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Originally Posted by Yolina
Oh and I obviously include Amazon in the bunch of bickering 5 year olds. Since they no longer have a contract with Hachette, they should just stop selling those books . . .
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Why?
Should neighborhood bookstores stop selling Hachette books because they don't have a contract?
Here's is one place booksellers can go, including, AFAIK, Amazon:
http://www.baker-taylor.com/retails_details.cfm
My interpretation of what is happening is that Amazon is looking for a sweetheart deal so it can bypass wholesalers and undercut smaller booksellers.
Other posters may suppose the opposite -- that Hachette is seeking a sweetheart arrangement where Amazon has to sell at fixed prices while independent booksellers -- including the dozens of legitimate EPUB web sites around the world -- still get to discount.
Eventually someone may write a carefully sourced book about this dispute, and we'll know what the offers and counter-offers really were. But, right now, which side is pushing hardest to be treated as the special snowflake is a matter of opinion.
I don't have a big need for there to be a compromise, but Amazon having no contract with publishers would seem to be one possibility.