Main street fight … 'I Didn't Buy It on Amazon' campaign stickers
Independent booksellers in America are weighing into the dispute between Amazon and Hachette with a series of banners telling potential customers "Thanks, Amazon, the indies will take it from here", while comedian and Hachette author Stephen Colbert is urging his viewers to plaster their books with "I didn't buy it on Amazon" stickers.
The disagreement between the retail giant and the publisher, which is believed to be over terms, has been played out in public since early last month, and has seen Amazon.com delay delivery on more than 5,000 Hachette titles, according to the publisher, including books by Malcolm Gladwell, JD Salinger and James Patterson. It has also removed the possibility of pre-ordering books by authors including JK Rowling, whose forthcoming Robert Galbraith crime novel The Silkworm is not available on the site.
Rowling has highlighted alternative means of purchasing her upcoming novel, tweeting "Booksellers were the secret of Harry's success, now #CormoranStrike is going to owe them big time, too. #buyfrombookstores", and "I LOVE Third Place Books and so does my good friend Robert Galbraith", in response to the news that the independent Seattle store was offering to hand deliver copies of The Silkworm, which it is selling at a discount.
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The disagreement between the retail giant and the publisher, which is believed to be over terms, has been played out in public since early last month, and has seen Amazon.com delay delivery on more than 5,000 Hachette titles, according to the publisher, including books by Malcolm Gladwell, JD Salinger and James Patterson. It has also removed the possibility of pre-ordering books by authors including JK Rowling, whose forthcoming Robert Galbraith crime novel The Silkworm is not available on the site.
Rowling has highlighted alternative means of purchasing her upcoming novel, tweeting "Booksellers were the secret of Harry's success, now #CormoranStrike is going to owe them big time, too. #buyfrombookstores", and "I LOVE Third Place Books and so does my good friend Robert Galbraith", in response to the news that the independent Seattle store was offering to hand deliver copies of The Silkworm, which it is selling at a discount.
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