The NYT is going the way of the dodo for a reason; they can no longer report their way out of a wet paper bag. I've known about this situation for months, specifically since OryCon, when Mary Robinette Kowal explained things rather eloquently (but with much the same content as you have here). And I'm not exactly an insider... I mean, I follow you and annathepiper and Scalzi, but still.
I gotta wonder (especially given the earlier comment) if NYT doesn't have some sort of Agenda coming out on Amazon's side here... but I could be wrong. Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity? After all, NYT has never been the sharpest bowling ball in the knife block when it comes to electronica....
But, yeah, AFAICT the fans who give a damn are upset... and I can't speak for everybody but I'm damn happy to contribute fifteen bucks to your cabana boy fund for good quality product.. folks as want to cheap out should find themselves in the penny dreadful section. Including - especially! - Mr. Bezos.
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Date: 2010-02-12 07:37 pm (UTC)I gotta wonder (especially given the earlier comment) if NYT doesn't have some sort of Agenda coming out on Amazon's side here... but I could be wrong. Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity? After all, NYT has never been the sharpest bowling ball in the knife block when it comes to electronica....
But, yeah, AFAICT the fans who give a damn are upset... and I can't speak for everybody but I'm damn happy to contribute fifteen bucks to your cabana boy fund for good quality product.. folks as want to cheap out should find themselves in the penny dreadful section. Including - especially! - Mr. Bezos.