#Amazon, a Friendly Giant as Long as It’s Fed - NYTimes.com
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“I wake up every single day knowing Amazon might make new, impossible demands,” she said.
Amazon has been reported to be seeking a new concession from publishers: If a customer orders a book and it is not immediately available, it wants the right to print the volume itself. An Amazon spokesman said it does not compel publishers to use the technology but offers it as a service. The customer wants the book immediately, so this makes obvious sense. But it chips away yet again at the publisher’s role.