Amazon Yanks 5,000 Kindle Titles In Fight Over Terms

Amazon has turned off the buy button on nearly 5,000 Kindle titles from distributor Independent Publishers Group after IPG refused to capitulate to Amazon’s demand for better terms. The Chicago-based IPG is a distributor, which means that it provides services like marketing, sales and distribution to smaller client publishers. The company represents around 400 publishers, and some of the titles it distributes have been bestsellers, including Nelson Walker’s Boardwalk Empire (published by Information Today).

It is not clear what the outcome of Amazon’s actions against IPG will be or if it’s also turning off the buy button on other publishers’ titles.