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DiapDealer · 05-21-2014, 11:18 AM

Same crap that always goes on between retailers and publishers when contracts are being renegotiated. It just made the main-stream media this time because AMAZON!!

I'm going to assume you were just as vocally outraged last year when you read about Barnes & Noble using similar "heavy-handed" tactics in an attempt to force concessions from Simon & Schuster?

Yes, it's been discussed. It just didn't have its own thread. Mostly because it's not all that newsworthy. Same old posturing by the side with the least leverage.

And last time I checked, Amazon isn't the only retailer where Hachette books are sold.

05-21-2014, 11:18 AM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,617 Karma: 204624552 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Same crap that always goes on between retailers and publishers when contracts are being renegotiated. It just made the main-stream media this time because AMAZON!! I'm going to assume you were just as vocally outraged last year when you read about Barnes & Noble using similar "heavy-handed" tactics in an attempt to force concessions from Simon & Schuster? Yes, it's been discussed. It just didn't have its own thread. Mostly because it's not all that newsworthy. Same old posturing by the side with the least leverage. And last time I checked, Amazon isn't the only retailer where Hachette books are sold. Last edited by DiapDealer; 05-21-2014 at 12:06 PM.