US: authors ask DOJ to investigate Amazon

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 of Authors Representatives have "strongly endorsed it", said author Douglas Preston [pictured], who sent out the request to authors yesterday (13th July) on behalf of Authors United. The letter will be submitted in late July, Preston said. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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