tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698683771012560480.post3671895792136073403..comments2008-04-04T13:57:46.838-05:00AmazonTroopSurgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03333351728136307373noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698683771012560480.post-91700529517794689972008-04-04T13:57:00.000-05:002008-04-04T13:57:00.000-05:002008-04-04T13:57:00.000-05:00This is a great idea! As readers and authors we need to do our best to support our favorite authors and small presses as close to the source as we can. The closer we get to them, by buying from the author's own website, or contacting them directly, the more hard-earned money we can put back in the author's pocket for their work.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03183257020789106044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698683771012560480.post-8785737740677412782008-03-31T19:07:00.000-05:002008-03-31T19:07:00.000-05:002008-03-31T19:07:00.000-05:00I'm an author with a small independent press that uses POD technology. I've been spreading the word to my readers and one of them (RoseWelsh on LJ) had a brilliant suggestion that goes beyond a simple boycott. <BR/><BR/>Her solution was this:<BR/><BR/><I>Erynn: <BR/><BR/> After looking through your posts on this outrageous tactic and realizing that one letter or 10 *saying* that you will buy elsewhere isn't going to hit home. I'm thinking that for the next month or so every time I buy a book elsewhere, I'll let Amazon know: send them a brief letter why I bought elsewhere with a copy of the receipt :-) If enough people do this maybe the bean counters will have something interesting to say at the next staff meeting *wink*. <BR/><BR/> Rose</I><BR/><BR/>I think Rose's idea is great and that it should be passed around as widely as possible to small presses and readers who care about their favorite authors and the niche markets that many of us represent.Erynn Rowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08297413089914906458noreply@blogger.com