Ron Burgundy Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 By Deepa Seetharaman SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc ratcheted up the pressure on Hachette Book Group by proposing the publisher's authors get all the revenue from ebooks sold by the ecommerce company, as both sides try to resolve their bitter months-long contract dispute. Hachette rejected the offer on Tuesday. The fourth-largest U.S. book publisher, owned by France's Lagardere, instead asked Amazon to immediately withdraw "sanctions" on its books. Amazon's reply to Hachette's response: "We call baloney." At the center of the highly charged dispute is the price Amazon can charge for e-books. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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