Amazon and Print on Demand

The blogosphere is up in arms over a new Amazon.com tactic described in a disturbing report in the latest Publishers Weekly. Amazon is forcing publishers to use Amazon's Print On Demand (POD) service, BookSurge, or have their "Buy now" buttons disabled on the site. Amazon has been battling LightningSource over the last year for POD business, but until this has been fighting fair.

Of the many blog posts on the subject, the most complete (with lots of links for further information) might be this one from Yvonne DiVita