I've known about this practice for a long time. