In recent weeks we have seen an outbreak of bile in the business world. A disagreement between Amazon, the online retailer, and publishing conglomerate Hachette over the terms on which ebooks are sold has become a public slanging match. Amazon wants publishers to reduce most US ebook prices to $9.99 or less. Hachette refused so Amazon retaliated by charging more for some books, taking longer to dispatch them and removing buttons allowing forthcoming titles to be purchased before publication.
最近几周我们在商界见识了一场坏脾气的爆发。在线零售商亚马逊(Amazon)和出版集团阿歇特(Hachette)在电子书销售条款上的分歧已变成了一场公开骂战。亚马逊想让出版商把大部分美国电子书的价钱降到9.99美元以下。阿歇特拒绝了,于是亚马逊对其展开报复,包括抬高部分书籍的售价,延长派件时间,还删除新书出版前的预购按钮。