Heard this interesting story about small biz revolt against Amazon subsidiary AbeBooks on the local public radio

International booksellers end strike against Amazon’s AbeBooks after company reverses stand

@ GeekWire.com, November 8, 2018

A strike by international rare book dealers to withhold their books from Amazon-owned AbeBooks is over, after an organization that represents the booksellers said AbeBooks has reversed a decision to withdraw from several countries.

On Monday, hundreds of booksellers from around the world pulled their inventoryfrom AbeBooks, putting themselves ‘on vacation,’ which suspended their sales on the book-selling platform. At issue, said the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, was an announcement sent to booksellers based in Hungary, the Czech Republic, South Korea and Russia saying AbeBooks would close their accounts as of Nov. 30 and completely withdraw from those markets.

Within days, the “flash strike” was over. On Wednesday, ILAB said it reached an agreement with the Amazon subsidiary to reinstate the affected booksellers, letting them operate with AbeBooks as they do now until Dec. 31, after which AbeBooks would offer a solution to let them continue on the platform indefinitely.

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The protest itself was unusual in that Amazon has incredible reach and power when it comes to book sales, and many third-party sellers rely on Amazon and AbeBooks for a worldwide customer base and revenue. Amazon purchased AbeBooks, which is based in Victoria, B.C., in 2008.