Authors Guild president Roxana Robinson had already responded informally to Amazon’s offer to join with Hachette in providing an ebook “windfall” to authors affected by the standoff between the two — and on Thursday, novelist and AG vice president Richard Russo posted a more formal response. Russo’s tone was the same as Robinson’s: “While Amazon claims to be concerned about the fate of mid-list and debut authors, we believe their offer—the majority of which Hachette would essentially fund—is highly disingenuous. For one thing, it’s impossible to remove authors from the middle of the dispute. We write the books they’re fighting […]
