[Web4lib] Librarians Create Bestseller

[Drew, Bill]

As a librarian involved in collection development, buying a book to
support an experiment using Amazon that is really a marketing exploit
would be a bad decision.  If the book is any good, it will sell itself.
I am betting that sales to libraries and librarians has been hurt by
this marketing effort.  I certainly will not recommend it for purchase
on ethical grounds and will not purchase a personal copy.  I also think
this needs to be a public discussion.

Bill Drew
drewwe at morrisville.edu 

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gorman
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Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Librarians Create Bestseller