Amazon Vs. Book Publishers, By The Numbers
An abusive, alcoholic father; a snake-oil salesman; a predatory lion; Nazi Germany: These are some of the metaphors publishers invoke to express their feelings toward Amazon. In a massive, 12,000-word feature in this week's New Yorker, George Packer dives deep into the relationship between the book industry and the retail giant that represents both its most important sales channel and its most dangerous antagonist.
In the spirit of Amazon's corporate culture - wherein, Packer reports, it was the custom to refer to original writing only as "verbage" - let's ignore the overheated rhetoric for the moment
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