henry copeland:
Amazon distressingly literal minded in pursuing its predatory negotiating tactics: pllqt.it/87hHBr
Brad Stone describes one campaign to pressure the most vulnerable publishers for better terms: internally, it was known as the Gazelle Project, after Bezos suggested “that Amazon should approach these small publishers the way a cheetah would pursue a sickly gazelle.” (Company lawyers later changed the name to the Small Publisher Negotiation Program.)
- www.newyorker.com