Further to our first story on Tuesday about efforts to ensure that third-party booksellers winning the buy box under Amazon’s new initiative are offering truly new, legitimate inventory, an Amazon spokesperson told us that the company “remain[s] dedicated as always to removing bad actors.” Reinforcing that “Amazon’s policy is that only new books are eligible to win the Buy Box,” the spokesperson said, “we move quickly to address any violations” and maintained that they “continuously verify and monitor all seller accounts.” Separately, Penguin Random House spokesperson Claire von Schilling confirmed the authenticity of the company’s email to Amazon third-party booksellers we cited […]
