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JK Rowling tweet tweaks Amazon.com, notes her upcoming Galbraith book can be bought elsewhere

June 04 2014 07:27 AM

CP28633163 — FILE - This Oct. 16, 2012 file photo shows author J.K. Rowling at an appearance to promote her latest book "The Casual Vacancy," at The David H. Koch Theater in New York. Rowling has added a subtle comment under her pen name Robert Galbraith about the standoff between her publisher and Amazon.com. Amazon is in a contract dispute with Rowling’s U.S. publisher, Hachette Book Group, and is not accepting pre-orders for “The Silkworm” and other Hachette releases. (Photo by Dan Hallman/Invision/AP, File)

Original Publication Date: June 4, 2014 7:27AM

Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 11:01PM

NEW YORK, N.Y. – J.K. Rowling has added a subtle comment under her pen name Robert Galbraith about the standoff between her publisher and Amazon.com.

The “Harry Potter” author noted in a tweet Wednesday from @rgalbraith there are “lots of ways” besides through Amazon to order her upcoming Galbraith detective novel, “The Silkworm.”

Amazon is in a contract dispute with Rowling’s U.S. publisher, Hachette Book Group, and isn’t accepting pre-orders for “The Silkworm” and other Hachette releases.

Hachette authors James Patterson and Sherman Alexie and non-Hachette author John Green are among those who have strongly criticized the Seattle-based online retailer.

Amazon has suggested negotiations will be prolonged and customers in the meantime can buy Hachette books from its competitors.

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