"to give more prominent placement to books which aren't available at Amazon" Ask any "old timer" about how "stereos" used to be sold. At the start there were

"to give more prominent placement to books which aren't available at Amazon" Ask any "old timer" about how "stereos" used to be sold. At the start there were specialized shops (and of course there still are but "back then" that was the channel) where you went to get a stereo and got knowledgeable advice and good service. Then mass retail came about and all those good brands (that could) just went mass retail and forgot about all those small fokesy sales channels. Once again, because they could and someone dangled the opportunity. This happened with Apple as well which (as all computers were) was originally offered through small computer stores. My point is giving prominent placement is great but don't assume that if something becomes popular it won't automatically go where the money and opportunity is and quickly forget the people who first gave it an opportunity (mainly because new sales people get hired that aren't rewarded for the past loyalty).