An Author’s View of the Amazon Used Books Controversy

An Author's View of the Amazon Used Books Controversy

'I wouldn't even have considered Amazon.com as a serious used-book source if I hadn't heard about its recent dispute with the Authors Guild - Books, like newspapers, are meant to be shared, passed on and mulled over by more than one reader; I consider dog-eared pages and margin scribbles reminders of all the other people who like to read. At the risk of cannibalizing the $293 in royalties that I earned last year, I don't think that steering readers away from affordable used copies is the way to solve the problems of the publishing industry. Let's keep the public libraries open, too.'

Michelle Slatella, author of 5 books, in the New York Times