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Originally Posted by fjtorres
(Which, again, suggests Hachette is the one delaying deliveries in retaliation for Amazon cutting back on bulk orders.)
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I disagree for two reasons.
One is that Amazon, and not Hachette, has the history of making it hard to buy the product when there is a supplier-retailer dispute. Remember this?
http://dearauthor.com/features/indus...he-buy-button/
The other reason is that Amazon indisputably took an action that would slow down sales of the Hachette products by failing to maintain an inventory. We know that. The claim that Hachette decided to further slow down sales, by slow shipment, is speculation.
If Hachette responded by putting a 3 week or so delay on Amazon orders, this would mean Hachette is trying to help Amazon achieve its go-slow aim. That's one of those extraordinary claims that shouldn't be accepted with extraordinary evidence.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
It's not like pointing out the stupidity of Hachette's tactics equals cheering for Amazon.
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If their tactics were stupid, I don't think they would be surviving the digital transition (and the anti-trust settlement) so well. See:
http://markets.ft.com/research/Marke...ials?s=MMB:PAR