Amazon and Hachette, a billion dollar publishing corporation, are in a dispute. I have great appreciation for Amazon, which lists my books and allows me to offer items on Kindle for a dollar, which helps an author at the bottom of the literary totem pole get noticed. I just got an email from them, asking me to write a letter of protest to Hachette regarding their pricing of ebooks, some of which list from $15 to $20, which seems criminal. Hachette has already paid 166 million in penalties for colluding to keep prices high. I did not send an email. It would be unfair without hearing Hachette’s point of view. It’s possible that they’ve lost so much money on traditional print books that they must make it up in e-sales. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt for now, even though they seem to be turning up their noses at writers like me. I believe most books on Kindle and Nook should sell for three bucks or less, five for the top selling authors. An electronic copy of A Hitch in Twilight sells for $6, which I think is a mistake on the publisher’s part. Then again, I don’t have access to its financials, so the price may very well be justified. An individual who lists a book at Amazon does so for free. I don’t know if publishers enjoy that privilege.
I’m glad to see the President has approved bombing in Iraq. While the prevention of genocide is cause enough, I hope that it is public relations cover for what should be the real aim -- wiping ISIS off the face of the earth, which is what it would like to do to all who don’t meet its twisted criteria.
It seems NYC has an unelected co-mayor, Al Sharpton. In times like these I hope all my instincts about the left are completely wrong. I’m not leaving New York, but I understand why some would.
As I was returning from Mickey D's with my lunch, a crispy chicken and bacon wrap, I noticed two elderly Asian men playing a game in front of a house. The board looked like a floor panel and the pieces like cookies. I'd never seen it before.
My thanks to Victoria and her mom, who bought A Hitch in Twilight, and to the others who purchased wares today on Bay Parkway. It had been a couple of weeks since the last sale of one of my books. It's a relief to get off the schneid, to lose, at least temporarily, the feeling that there will never be another sale.
Vic's 4th Novel: http://tinyurl.com/bszwlxh
Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Horror Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
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