IBPA's Fall 2017 Update on the Amazon Buy Button Policy Change - IBPA

I'm feel better, Mom. Really I do.

Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today took him to the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) site. There our nearly recovered kitty found a post about Amazon's Buy Button policy.

The post is an email letter from the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) about Amazon's Buy Button policy. The policy allows third party vendors to sell an author or a publishers' book at a reduced price and "win" the buy button for the book at Amazon. Specifically, the book is supposed to be "new." The IBPA, however, reports they and some member authors and publishers have discovered "used" books on sale as "new." According to the post, although Amazon has been contacted by authors and publishers with complaints, the company has chosen not to address them. Also included in the post are ways to document third party vendor violations and where to report them to Amazon.

Panzer says, "It's interesting how the post says these third party vendors are getting the books they're selling."

Note: This is a h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s post. Bring a thermos of tea and a half dozen muffins and three chocolate chip cookes.

To read the post, tootle over to Amazon buy button