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		hershel on May 26, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon: malignant monopoly, or just plain evil? If they fear being left alone against amazon, why don't authors use their union to start directly collectively bargaining, or even starting business activities together ? In a world where a book store is just an app, there are a lot of opportunities open to authors, and they really hold the power in the book market, at least with regards to ebooks.

Anderkent on May 26, 2014 [–]

Because they don't want to be publishers, they want to be writers. As said in the article.

hershel on May 26, 2014 | [–]

They don't have to be publishers. They just vote once in a while, pay their dues , and the union does the rest.

icebraining on May 26, 2014 | | [–]

Union might not be the best example. Maybe a "writers' cooperative".

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