Author: Please Don't Buy My Book on Amazon

Novelist and independent bookseller Jaime Clarke has, like many writers before him, launched a website tied to the promotion of his new book. "Vernon Downs" will be available from Amazon in April 2014, but his website urges readers to consider pre-ordering the book directly from the publisher Roudabout Press, or buying it in their local bookstore. His website is hosted at, yes, pleasedontbuymybookonamazon.com.
 
In an interview with Cnet Monday, Clarke outlined his main reasons, as a bookseller and small press author, for opposing Amazon. “Indie publishers realize a fraction of the purchase price and are at the mercy of Amazon's discounting policies,” he said. “As a bookstore owner, my obvious preference is that readers buy books at bookstores, but I know a lot of readers don't live in proximity to a bookstore.”