Amazon Is Now in Talks With Simon & Schuster
Hachette isn't the only book publisher facing down Amazon.com AMZN +0.44%.
The country's largest bookseller is also in talks with Simon & Schuster, said Leslie Moonves, CEO of the publisher's parent CBS Corp.CBS +2.13% at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colo. Moonves added that he'd personally met with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at a recent conference in Sun Valley, Idaho.
"Amazon has a definite point of view about what should be done in the publishing business," said Moonves. "It's going to be a very interesting thing to watch."
- Companies:
- Amazon.com
- Simon and Schuster Inc.
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