Thread: Authors United, allies, demand government intervention
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Old 08-01-2015, 10:08 PM   #137
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Is it because, economically, Amazon couldn't withstand loss of Hachette sales?
Isn't Hachette something like 2% of Amazon's sales? And Amazon something like 2/3rds for Hachette's sales?

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Or is it more plausible that Amazon was concerned about bad publicity? I lean towards the latter.
What bad publicity?

From Authors United?

From The Usual Suspects (NYT, etc) that have lost their credibility on any Amazon or publishing related subject?

Seriously, these are the 'Let them eat cake' people that the Scarlet Pimpernel had to go rescue...
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