PW piece say this policy will take sales and royalties away from authors. Others say those concerns are alarmist, because Amazon vets the third-party sellers of all books labeled as "new."
Any thoughts?
(Mods, I wasn't sure if this belonged here, in General Publishing, or elsewhere. I apologize in advance if it's out of place!)