Transplanting a Seattleite

Hachette and Amazon competitors??? No. In this case, Hachette is a wholesaler and Amazon is a retailer, and that is really all it is. Wholesalers and retailers are always squabbling about contracts and this is really no different. Hachette could be a fashion house selling a line of clothes and Amazon could be a big huge department store chain. The bottom line is no retailer is forced by law to carry every wholesale line. In the end Amazon might walk away from Hachette altogether--which is the nightmare that keeps Hachette up at night.