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zevyoura on June 12, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon Digital Markup: 129,000%

But if you had gone through gumroad, you wouldn't have done the same volume. If they renamed the "delivery fee" as "hosting and market placement" would you feel okay about it?

smackfu on June 15, 2012 [–]

Or even "oversize book surcharge". If you saw that on your bill, you'd probably say "oh gee, I have to make my book smaller to avoid this."

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