In a three-hour program at Washington’s New America Foundation, Authors United points up both its criticisms of Amazon and the challenges of objecting to its position in the publishing marketplace.
Context in Publishing: Perspectives on the ‘Wall of Content’
Has book production outpaced readership and what can publishers do about it? Porter Anderson’s opening editorial for Publishing Perspectives explores this.
Lemony Snicket Rallies Support for Indie Bookstores
Daniel Handler suggests that authors should pick an independent bookstore close to where they live and sign books for them to sell.
German-language Authors Join in Battle Against Amazon
Austrian, Swiss and German authors have sent an open letter of protest to Amazon, protesting the use of ‘authors and their books as a bargaining chip to exact deeper discounts.’
Amazon Returns Fire: The Battle With Hachette and Authors United Continues
Amazon has responded to an open letter by Authors United, signed by 900-plus authors in support of Hachette, with their own open letter, Readers United.
Top Authors’ Lobby for Long-Term Strategy Against Amazon
Numerous top authors are enlisting fellow writers to formulate a long-term strategy to combat Amazon’s dominance of the market, writes The Bookseller.