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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Hachette isn't delaying.
They are simply inefficient. Over the last 20 years they have grown accustomed to shipping books by the ton to big retailer warehouses. Big orders only. Their processing system simply isn't up to processing many small orders and Amazon knows it. So they're reminding Hachette of what Amazon does for them above and beyond stocking their books.
Getting their attention two by four style.
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Maybe, however, Hachette's distribution center is located practically across the street from Amazon's so I find it hard to believe it takes 1-3 months to ship even a smallish order. Especially when no other retailer (big and small) is experiencing delays.
Edit: Amazon actually doesn't say Hachette ships the orders but merely "fills" them. This would be consistent to what a few Hachette authors are saying that Amazon picks up the orders directly from Hachette to save costs.
I think it's just the usual contract negotiating tactics between two corporations.