9 June 2014
Amazon has developed some new enemies in its battle with book publisher Hachette: high-profile authors.
Best-selling author and guru to teens John Green is the latest to pile on against the largest bookseller in the U.S. In an interview with the Associated Press, Green said of the Amazon-Hachette dispute:
"What's ultimately at stake is whether Amazon is going to be able to freely and permanently bully publishers into eventual nonexistence," adding, "The breadth of American literature and the quality of American literature is in no small part due to the work that publishers do, and it's very unfortunate, in my opinion, to see Amazon refuse to acknowledge the importance of that partnership."
