The threat Amazon has made to POD publishers continues to make news. In case you haven't heard about it, you can read our open letter to authors here. Below are outside links to articles about the fiasco. Feel free to make comments about this issue on our blog.

If you get steamed after reading through this (or you're steamed already), you can email the Washington state government from here and sign the online petition here.

Strong letter from the Small Publisher's Association of North America

Press Release from the American Society of Journalists and Authors

Author's Guild emails members about how "Amazon Squeezes the Long Tail"

The "Low-Down" on Amazon

Amazon/Booksurge Information Clearinghouse

What this means for the quality of your book

So what's so great about Lightning Source, anyway?

What do Lightning Source and Ingram have to say about this mess?

Is there anything we can do to stop this?

Are there any alternate options?

How is Amazon going to pull this off?

Authors speak out

What is my next step?

I've heard rumors of a boycott

More people speak out

The new Virtualbookworm Bookstore is now online at http://www.virtualbookworm.com/bookstore. It allows bookstores, schools, etc. to set up accounts and purchase books at their discount (and use Purchase Orders), features a full affiliate program and lets authors login to get their standard discount (coupons are available for larger orders and discounts). We hope you'll give it a try and let us know what you think!