Hachette made it much harder for consumers to purchase books by publisher Amazon . Malcolm Gladwell : Government could play a role in bringing contract dispute to an end . Books by Khan and Lina Khan are among those affected . Khan : This fight is part of a long drawn-out battle between publishers and Amazon , which has used its immense control over the book market ( by some estimates it sells up to 50 % of print and electronic books in the U.S. ) to reshape the industry . Government has largely stopped enforcing a key antitrust law .
Hachette made it much harder for consumers to purchase books by publisher Amazon . Malcolm Gladwell : Government could play a role in bringing contract dispute to an end . Books by Khan and Lina Khan are among those affected . Khan : Government has largely stopped enforcing a key antitrust law .