Amazon and Me

For many years, I engaged Amazon as print-on-demand (POD) printer, publisher and internet sales distributor of my books. It began when Amazon acquired CreateSpace, a small privately-owned pioneer in the POD business I patronized. Amazon changed the brand name to KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing). How I ceased to be represented by Amazon and was banned from its vast retail internet distribution network is a bizarre tale of what can happen to a small fry in the digital age. Fortunately, my writings are a second job for me and not depended on for my daily bread. Read more