"Stephen Colbert assails Amazon over delayed book shipments" Associated Press June 06, 2014
NEW YORK — On one side of a major publishing feud is Amazon.com, the industry’s biggest book seller.
On the other side is a leading New York publisher few readers have heard of, Hachette Book Group, and some Hachette authors virtually all readers have heard of: J.K. Rowling, James Patterson, Malcolm Gladwell, and, most recently, Stephen Colbert.
Saying that he’s not just mad at Amazon, but ‘‘mad prime,’’ Colbert assailed the online retailer on his Comedy Central program Wednesday night.
Amazon is in a contract dispute with Hachette Book Group and has been delaying shipments for some Hachette books, including for Colbert’s ‘‘America Again,’’ and removing the preorder option for Rowling’s ‘‘The Silk Worm’’ and other upcoming works.
Colbert also unveiled a sticker, ‘‘I didn’t buy it from Amazon,’’ that could be downloaded from his website thecolbertreport.cc.com.....
Get your new license plate yet, Steve?
I will say one thing: they will be perfect for hate crime hoaxes.
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Who reads books (or newspapers) anymore?
Related: Taking a Hatchette to Amazon
Also see: Late Night With the Boston Globe
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