Amazon Halts Sales of Some Hachette Books as Publishing Battle Escalates

Amazon stopped selling certain Hachette books on Friday, including JK Rowling's latest detective novel and a new thriller offering by Adam Brookes. Other Hachette books, such as Joshua Ferris' new novel, appeared to be for sale as usual, although under a large banner advertising "similar items at a lower price." Still others were being sold at non-competitive prices. A hardcover edition of bestselling author Jeffery Deaver's new novel, The Skin Collector, cost $17.99 on barnesandnoble.com on Friday - and $25.20 on amazon.com.