On Tuesday the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books posted the list of authors scheduled to appear at this April’s event — and in contrast to previous years, they appended “buy” links next to each author’s name, which usually lead to Amazon pages (via affiliate links). Local bookseller Skylight Books has spoken out, objecting to the Amazon links, and other booksellers are starting to do so as well. Last year, when Kobo was a sponsor of the festival, the author listings linked to informational sites rather than retailing pages. LAT director of communications Hilary Manning wrote in a statement that […]
