responded with his own statement saying -- i spoke with bloomberg industries director paul sweeney and ron josey and i asked ron to set the stage for us. >> it is one of multiple partners at amazon and each partner is on a multiyear deal and it was up later. here we are, and there is a bitter dispute. from my perspective, it is more amazon, i believe by taking a greater share of the dollars. probably pricing e-books. i look at amazon as focusing on what consumers can do and machette is probably looking to protect interest. >> would you echo that, paul? >> amazon has always been a low price. clearly, amazon is under pressure. especially the past couple of quarters and probably more pressure to look at is margins or lack there of. granted, amazon has been focused on growth and not necessarily profit margins. the pressure on the company has ratcheted up to look at cost across the board. this is one small area is that their media content cost can play a tougher role when it comes to negotiating with its partners. >> who does it hurt the most? is it machette, or is it the authors? >> i would say the