AmazonTroopSurge.com Launches to Support Publishers Abandoned by Amazon.com

AmazonTroopSurge.com (www.AmazonTroopSurge.com) is a new blog launched to provide news, commentary, and links to other sites involved in the movement to expose Amazon.com's recent anti-competitive, anti-free market initiatives.

Last week, print on demand ("POD") authors began receiving communications from Amazon.com stating that if they did not switch their publishing service to BookSurge, a POD service purchased by Amazon.com in 2005, then the buy button on their book pages would be disabled. The authors' books can still be purchased from resellers, but no new POD copies could be sold.

Self-published authors who have used the BookSurge service have had numerous negative experiences, including missing pages in books, breaches of contract, and unpaid royalties, among other issues. A search in Google reveals links to many such stories. Forcing publishers to rely on a POD company with a spotty record, rather than other companies with whom they have good working relationships, is a clear abuse of Amazon.com's power.

AmazonTroopSurge.com is just one of numerous blogs and web sites that are actively discussing this issue. There is also a petition hosted at ipetitions.com, which can be accessed from the blog. Word throughout the industry is that April 1st is the deadline for all POD authors to switch to BookSurge, or their ability to sell will be disabled. If Amazon.com is allowed to do this, it will have serious ramifications for the future of self-publishing.

AmazonTroopSurge.com (www.AmazonTroopSurge.com) invites anyone interested in a free exchange of ideas and the right of authors to publish themselves as they see fit to visit our blog and become part of the community.

For additional information, contact us via email at amazontroopsurge @ gmail.com.