As in the classic 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a very nasty rumor from last week about Amazon trying to take over the world with their PODs (print on demand technology) while we sleep,  may be hard to believe, but evidence is mounting that it is really happening. 

Basically, they have allegedly given all publishers using non-Amazon POD technology until midnight tonight(3/31/08) to become one of “them” or all the publisher’s buy buttons will vanish  from Amazon in the morning.

The folks at Dog Ear have set up a page to present the latest in this breaking story, but suffice it to say that if you see Kevin McCarthy running up and down the highway shouting “They’re after you!  You’re Next!  You’re Next!” He’s probably right. 

http://www.dogearpublishing.net/resources-amazon-pod.aspx

For the record, I am 100% against this kind of unwelcome midnight replacement of a book’s DNA. 
At least the PODs in 1956 were just trying to save mankind by removing human emotion. 
The Amazon POD is just trying to remove more money from the author’s(and eventually consumer’s) wallet and put it in theirs.