open letter to amazon
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Megan AbbottRobert H. Abel
Rachael AcksWilliam M. AdlerElisa Albert
William AlexanderSherman Alexie
Mike AllenJonathan Ames
Laurie Halse AndersonRoger Angle
Carol AnshawAnne Applebaum
Debby ApplegateKelley Armstrong
Rilla AskewRick Atkinson
James David AudlinPaul Auster
Ellis AveryAvi
Barbe AwaltGillian Bagwell
Blake BaileyDeirdre Bair
Jo BakerKevin Baker
Mishell Baker
David BaldacciMelissa BankLinwood Barclay
Evelyn BarishJuliana Barnet
Rebecca BarnhouseNevada BarrQuentin Bates
Elif BatumanDouglas Bauer
Erica BauermeisterCris Beam
Greg BearJames Beauregard
Antony BeevorAdam Begley
Louis BegleyHilari Bell
Madison Smartt BellMartine Bellen
Sam Bellotto Jr.Aimee Bender
Karen E. BenderLou J. Berger
Daniel Bergner
Bob Berman
Anne BernaysSuzanne Berne
Steve BerryLauren BeukesClara Bingham
Lisa BirnbachMichael Bishop
Lauren BjorkmanHolly Black
Shayla BlackGrant Blackwood
Linda M. BlandMeredith Bland
David W. BlightCarole Bloom
Cas BlombergDeborah Blum
Judy BlundellCharles Bock
Amy BoeskyPaul Bogard
Johnny D. BoggsChris Bohjalian
Robert M. BolstadMarianne Boruch
Joanna BourkeBetsy Connor Bowen
Walt Boyes
Ben Bradlee Jr.Mike BradleyJess Brallier
Taylor BranchH.W. Brands
Kylie BrantGary BraverCatherine Brennan
Marie BrennanAlan Brennert
Morgan S. BrilliantDouglas Brinkley
Pope BrockLaura Brodie
Lora BrodyGeraldine Brooks
Harriet BrownJennifer Brown
Lisa BrownSandra Brown
Bliss BroyardCathy Marie Buchanan
Marina BudhosChristopher Buehlman
Kate Buford
Jan Burke
Cherie BurnsBenjamin Busch
Sarah Shun-lien BynumPat CadiganSusannah Cahalan
Chelsea CainKenneth Cain
Susan CainWayne Caldwell
Philip CaputoJacqueline Carey
Peter Ames CarlinRon Carlson
Robert A. CaroDavid Carothers
Cynthia CarrH.G. Carr illo
Betsy CarterMary E. Carter
Carol CassellaBrian Castner
Michael ChabonRebecca Chance
Angie ChauThomas Chavez
Susan CheeverRon Chernow
Harriet Scott Chessman
Jaima ChevalierTracy ChevalierJennifer Chiaverini
Lee ChildLincoln Child
Mark ChildressKate ChristensenJill Ciment
Sandra CisnerosBreena Clarke
Antoinette Nora ClaypooleMeg Waite Clayton
Andrew ClementsKatherine Clements
Rachel ClineMick Cochrane
David B. CoeWilliam D. Cohan
Leah Hager CohenJames Collins
Suzanne CollinsTom Connor
Christopher D. CookStephanie Cooke
Martha Cooley
Ellen Cooney
Karen Coody CooperArtemis Cooper
Constance CooperJen CoraceZizou Corder
Douglas CorleoneKelly Corrigan
Bruce CovilleRobert Crais
Sara CreasySharon Creech
Elizabeth CrookDave Cullen
Robert DallekWilliam Dalrymple
Mark Z. DanielewskiLeslie Daniels
Jack DannEllen Datlow
Saul DavidLauren B. Davis
Lindsey DavisAngela Davis-Gardner
Jeffery DeaverBarbara Dee
Jonathan DeeDale DeGroff
Barbara Delinsky
Nelson DeMilleDavid DenbyJerry Dennis
Hannah DennisonWilliam Deresiewicz
Mary Alice DevenyJulia DeVillersJunot Daz
Mary Lou DickinsonDavid Dobbs
Anthony DoerrLinda Donn
Beverly DonofrioJames Donovan
David R. DowBrendan DuBois
