Following Thursday night’s removal of pre-order options for many Hachette Book Group titles on Amazon, as first reported by us, on Friday morning Hachette ceo Michael Pietsch dispatched a confirming email to authors, obtained by PL: “I am sorry to tell you that Amazon has now taken preorder capabilities away from Hachette Book Group publications…. There is no preorder button, and some not-yet-published books lack a Kindle page entirely.” Pietsch tells authors: “Please know that we are doing everything in our power to find a solution to this difficult situation, one that best serves our authors and their work, and […]