Authors Guild Asks DoJ to Stop PRH Purchase of S&S

"The time has also come to recognize that simply blocking takeovers is no longer sufficient," the letter states. "The Department of Justice must begin today to proactively restructure the entire U.S market for books in ways that also deal with the danger posed by Amazon."

As part of its reasoning to acquire S&S, PRH has said it needs to create a company that can work with Amazon on a more level playing field. The letter writers say that, while they agree that Amazon's monopoly power "poses a variety of threats to authors, publishers, independent booksellers, and readers, and American democracy itself," the organizations "absolutely disagree" that the answer is to let PRH buy S&S.