Amazon.com, the online bookselling behemoth that has sometimes rubbed
publishers the wrong way, has just put its big foot someplace new. In
its most aggressive move yet into territory traditionally occupied by
the major New York houses, the Seattle-based e-retailer took part last
week in a heated auction for four books by self-published bestselling
novelist Amanda Hocking. Executives at several houses said they knew
of no other instance in which the company had competed with major
publishers for a high profile commercial author. http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110401/FREE/110409990
publishers the wrong way, has just put its big foot someplace new. In
its most aggressive move yet into territory traditionally occupied by
the major New York houses, the Seattle-based e-retailer took part last
week in a heated auction for four books by self-published bestselling
novelist Amanda Hocking. Executives at several houses said they knew
of no other instance in which the company had competed with major
publishers for a high profile commercial author. http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110401/FREE/110409990
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