Remember not to take my word for it. I understand how important amazon is to a book buyers life, especially for people not in America and the UK who have the privilege of having english book stores around them. But at least try to educate yourselves about what kind of company you are using to buy your books!

Links:

Stephen Colbert talking about Hachette: http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/ukf9gv/amazon-vs–hachette

Stephen Colbert interviewing Sherman Alexie about Hachette: http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/t1nxwu/amazon-vs–hachette—sherman-alexie

Article about Amazon’s bad working conditions: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/01/week-amazon-insider-feature-treatment-employees-work

Article that talks about just the general things that makes Amazon bad: http://www.peterbrownstudio.com/publishing/amazon-is-destroying-my-favorite-things/#.U54Mc5SSwpx

Amazon page that is proof of the shipping increases:
http://www.amazon.com/Cuckoos-Calling-Cormoran-Strike-Novel/dp/0316206857/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1402866298

Amazon page that is proof of there no longer being a pre-order button:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Silkworm-Cormoran-Strike-Novel/dp/0316206873/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1402867661&sr=8-2&keywords=cukoo%27s+calling

*Edit* Okay so there have been some thoughts that others have had, that are from a different perspective. I think my video may have come off a little biased. Here is an article that I believe is the most unbiased analysis of what has been happening: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303749904579580052135901452