Last month more than 900 authors including Stephen King, Malcolm Gladwell and Suzanne Collins signed a letter which ran as a full page ad in The New York Times, calling readers to email Amazon chief Jeff Bezos and ask him to end the company’s dispute with Hachette. Now the group is planning its next move.
Author Doug Preston, who is leading the group, sent out an email this week to authors that signed the petition letting them know that the group is planning their next move. In the email, he also warns that Simon & Schuster authors could suffer the same fate as Hachette authors, as the publisher is reportedly in negotiations with Amazon.
Publishers Weekly has republished the email. Here is an excerpt: (more…)
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