Authors and booksellers accuse Amazon of antitrust violations, demand inquiry

The New York Times reported on authors and booksellers accusing Amazon of antitrust violations, and demanding inquiry.

The Authors Guild, the American Booksellers Association, the Association of Authors’ Representatives and Authors United said in letters and statements being sent this week to the Justice Department that “Amazon has used its dominance in ways that we believe harm the interests of America’s readers, impoverish the book industry as a whole, damage the careers of (and generate fear among) many authors, and impede the free flow of ideas in our society.”