Oceans of ink — digital and real — have been spilled lately on the dispute between Amazon and the book publishing group Hachette. The dispute itself is simple: Amazon wants to sell Hachette-controlled books for lower prices than Hachette wants, so Amazon is making Hachette titles harder to buy (through Amazon, at least) until Hachette gives in. What's not so simple is
* Amazon Angles to Attract Hachette’s Authors to Its Side By David Streitfeld http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/amazon-tries-to-woo-authors-in-hachette-dispute 70 comments online -- not one contains the word copyright. * Amazon’s Power Play By The Editorial Board http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/opinion/amazons-power-play.html * Books Are Thriving in France The French Do Buy Books. Real Books. (online Editorial by Pamela Druckerman http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/opinion/pamela-druckerman-the-french-do-buy-books-real-books.html