Last week, a dust-up between Amazon and big-time New York publisher Hachette Book Group over the online merchant’s strong-arm tactics had the writing class chattering. Here’s a bit of what they had to say. “Amazon delays book shipment as negotiation ploy/punishment. Dictatorial much?” —Sherman Alexie, via Twitter • “Also, wanted to chime in on the Amazon/Hachette thing. Basically, I don’t feel sorry for Hachette. They made their bed.” —Evan Gregory, via Twitter • “First Reagan came for the air-traffic controllers. And the ‘journalists’ said nothing. Short leap to Bezos.” —Regina Schrambling, via Twitter • “Amazon says those 
Hachette books just fell off a truck, wise guy, yeah, that’s right. They’ll find them eventually.” —Glenn Fleishman, via Twitter