lundi 18 août 2014

More than 1,000 German writers signed a petition against Amazon

Open letter to German authors condemn the publishing group Bonnier has a strong presence in the Nordic countries against Germany performed Amazon abusive practices.

More than 1,000 German and German-speaking authors of the online retailer Amazon has methods signed the Scandinavian publishing group Bonnier has criticized a strong presence in Germany. More than 900 American writers who were asked to complete against the American retail giant subsidiary of Hachette French, 1188 German writer (was arrested after counting Monday at midnight local time) published as "hostage" Amazon, in an open letter on the Internet. "In recent months, the Bonnier authors and their books boycotted not in stock," said the letter, which was signed by the Austrian Elfriede Jelinek, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004, a successful writer Ferdinand von Schirach or regulation Venske secretary general retirement community center German authors.

"The book is distributed in more slowly, their availability under deception and the authors do not in the list of recommended authors appear," he added. "Amazon has no right to a hostage group of authors that take not take part in the conflict," wrote the signatories. The dispute, neither Amazon nor Bonnier formally communicate clearly focuses on commercial terms. Scandinavian Bonnier Group is a very important in the world of publishing in Germany, where he owns a Ullstein, Carlsen Piper home player. The authors invite readers to write, the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon Germany, Ralf Kleber, "this means that the pressure has recently started my own opinion (...) Read more about Lepoint Fr .

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