Literary agent Andrew Wylie has compared Amazon to conqueror Napoleon and said the online retailer is showing "megalomania".
In an interview in New Republic, the renowned US agent was outspoken about the online retailer he once partnered with to launch publishing initiative Odyssey Editions. The partnership went on to spark a row between his agency and Random House.
When asked what it would now take for him to sell a book to Amazon, Wylie said: "If one of my children were kidnapped and they were threatening to throw a child off a bridge and I believed them, I might."