Monday, May 26, 2014

Amazon's Tactics Confirm Its Critics' Worst Suspicions

Farhad Manjoo writes in the NY Times Bits blog about the Amazon/Hachette battle, Amazon's Tactics Confirm Its Critics' Worst Suspicions "Now Amazon is raising prices, removing ordering buttons, lengthening shipping times and monkeying with recommendation algorithms. Do these sound like the moves of a man who cares about customers above all else?"

I noticed too they've raised their prices on comics. They used to regularly offer 30-40% off list price, now it's more like 18-23%. A few months after I noticed that trend they bought Comixology.

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