Andre Dubus IIISarah Dunant
Andy DuncanTom Dunkel
Susan EdmistonJennifer Egan
Martha EganRobert Eggleton
Benita Eisler
Amal El-Mohtar
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The following is a list of authors who signed the Authors United letterto Amazon:
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Kimberly Elkins
Elissa ElliottKate ElliottAbby Ellin
Carson EllisJoseph J. Ellis
P.N. ElrodKen Emerson
Alexandra EndersTerry England
Hallie EphronCatherine Epstein
Mark EpsteinPamela Erens
Mark EssigSir Harold Evans
Anne FadimanSusan Faludi
Ellen Feldman
Joshua FerrisLucy FerrissAmanda Filipacchi
Joseph FinderWilliam Finnegan
Suzanne FinstadEric Fischl
Janet FitchStona Fitch
Paul FleischmanRonald Florence
Nick Flynn
Tom FolsomAlison Ashley FormentoRichard Thompson FordAmanda Foreman
J.L. ForrestConnie May Fowler
Karen Joy FowlerRuth E. Francis
Diana Pharaoh FrancisJudith Frank
Thaisa FrankLaurie Frankel
Caroline Fraser
Laura FraserIan FrazierJohn Freeman
Pamela FreemanRu Freeman
Richard E. FriesenGregory Frost
Laura FurmanNeal Gabler
Peter GadolMary Gaitskill
Nicole GallandJack Gantos
Nasario Garcia
Barbara GarsonHenry Louis Gates, Jr.Jaym Gates
Alison GaylinElizabeth George
Giuseppe GerbinoDenise Giardina
Elizabeth GilbertSusan Jane Gilman
Jennifer GilmoreMalcolm Gladwell
Krystyna Poray GodduPeter Godwin
Glen David GoldStephen Goldin
Beverly GologorskyLaurence Gonzales
Arqumedes Gonzlez
Brad GoochAlison GopnikJim Gorant
Mary GordonMeryl Gordon
Angeline GoreauSteven Gould
Philip GourevitchMarie Grace
Cheryl GraceD.G. Grace
Heather Graham
Linda GrantElizabeth GraverGeorge Dawes GreenJeff Greenwald
Dr. David H. GrinspoonJohn Grisham
Andrew GrossMichael Gruber
Lisa GrunwaldTalia Gryphon
Kevin GuilfoileMelissa Guion
Allan Gurganus
Beth GutcheonDan GutmanMark Haddon
Steven HahnLoretta Hall
Karen HallEmma Walton Hamilton
Jane HamiltonMasha Hamilton
Mary Stewart HammondPatricia Hampl
Elizabeth HandDaniel Handler
aka Lemony Snicket
Sharon Hanna
Sophie HannahThor HansonAlyssa Harad
Elizabeth HarlanAnn Harleman
Stephan J. HarperStephen Harrigan
Ellen HarrisSam Harris
C.C. HarrisonCarolyn Hart
Aaron HartzlerAdrianne Harun
Yona HarveyTodd Hasak-Lowy
Molly HaskellSusan Carol Hauser
Katherine B. Hauth
John Twelve HawksRoy HayesTerrance Hayes
Toby Fesler HeathcotteJeff Hecht
Travis HeermannSarah Hegger
Ursula HegiCharles Ota Heller
Marla HellerKaui Hart Hemmings
Amy Hempel
Lauren HendersonJoshua HenkinGreg HerrenPeggy Herrington
Rachel HerzCarol DeChellis Hill
Joe HillAnne Hillerman
Brenda HillmanHilary Hinzmann
Tom HirschfeldJack Hitt
Sylvia Anna Hivn
Valerie HobbsMary Ann HobermanSheri Holman
Rachel HolmesWoody Holton
Ed HoornaertEllen Hopkins
Deborah HopkinsonNalo Hopkinson
James D. HornfischerShel Horowitz
Tony HorwitzSilas House
Hugh Howard
James HoweDel HowisonMary Hudson
Laird HuntCharlayne Hunter-Gault
Gregg HurwitzNancy Huston
Siri HustvedtElisabeth Hyde
Amy IgnatowGerald Imber, M.D.
