“The central problem is still with us,” Authors United founder Douglas Preston said, referring to Amazon, at a Winter Institute session called Authors, Agents, and Booksellers--United for a Fair Marketplace. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author advocacy group critical of Amazon known as Authors United has joined with the Authors Guild to host a discussion about the retailer’s power and influence in the book trade. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Malcolm Gladwell and Ursula Le Guin lead call to US justice department to investigate its ‘monopoly as a seller of books’Authors including Malcolm Gladwell, Ursula Le Guin, Michael Chabon and Ann Patchett are putting their names to a letter attacking Amazon’s “abuse of its dominance in the world... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author protest group Authors United is asking authors to sign a letter to the US Justice Department, asking it "to examine Amazon's control of the book market." The letter has been drafted with the help of the Authors Guild. Meanwhile both the American Booksellers Association and the Association... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Days before Amazon celebrates its 20th anniversary, Authors United is asking authors to sign a letter to the DoJ for an investigation of Amazon, and ABA submitted a similar request on Monday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Throughout the months-long dispute between Amazon and Hachette over ebook sales terms, Douglas Preston was one of the most outspoken authors on the matter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Campaign group Authors United will continue its “efforts to persuade” the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department in the US to look into Amazon’s market practices, saying there are "still many open questions about Amazon's market power". The group was set up by American author Douglas... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors United has sent out a letter from the author Daniel Handler - a.k.a. Lemony Snicket - encouraging writers to take part in Upstream, a new programme to support independent bookstores. Upstream, “cooked up” by Handler and “assorted interested parties”, aims to connect writers with their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The reason the author of the Jack Reacher novels weighs in on Amazon-Hachette dispute has nothing to do with the "protection money" that Amazon is demanding from publishers. Child signed with thriller writer Douglas Preston's Authors United, a group of writers who want to take authors out of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the Amazon-Hachette dispute cutting Hachette authors sales by at least 50 percent, a group of concerned authors is turning to the government for help. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors United is to call on the US Department of Justice to launch an antitrust inquiry into... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors United, the loosely knit group of authors who joined forces to formally ask Amazon to end its sales terms dispute with Hachette Books, is preparing to run a full-page ad in Sunday's "New York Times." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
As HBG's dispute with the e-tailer continues, authors are starting to prepare for the long haul by forming their own organization. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors United, the group of writers who signed a letter calling on Amazon to resolve its dispute... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]