By Deepa Seetharaman (This Sept. 15 story corrects headline, first and second paragraphs to show group contacting Amazon board also includes authors not published by Hachette) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – More than 1,000 authors, including Malcolm Gladwell, Stephen King and James Patterson, have urged Amazon.com Incs directors to end a contract dispute with Hachette Book […]

By Deepa Seetharaman SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – More than 1,000 Hachette Book Group authors including Malcolm Gladwell, Stephen King and James Patterson have urged Amazon.com Incs directors to end a contract dispute with their publisher that has cost some writers 90 percent of their sales on the online retailers website. Authors United, a group representing […]