Susan IsaacsSteve Jackson
Diane JacobsLinda Jaivin
Michael JecksSuzanne Jenkins
Sarah Jensen
Erika JohansenGilbert JohnFenton Johnson
Brian Jay JonesSteve Jones
Michaele JordanSam Jordison
Mike JungSebastian Junger
A.P. Von KOryJudi Kadden
Bonita Kale
Stephanie KallosRobert KanigelAndrew KaplanJames Kaplan
Jim KaplanPaul Karasik
Mary KarrJohn Katzenbach
Joe KellyJudith Kelman
Joshua KendallKatrina Kenison
Brad Kessler
Frances KiernanMartin KihnSarah S. Kilborne
Daniel M. KimmelA.S. King
Dave KingLily King
Stephen KingTabitha King
Barbara KingsolverMaxine Hong Kingston
Dave KinneyFloris M. Kleijne
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Christina Baker KlineAlethea Kontis
Lily KoppelAnne Korkeakivi
Michael KorytaSally Koslow
Alex KotlowitzStephen KotowychJon Krakauer
Mark KramerMatthew Kressel
Katherine KursSandra Gail Lambert
Anne LandsmanEve Laplante
Erik LarsonLee Adair Lawrence
Roland LazenbyLinda Lear
Nicole J. LeBoeufCherie Lee
Vicki T. LeeJoan Leegant
Dennis LehaneJim Lehrer
Kate LehrerStina Leicht
Bobbie LeighThomas P. Leiker
Brad LeithauserDinah Lenney
Anne Leonard
Peter LerangisEdward M. LernerJohn Lescroart
Diane LeslieJonathan Lethem
Tom LevensonPhillis LevinDavid D. Levine
Judith LevineJim Lewis
Michael LewisNorma Libman
Katia LiefTerr Light
Alan LightmanJane Lindskold
Elinor LipmanLaura Lippman
Jonathan LittellAimee Liu
Malinda LoMichaele Lockhart
Lois LowryDavid Lubar
Jason Erik Lundberg
Steve Luxenberg
William LychackBarry Lyga
Anne LyleLarissa MacFarquhar
Karen MackKenneth Mack
Elizabeth MacklinKathy MacmillanGreg Mandel
Tim ManleyAnnam Manthiram
Jo-Ann MapsonMeredith Maran
David MaranissAndrew Marble
Paul MarianiRegina Marler
Melissa MarrWilliam Martin
Valerie MartinMichael J. Martinez
Judith MatloffMark Matousek
Suzanne MatsonJohn Matteson
Alice MattisonClaudia Mauro
Laurie McBrideErin Lindsay McCabe
Donald McCaigT.C. McCarthy
Lyn McConchie
Jack McDevittRichard P. McDonoughHeather McDougal
Michael McGarrityCelia McGee
Erin McGrawJay McInerneyWill McIntosh
Maryn McKennaChris McKitterick
Terry McMillanMaggie Meade
Marion MeadeJodi Meadows
Jillian MedoffMameve Medwed
Brian MeehlEdie Meidav
Brad MeltzerDaniel Menaker
Daniel MendelsohnSusan Scarf Merrell
T.M. MerremontKarla Linn Merrifield
Christopher Merrill
Ashley Merryman
Claire MessudDavid Michaelis
Lisa MichaelsDeborah Michel
Margaret Dubay MikusJames Andrew Miller
Sue MillerLyn Miller-LachmannR.J. Mirabal
Rana MitterLaura J. Mixon
Seth MnookinDavid Moles
Anna MonardoElizabeth Moon
Christopher MooreHonor Moore
Caroline MooreheadHarry Morales
Phyllis S. MorganCourtney Morgan
David MorrellJames McGrath Morris
Eleanor MorseJennifer Anne Moses
Anka MuhlsteinMarcia Muller
Meg MullinsManuel Munoz
Carol Muske-DukesDonna Jackson Nakazawa
David Nasaw
Sena Jeter NaslundAntonya NelsonKris Neri
Jay NeugeborenCal Newport
Travis NicholsKatharine NoelG.E. Nordell
Leonard NourseElizabeth Nunez
Sigrid NunezCarol OConnell
Brigid OFarrellRick OKeefe
Joseph ONeillMeghan ORourke
Regina OMelvenyJames OShea
Patricia OTooleAchy Obejas
Nancy OhlinDaniel Okrent
Karl OlsbergMark Olshaker
Peggy Orenstein
Peter Orner
Mary Pope OsborneA.J. Osorio
Whitney OttoElizabeth Oberbeck
Ruth OzekiAnn Packer
ZZ PackerNell PainterAnn Pancake
Sara ParetskyT. Jefferson Parker
Thomas Trebitsch ParkerJonathan Parshall
Ann PatchettDorothy Patent
Greg PatentSusan Patron
James PattersonRichard North Patterson
Paula PaulJackson Pearce
Iain PearsShelley Pearsall
Ridley PearsonKira Peikoff
George PelecanosSharon Kay Penman
Sara PennypackerBenjamin Percy
Tom PerrottaJoan K. Peters
Andrew X. Pham
Rodman PhilbrickArthur PhillipsLeslie Pietrzyk
Steven PinkerJorge Pinto
Valerie PlameLetty Cottin PogrebinLesley Poling-Kempes
