Kevin Weiss, Author Solutions CEO, States Position on Current Amazon/BookSurge Situation

Over the last several weeks there have been numerous articles, blog posts and letters written about Amazon.com's intent to route all print-on-demand titles sold through Amazon.com through its self-publishing subsidiary – BookSurge. It has created quite a stir with the media, with many of our competitors, and even with some authors. While we suspect that the debate will not end anytime soon, we wanted to clearly state our position for our current and future authors.

Our authors are at the heart of everything we do at iUniverse. Through you we achieved our industry leading position, and by continuing to understand and meet your needs we will remain the leader. You can rest assured that we will continue to deliver high quality solutions at affordable prices. To that end, we are making significant investments in both our internal production systems and all of our customer- facing systems. By the end of the summer, we will deliver the most advanced systems in the industry. Those new systems will create flexibility for us internally, but more importantly they will afford you the opportunity to make the best choices that fit your needs throughout the publishing process and beyond. We do not believe that it is ever in your interest to limit choice.

Here at iUniverse, you will receive the same level of quality support and service you have come to expect from us. We do not anticipate any change to the current availability of our titles on Amazon, either in the short or long term. If there are any changes that we think will have an impact on you – either positive or negative – we will let you know directly. We are committed to keeping the self-publishing industry strong, ensuring that authors have choice, and helping all of you get your voice in print at a reasonable price. We will aggressively fight anything that is done to limit choice, increase cost, or weaken the industry that together we've worked so hard to build.