Amazon is a massive giant and growing. Consider the following facts:

• Half of all U.S. households are subscribed to Amazon Prime.
• Half of all online shopping searches start directly on Amazon.
• Amazon captures nearly one in every two dollars that Americans spend online.
• Amazon sells more books and toys than any retailer online or off.
• Amazon sells 67% of all ebooks and 64% of online print book sales.

As an author, you cannot ignore Amazon.

Recently, the Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) published the results of a study they conducted. The study “Amazon’s Stranglehold: How the Company’s Tightening Grip is Stifling Competition, Eroding Jobs, and Threatening Communities” provides in-depth details on how Amazon is monopolizing the economy, undermining job growth, and weakening communities. Consider a few more interesting factoids:

• Amazon increasingly controls the underlying infrastructure of the economy.
• Amazon’s Marketplace for third-party sellers has become the dominant…