April 10, 2002

"Online Sales of Used Books Draw Protest
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

Authors are rebelling against new efforts by Amazon.com to spur sales of used books, a practice that has become a major source of revenue for Amazon but pays nothing to writers or publishers."

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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/10/technology/10BOOK.html?todaysheadlines