In my most recent letter on the Authors Guild website, the last thing I wrote was, the rest of us seem to agree at least on one thing, that books are special, which is another way of saying that art is special. It’s not just a commodity. I said, “If we’re wrong about that, if we’re wrong about Amazon, and they too believe that books are special, if they too believe that art and literature and culture is worth defending, then why not say the words?” We want Jeff Bezos to say, “We share your beliefs, we’re all in this together.” Yet even that simple statement—which would mean so much—hasn’t come. We’ve heard nothing. Just silence. -- Richard Russo from his interview in The Rumpus
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:08:07 +0000
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