Bullies often become crybabies. Such is the case with the traditional publishing syndicates now bawling about being pushed around by an Amazon that has taken up residence on their former turf. Bullies are not accustomed to picking on someone their own size. So when confronted by a full-grown formidable opponent, they often run to their mommies or their sympathetic friends in antique media like David Streitfeld and Melissa Eddy at the
New York Times.
