[larrys]

What is interesting is that the technique (wedge) will work even if the authors are fully aware that that is what Amazon is doing.

[tjl]

If you read the John Scalzi piece on this, it's not working with him.

Everyone is talking about the price, but that's not the only thing they're negotiating. We've heard about some of Amazon's demands from some of their other negotiations, so I'm not surprised that Hachette is holding the line.