Michael PollanNeil Port
Maximillian PotterRon Powers
William PowersDouglas Preston
Bill PronziniAlex Prudhomme
Philip PullmanTom Purdom
Joyce PurnickAnna Quindlen
Julia QuinnKaren Quinn
Elizabeth RabyLinda F. Radke
Hope Ramsay
Jay Rayner
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Victoria Redel
Christopher ReichPaul Reid
Andrea ReusingAdam Rex
Paul Rhetts
Janet R. RhodesDr. Sonya RhodesJerome Richard
Michelle RichmondCynthia Riggs
Margaret RoachDavid Roberts
Nora RobertsMadeleine Robins
Kim Stanley RobinsonRoxana Robinson
Michaela RoessnerBarbara Rogan
Morgan Callan RogersKatie Roiphe
Carl RollysonRobin Romm
Ronald RosbottomJoel Rose
David S. RoseWilliam Rosen
Lucinda RosenfeldBenjamin Rosenbaum
Elizabeth RosnerInez RossDeborah J. Ross
David RothenbergPat Rothfuss
Chuck RothmanElizabeth Royte
Charlie RubinMichael Ruhlman
Richard RussoShawna Yang Ryan
Cynthia SaltzmanMartin A. Samuels
Lynda A. SnchezJames Sanders
Luc SanteEsmeralda Santiago
Mark SarvasGeorge Saunders
Sam SavageJoan Schenkar
Ron SchickStacy Schiff
Cathleen SchineSusan Schneider
Daniel SchulmanDeborah Schupack
Christine Schutt
Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Edward Schwarzschild
John SedgwickMaria Semple
Linda Gray SextonBob Shacochis
Lawrence Shainberg
Kamila ShamsieDani ShapiroSusan Shapiro
Bruce ShapiroKathleen Sharp
Judy SheehanGail Sheehy
Aaron ShepardMike Shevdon
Jody ShieldsCharles J. Shields
Peggy ShinnerGary Shockley
Jennie ShortridgeElaine Showalter
Anita ShreveSusan Shreve
Alix Kates ShulmanHampton Sides
Larry SiemsJoan Silber
Kenneth SilvermanDan Simmons
April SinclairLeora Skolkin-SmithHolly Goldberg Sloan
Gillian SlovoJane Smiley
Anne Easter SmithApril Smith
Dwayne Alexander SmithLane Smith
Mark Haskell SmithSally Bedell Smith
Sharon SnyderAndrew Solomon
Deborah SolomonSherri Somerville
Debra SparkScott Spencer
Mario SpeziDana Spiotta
Hilary SpurlingWalter Stahr
Lynn StegnerGarth Stein
Thomas SteinbeckSabra Brown Steinsiek
Leslie StellaJohn Stephens
Sydney Ladensohn Stern
Brooke Stevens
Ian Stewart
T.J. StilesAlexander Stille
S.M. StirlingJohn E. Stith
James Stoddard
Rebecca StottPeter StraubCheryl Strayed
Elizabeth StroutNancy Rubin Stuart
Elizabeth Stuckey-FrenchNed Stuckey-French
Alexandra StyronCheryl Sucher
Mark SullivanEllen Sussman
Robert I. SuttonTerese Svoboda
Kiki SwansonMichael Swanwick
Alison SweeneyWill Swift
Rachel SwirskySam Swope
David TallermanMarc Talbert
Cecilia TanDonna Tartt
Nick TaylorCather ine TexierPhyllis Theroux
Evan ThomasDavid Thurlo
Lynne TillmanAmy Timberlake
M.K. TodPeter Trachtenberg
James TreadwellRose Tremain
Calvin TrillinLily Tuck
Kenneth TuranWilliam A. Turnage
Scott TurowFrederic Tuten
Cameron TuttleGene Twaronite
Rachel UrquhartRachel Vail
Amanda VaillNeela Vaswani
John VernonJudith Viorst
Milton ViorstPatricia Volk
Helena Maria Viramontes
Ken Wachsberger
Diana Wagman
Wendy WagnerDan Wakefield
Amy WaldmanAyelet Waldman
Allison Wallace
Benjamin WallaceCarol WallaceCandace Walsh
Jess WalterGeoffrey C. Ward
Melanie WarnerFrank Warren
Rosanna WarrenElisabeth Waters
Ian WatsonBeck Weathers
Eric WeinerKatherine Weissman
Rebecca WellsCarol Weston
Stephen WhiteDean Whitlock
Thomas A. WilliamsFlorence Williams
Cheryl WilsonRobley Wilson
Simon WinchesterTerr i Windling
Brenda WineappleKit WohlMary Wolf
Linda WolfeTobias Wolff
Hilma WolitzerMeg Wolitzer
Patricia Smith WoodMonica Wood
Stuart WoodsBarbara Wright
Lawrence WrightDulce Xerach
Linda YellinNatasha Yim
Jane YolenLouisa Young
Robert Clark YoungCaroline Yourcheck
Barry YourgrauCynthia Zarin
Michael ZeilikThomas Zigal
Richard ZimlerMichelle Zink
Markus ZusakMaritess Zurbano
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