Publisher Accuses Amazon.com of Deliberately Delaying Sending Its Books
Titles by authors including Malcolm Gladwell, James Patterson and Iain Banks are taking weeks to be sent to readers from Amazon.com, as the online retailer is accused by the books' publisher Hachette of delaying delivery "for reasons of their own".
The New York Times found estimated delivery times of two to three weeks in the US on a range of books published by Hachette, including titles by Gladwell, Stephen Colbert and JD Salinger. Other affected Hachette titles include Banks's Consider Phlebas, Kate Adie's memoir The Kindness of Strangers,
- Companies:
- Amazon.com
- Hachette Book Group
- Places:
- US
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