JK Rowling’s new mystery THE SILKWORM, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith, went on sale today. Amazon is offering the hardcover, lightly discounted by 10 percent and listed as “usually ships in 1 to 2 months.” (That should effectively give lie to the minor blog meme that Hachette Book Group is unable or unwilling to efficiently supply Amazon with inventory.) But early this morning, Amazon still did not have the Kindle format ebook on sale at all. Social media and the Kindle discussion forum started filling with complaints and questions, since Amazon had previously told customers who pre-ordered Hachette Book Group titles when […]
