Thread: Amazon makes a direct offer to Hachette authors: 100% ebook royalties
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Old 07-09-2014, 07:11 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
Which is why Amazon also revealed that Hachette's contract with them expired way back in March, which means that Amazon owes nothing to Hachette nor its authors. If they really wanted to get nasty, they would have delisted them back in April and they would have been completely within their rights. (And they probably will, soon.)

No contract, no talks: no sales.
So, rather than cutting back and withholding services, Amazon has been going above and beyond the provisions of the (nonexistent) contract.
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