An email leaked to the Bookseller claims that Amazon UK will start fining publishers £500 for “rejected deliveries” and could introduce a range of other charges. Starting on August 24, Amazon will apply charges to anyone failing to meet the retailer’s compliance “requirements [as] detailed in the vendor manual”. The email also hints that the £500 fine is an “initial” sum, suggesting additional sums could be applied. Amazon.co.uk also said that “the coming months” would see this charge extended to “include fees for other critical operational requirements” and that it would deduct the charges from publishers’ inventory payments. One publisher […]
