Authors take aim at Amazon over fight with publisher

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Jeffrey Brown discusses with novelist Roxana Robinson, president of the Author’s Guild.

Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, Ursula Le Guin and many other notable authors have joined a public fight against Amazon for wielding its commercial power against publisher Hachette in a dispute over the price of e-books. Jeffrey Brown discusses the writers’ concerns with novelist Roxana Robinson, president of the Author’s Guild.

AIR DATE 9/29/14

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