This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Petition Refer Amazon to the competition authorities.
In The Telegraph interview Rohan Silva, a former adviser to David Cameron and George Osborne, said the lack of competition in the book market is “really horrifying”, allowing Amazon to dominate.I’m absolutely aghast about what the government and competition authorities have allowed Amazon to do.
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What the Society of Authors and their memebers think of Amazon can be found here: http://www.societyofauthors.org/what-do-we-think-amazon
The background to this petition can be found at this link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/shopping-and-consumer-news/12167545/Government-must-help-end-heartbreaking-Amazon-dominance-former-Number-10-adviser-says.html?WT.mc_id=e_DM89475&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Pol_New_EU&utm_source=email&utm_medium=Edi_Pol_New_EU_2016_02_22&utm_campaign=DM89475
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