Amazon, BookSurge and the Future of POD

Among writers who self-publish, print on demand companies and even political sites like The Huffington Post, the ruckus over Amazon’s decision to force self-publishers to use their print on demand services in order to be sold through Amazon using their Buy Now button continues to grow, as it should.
Angela Hoy, over at Writer’s Weekly, basically broke the story and has continued to track it as it grows. It’s important because Amazon is the largest online retailer of books, and if they insist on this policy they will effectively kill much of the POD industry because they will create a monopoly-like …read more