Facts about Amazon:
- Amazon uses sweatshop labor for its shipping
(source: http://act.americanrightsatwork.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3127&track=20111109_adv_amazon_pledge )
- Amazon charges publishers for 20% sales tax in the
UK even though the tax it pays is 3%. (source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/21/amazon-forces-publishers-pay-vat-ebook )
- Amazon regularly avoids taxes, harming your country's economy
- Amazon squeezes small publishers. For instance,
Amazon cut off Kindle sales for an independent
book distributor in order to press for bigger
discounts. (source: http://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2012/02/amazon-removes-kindle-versions-of-ipg-books-after-distributor-declines-to-change-selling-terms/ )
For more info, go to http://stallman.org/amazon.html
См. статью: Do you respect Amazon as a brand?