On: Amazon and Hachette Resolve Dispute

[idbehold]

That's almost like saying Amy Poehler has a monopoly on her written words. If HarperCollins (or any other publisher) wants to publish her words in a book, they can only pay her for that privilege. She can agree to any terms she wants, and no other person is allowed to agree to a competing offer for those words.

[thinkling → idbehold]

But the point is that while publishers get to sell books through multiple retailers, Amy Poehler does not (in practice) get to license her words to multiple publishers.

[idbehold → thinkling]

Would you really consider one piece of work by an author to be a commodity? Not all of the author's titles mind you, just one.