00:00 - 00:03 | The Authors United strategy isn't working. |
00:04 - 00:05 | These Amazon warehouse don't have Hachette titles. |
00:05 - 00:07 | here, and here. |
00:08 - 00:12 | From what we can tell, readers are buying from other retailers. |
00:12 - 00:15 | They seem only to care about authors and pricing. |
00:17 - 00:19 | Get a hold of Streitfeld and Patterson. |
00:19 - 00:21 | Solidarity is needed now. |
00:24 - 00:26 | Doug... |
00:27 - 00:28 | They... |
00:31 - 00:33 | They are in The Hamptons playing golf. |
00:34 - 00:36 | They were invited by Bezos. |
00:53 - 00:58 | Every self-published author, leave the room now. |
01:13 - 01:15 | What the hell are they thinking? |
01:15 - 01:17 | Cavorting with the devil himself when publishing is broken! |
01:18 - 01:23 | We must fight to the death for Hachette. |
01:25 - 01:28 | Why do you think I wrote that first letter? |
01:29 - 01:31 | No one listens! |
01:31 - 01:34 | Look what happened to Borders! |
01:34 - 01:37 | Destroyed by Amazon and their fuckin' drones! |
01:37 - 01:40 | Bezos is Stalin all over again. |
01:40 - 01:42 | Doug, readers just want good books. |
01:42 - 01:46 | I don't care what Amazon, readers or authors want. |
01:46 - 01:48 | Doug, the readers are just frustrated with high e-book prices. |
01:48 - 01:52 | They'll get exactly what my publisher decides they want! |
01:53 - 01:54 | And retailers will comply with my orders. |
01:56 - 01:57 | Always the same shit. Choice and variety! |
01:57 - 02:00 | Amazon will jump when we say jump! |
02:00 - 02:03 | We have rights. |
02:04 - 02:08 | Retailers cannot reject us! |
02:08 - 02:13 | They will stock exactly what we want and at what price we want. |
02:14 - 02:16 | We need a second letter. |
02:17 - 02:21 | I'll compose it this evening. We'll take out another New York Times advert. |
02:27 - 02:29 | Get a quote from them immediately. |
02:30 - 02:34 | We'll do a double-page spread this time. |
02:34 - 02:36 | Streitfield will comply with orders to write more anti-Amazon articles. |
02:41 - 02:42 | We'll do another whip-round. |
02:43 - 02:47 | I don't care what it costs. There is no cost too much for Authors United. |
02:48 - 02:53 | Amazon will crumble to Hachette no matter what the cost or how long this takes. |
02:54 - 02:56 | Yeah. That'll work. |
02:56 - 02:59 | Who do Amazon think they're fooling? |
03:00 - 03:02 | Do they think we'll all self-published authors? |
03:04 - 03:07 | He's pissed off about his Amazon order being late yesterday. |
03:14 - 03:16 | Tell the self-published authors that I want to speak with them. |
03:19 - 03:23 | There's something they're not telling us. |
03:25 - 03:26 | I can't put my finger on it. |
03:31 - 03:33 | But I know they know. |
03:40 - 03:46 | They'll work with us on this. I know it. |
03:46 - 03:49 | No silly demands. We're in this together. |
03:53 - 03:56 | We'll see how this all turns out. |