I still don't see how the unfavorable argument is valid - I can find Hachette products readily availlable on Amazon without delay and less than sticker. Can I find all Hachette products like that? Probably not, but I'm assuming that would be a similar experience to any publisher I encounter on Amazon for a variety…

But your assumption is still that Amazon is doing something wrong. "Shady business" were your words.

You mean, the guilty verdict that had so little legs that all 5 of the publishers settled and didn't appeal? The case that was so shaky that 15 states jumped on board? You think there is nothing to the case, yet this same group of companies is also being sued in the EU for the EXACT same thing (and they'll probably…

Couple thoughts - the pricing complaints of Hachette don't hold water - they were found in guilty in court for trying to enforce a higher price point for Amazon. And then Amazon charges more for their books…and they complain. Wait a minute, isn't that the result you were conspiring to achieve? Which dovetails into…

For what? Not allowing people to pre-order a product that isn't published? Of the three books the author specifically cites, all of them are pre-orders (so they stopped pre-orders of products that don't currently exist; by comparison, the first JK Rowling Cormoran Strike novel is available with no delays in paperback…

Interesting that this article (and several articles I've read on this particular situation) makes no mention that Hachette, along with 4 other publishers, was found guilty of colluding with Apple on price-fixing, specifically with the goal of screwing Amazon. The settlements from the guilty publishers were just paid…