See Sherman Alexie take on Amazon on “the Colbert Report”

Author, man about town, and all-around good person Sherman Alexie was on “The Colbert Report” last night to discuss his (and Colbert’s) publisher Hachette’s dispute with Amazon. It’s well worth your time, so I’ve embedded the video below, with the first video to provide some context from Colbert.

Alexie’s main point was that Amazon and Hachette are two giant corporations fighting with each other, but authors are caught in the middle and are the ones who are ultimately hurt the most.

Colbert encouraged viewers to pre-order an upcoming Hachette book, California by Edan Lepucky (endorsed by Alexie) through his website and via Portland indie bookstore Powell’s, instead of through Amazon (which is not allowing pre-order of Hachette books.