b schewek wrote:
Many things are useful to people. But WP's purpose is to be useful in a specific way, and one would have to argue that pointing to a book (or whatever) seller enhances this usefulness.
I think that's right. And, for me, the connection between the specific way in which we seek to be useful (educating people on all manner of things) and the value of a link to a place where people might get more information, either by borrowing from a library or purchasing a book, is practically self-evident.
Well, if there is no revenue it means there was no use which means we can remove the link. (Just kidding.)
:-) Well, there were a fair number of clickthroughs, just no sales.
I know I never buy a book from anywhere without reading the reviews on Amazon first.
--Jimbo