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Originally Posted by HarryT
Is this only affecting Amazon US? I see that, for example, all Robert Jordan's books continue to be available on the UK Amazon site.
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It's only the US Amazon that's affected.
I read somewhere (I looked at a lot of blogs & news posts about this yesterday, so I don't remember details) that the Amazon/Macmillan contract was up, and as they didn't reach a solid agreement *and* Amazon was unhappy with the ebook terms offered, Amazon pulled all their books. However, the contract was only a US matter, so those books are still available in other domains.
I'd wondered why Amazon could get away with pulling all their books--don't they have some kind of contract? And on looking, found out, no... and while Amazon might continue to list Macmillan books if they believed they'd be happy with the terms of the new contract, they don't have an obligation to do so.
Amazon's on strike against Macmillan. Which I find hilarious, 'cos it's not like Amazon is the oppressed underdog in this equation. (And neither is Macmillan.)