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Melville House Withdraws From Future Participation In Amazon's Best Translated Book Awards

First Posted: 10/28/10 01:28 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:10 PM ET

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Citing the "predatory and thuggish practices" of Amazon, Melville House publisher Dennis Johnson has withdrawn his press from future participation in the Best Translated Book Awards. Last year the independent press won the fiction award for The Confessions of Noa Weber by Gail Hareven.

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Citing the "predatory and thuggish practices" of Amazon, Melville House publisher Dennis Johnson has withdrawn his press from future participation in the Best Translated Book Awards. Last year the ind...
Citing the "predatory and thuggish practices" of Amazon, Melville House publisher Dennis Johnson has withdrawn his press from future participation in the Best Translated Book Awards. Last year the ind...
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FlaviaDeLuce
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12:51 PM on 10/29/2010
so where is the story that goes with the headline?
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10:51 AM on 11/01/2010
http://amazon.pissedconsumer.com/unethical-amazon-business-practices-holding-our-funds-for-upwards-of-120-days-20091029160509.html

http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/03/amazon_sidesteps_questions_on_china_business_practices.html

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http://forum.freeadvice.com/online-purchases-sales-87/amazon-com-blocking-me-life-unfair-business-practice-471467.html

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04:05 AM on 10/29/2010
What am I supposed to do with this? There are no details for me to either shrug off or detest.
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04:06 PM on 10/28/2010
What are their predatory and thuggish practices? Well, I could either list them here...or I could have my books listed for sale on their site...but I don't think I could effectively do both. Meet me out under the bleachers and I'll spill...
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03:55 PM on 10/28/2010
There must be some kind of glitch in the site today, the charlie sheen articles are getting thousands of comments, but there's none here.
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