A cease-fire for book buyers.
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While Amazon and Hachette successfully kept the exact terms of the dispute to themselves, Amazon was widely seen as wanting a bigger share of e-book revenue. Since Amazon also wanted lower e-book prices, that was seen by Hachette supporters as a move that threatened to undermine the publisher's existence. When Amazon raised the stakes by discouraging sales of Hachette books, that incited the ire of those authors and then other members of the literary community.
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The Dispute Between Amazon And Hachette Is Finally Over