Voting for Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award ends today, and the winner will be announced in 7 days. *yawn* It’s about time this thing was over!
Here’s a quote from judge Eric Simonoff, an agent with Janklow and Nesbitt about one of the entries…”Like the Midwest where Prospect is set, Okita’s language is oddly featureless and bland, even while his narrative veers into the outlandish.”
Is it just me or does Eric look like Eugene Levy?
Anyhoo…
Amazon has announced is reasoning behind forcing POD publishers to use their printing service. Read their announcement here!
It all comes down to saving fuel and shipping costs. Those are words I hear everyday at the wholesale book company I work for. I never once thought I’d hear them from a billion dollar corporation like Amazon.
This blow to the POD world saddens me and it will be interesting to see what effects it will have on the industry. I pray that Amazon will be the one hard hit by boycotting, lawsuits, and POD publishers who won’t back down. Only time will tell.
In the meantime, I’m still plotting away at an attempt to break into the traditional publishing world, and continuing to support the POD world through my review blog.
The fate of both keeps me awake at night.
