It's probably not Amazon; what the blogger hasn't realized is that the books he's looking at probably have different publishers (with different pricing policies) in different countries. Not to mention different rates of VAT, from 0% (the USA doesn't have VAT) to 20% in the UK and even higher levels elsewhere.
I know that it's the publisher, or at least I am aware that Amazon puts the blame on publishers, but I am baffled that Amazon, which is THE BIGGEST online bookseller, has to bend to such insane demands.
If Amazon stop bending to those "insane" demands, you're going to see a wave of publishers going bust and then a steep decline in the availability of new high-quality product[1]. AMZN are not the authors' friends, let alone the publishers'. And if they ever establish a monopoly on the supply chain, they'll stop being the customers' friend as well.
[1] Authors don't get to support themselves by touring. And those of us who try to supply good quality product can't do nearly as a good a job if our cash flow is being throttled, or if we're forced to take on the elements of workflow that our publishers currently handle for us.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 18.9 ms ] thread[1] Authors don't get to support themselves by touring. And those of us who try to supply good quality product can't do nearly as a good a job if our cash flow is being throttled, or if we're forced to take on the elements of workflow that our publishers currently handle for us.