Authors weigh in on the Amazon-Hachette war - World Socialist Web Site
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In the latest development in the long-running dispute between Amazon and publishing conglomerate Hachette, hundreds of authors, including such prominent figures as Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie and V.S. Naipaul, have added their voices to a call for an antitrust inquiry into the giant online retailer by the US Justice Department.
Amazon, originating at the dawn of the Internet age as an online bookseller, now has a workforce of 132,000, warehouse centers in almost every corner of the globe and annual revenues fast approaching $100 billion. Its founder, Jeff Bezos, with a net wealth of about $28 billion, is currently ranked as the world’s 17th richest individual.