any time amazon does a press-release, the crackpots come out
and try to throw rocks.  it's become an amusing thing to watch.

the fact of that matter is that those press-releases are fraught
with legalistic landmines.  look at the "forward-look statements"
fine print included at the bottom, which is required by the s.e.c.

i'm quite sure they think about what they say, and spin it in a way
that makes it sound as good as they can, but i'm also sure it's true.
because the cost of saying something false -- even technically so --
is just too damn high.  it just might get you sued, class-action wise.

and, as jim points out, amazon says that e-books are kicking ass
_across_the_board_.  and that sounds rather unambiguous to me.

further, if amazon was saying something that was materially untrue,
don't you think the publishers would call them on it?  i'm sure of it.
after all, the publishers know the actual numbers on all these claims.
and they're actively looking for a way to take amazon down a notch...

yet none of them are disputing what amazon says.  indeed, when the
last press-release was issued, publishers confirmed that it was true...

***

oh, and yes, some books from p.g. are being sold (or given away)
on amazon.  we have discussed this before.  and if p.g. wanted to,
p.g. could offer those books _itself_ and knock out the knock-offs.

but nobody here has stepped up to do that.  y'all just wanna bitch.
and until you get up off your asses and _do_something_, nothing
will change.

-bowerbird