Amazon vp, Kindle Russ Grandinetti’s on-stage DBW conversation with Shatzkin and Michael Cader started with a question about how Amazon can rebuild bridges with authors after last year’s long-running, now resolved dispute with Hachette. Grandinetti said: “We’re happy to reach new terms and happy to focus on running the business” naming existing programs and platforms like Author Central, “instantaneous” Bookscan availability for authors, and Goodreads a means of connecting as widely as possible with authors. “Disagreement with suppliers is not new. Rarely does it become so public, and our goal is to keep it rare.” With what seems like stability in terms […]
