What people forget too often about Amazon

 

It's always the same, and at a certain time of the year, the boycott of Amazon is populating social media.

The reason for that boycott is almost always the same and I presume has just a small percentage of truth. What people don't get when they say "Let's boycott Amazon so that Bezos will lose the money and will get perspective of a fair treatment" or "Boycott Amazon and buy from small businesses," is that they do exactly the opposite.

There are a few things people should keep in mind:

1. Amazon gives the chance to small businesses to earn money, because:

    a. they don't have enough funds to pay for a rental and the delivery chain to run a physical store.

    b. They're starting up and need a place that offers them tools to increase visibility and help with the distribution.

    c. They're indie authors who can't have their books in bookstores, libraries, and physical stores.

    d. and so on...

2. Boycotting Amazon will hardly affect Bezos' financial stability. He could even close the whole thing down and retire.

For these reasons (and many more) boycotting Amazon will literally kill all the small businesses that will have to find a new marketplace. 

While some will be lucky to find a substitute distribution channel, others will be forced to close down on their dreams and hopes.

As an indie author, I am extremely thankful for the services offered by Amazon. Without that marketplace, I would have never had the chance to publish my books or to give them the wide visibility they have now. 

Of course, there are other places where I could publish them, but would they give the same wide visibility to them? If there are, I haven't yet found one that gives the same chance as Amazon.

Perhaps should I start searching for it?

I don't know, but in the meantime, I'll have to stick to them, on my website, on the subscribers of my newsletter, and like for everything in this world to a pinch of luck, without which nothing is possible.

With this, I hope I haven't bored you and offered you a different perspective to peek into the life of an independent author and a small business owner.