Comments on: Amazonfail http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2009/04/13/amazonfail/ Autumn Rain 2110 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:38:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: David Williams http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2009/04/13/amazonfail/comment-page-1/#comment-1370 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:33:54 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1135#comment-1370 @ Melinda- agreed. Combine that with lot of the stuff about Amazon’s distributed architecture that’s now coming out, and you’ve got the formula for a real PR/logistical clusterfuck.

@ Al: I gotta assume the answer’s yes, as MIRRORED HEAVENS was available on Kindle. Let me doublecheck with the editor though.

]]> By: Al Billings http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2009/04/13/amazonfail/comment-page-1/#comment-1369 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:48:54 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1135#comment-1369 Is your next novel going to be out for the Kindle? I pre-ordered it on Amazon but I have a Kindle 2 and I thought I might get it for the Kindle instead…

]]> By: Melinda http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2009/04/13/amazonfail/comment-page-1/#comment-1364 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:08:17 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1135#comment-1364 There’s a little-used economic theory which explains much monopolistic behavior, and I think it applies here.

1) Being a large player mitigates your risk.

2) Because you have less risk, you are more apt to take chances.

3) Less risk = more chances=> shoddy work, decisions that are poorly executed or not thought through very carefully => epic failures.

This neatly explains the banking crisis as well as the current Amazon silliness. The fact is, there was almost certainly someone at Amazon screaming “People will hate this and we’ll get negative PR,” but they were probably ignored because the decision-makers reasoned (rightly) that they were “too big to fail.”

Thanks for making me line out my reasoning. Now back to my own blog.

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