This week, Amazon stopped selling certain titles from Hachette books including J.K. Rowling's latest detective novel, The Silkworm and the paperback edition of Brad Stone's The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon among others.
Amazon's latest strike against the Hachette Book Group comes after months of other pressure tactics the online retail giant is using to negotiate undisclosed aspects of a disputed deal between the two.
While both parties have maintained silence about the failed negotation contract, author Brad Stone said that recent fights between Amazon and publishers have centered on the price of digital books among other issues.
Authors have also complained that Amazon has placed prominent banners promoting non-Hachette books as "similar items at a lower price" on Hachette book pages.
Barnes and Noble is selling a hardcover edition of Jeffery Deaver's new novel, The Skin Collector, for $17.99 while Amazon is selling it for $25.20.
Deaver described Amazon's tactics as an "attempt to intimidate publisher, authors and readers" and urged his readers to find an alternative source to buy the book.
Hachette author, Nina Laden, also lashed out at Amazon, describing the company's tactics as "deplorable" and a "disgusting negotiation practice."
Author Anna Holmes called Amazon's tactic of delaying shimpments of her book "shameful."
Shameful behavior by @amazon against my publisher. Now @BookOfJezebel shipping in 𠇁-3 weeks.” http://t.co/gLARR5Oa35