Activism link.

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So, Amazon has recently decided that they will only carry books printed by small presses that use print-on-demand technology if they use Amazon's print-on-demand service; if the small presses continue to use the print-on-demand services that have served them well and provided good quality product for them in the past, Amazon won't carry their books.

This blog post on The World on a Slant explains why you should care.

This is a pretty big thing. Print-on-demand isn't just a vanity-press these things; a lot of reputable small presses use them, because carrying back stock is expensive when you're publishing for a niche market.

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I stopped buying books from Amazon when I found the following info in the Media and Entertainment section of The Blue Pages:

Amazon.com = #7 on the Top 10 Republican Contributors list, with 61% of their contributions going to the Repugnicans and 39% to the Democrats.

Barnes & Noble = #7 on the Top 10 Democratic Contributors list, with 100% of their contributions doing to the Democrats.

Both companies offer health insurance coverage to employees' domestic partners.