tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751121487269535269.post5335159090710200966..comments2023-07-28T10:54:36.840-04:00Comments on J Star and the Blog of Doom: Amazon vs MacmillanJeremy Starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707386900992139477noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751121487269535269.post-2650069376136501672010-01-31T22:06:42.094-05:002010-01-31T22:06:42.094-05:00One of my favorite Weblogs-era meetings was with J...One of my favorite Weblogs-era meetings was with Jeff Bezos. He asked a bunch of questions about what Jason and I were doing and really took us seriously. I love Amazon. I've got a Kindle 2, an Amazon Visa card and I'm moving a big customer onto Crowd Fusion using EC2.<br /><br />Dropping Macmillan is a ballsy, harsh move. I know the president of Macmillan and he's said this $9.99 price point is rough for them. To me Amazon is trying to do what Apple did with the $0.99/song pricing standard on iTunes -- and make sure Kindle has the cheapest e-books regardless of what works for publishers.<br /><br />As a consumer, I love the $9.99 pricing, but I get that it's tight for book publishers. I also get your complaint about how they were charging $30 for hardcovers -- because the market would support it.<br /><br />So I like people on both sides and I get where they're both coming from. As someone who works in digital publishing, I can't wait to see where it all ends up. That will most likely not be with old media in the winner's circle.Brian Alveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00701972084350605631noreply@blogger.com