Goodreads has knocked all indie bookstore links off of their main pages, offering one-click sales service solely to Amazon.com. Goodreads claims that this is due to Amazon's new 'Terms of Service', but still, it's hard not to see this as a slap in the face to all of the indie booksellers that Goodreads initially used to help promote their site.
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Friday, August 7, 2009
Book News, In Brief
Goodreads has knocked all indie bookstore links off of their main pages, offering one-click sales service solely to Amazon.com. Goodreads claims that this is due to Amazon's new 'Terms of Service', but still, it's hard not to see this as a slap in the face to all of the indie booksellers that Goodreads initially used to help promote their site.