Amazon, the largest bookseller in the world, wields immense control over publishers. And right now its busy flexing its huge muscle in a very public battle with the publishing house Hachette, refusing even to take preorders for some books from the publisher. The reason? Amazon reportedly wants a better deal on e-book prices. The New York Times David Streitfeld summed up Amazons brawn in a recent blog post. No company in American history has exerted the control over the American book market — physical, digital and secondhand — that Amazon does, Streitfeld wrote. …
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