Walmart, Barnes & **ble Slash Prices as Hachette-Amazon Feud Continues

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Walmart, Barnes & **ble Slash Prices as Hachette-Amazon Feud Continues
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It didn't take long for other companies to exploit Amazon's contract dispute (http://mashable.com/2014/05/23/amazon-blocks-hachette/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) with book publisher Hachette.

Walmart and Barnes & **ble have slashed prices on Hachette books, seeking to attract new customers who were accustomed to getting editions from Amazon and **w can't (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/amazon-responds-hachette-impasse/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). Amazon recently blocked preorders of upcoming Hachette titles and reduced its stock of physical books, creating long wait periods for customers that wished to order its titles

See also: 21 Books for Those So Over Dystopian Fiction (http://mashable.com/2014/05/16/books-**t-dystopian-ya-fiction/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


Walmart took the opportunity to offer 40% off "select books" on its main literature page. It did **t call Hachette by name, but featured James Patterson, David Baldacci and Nicholas Sparks — three of the publisher's most high-profile authors. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/walmart-barnes-**ble-discount-hachette/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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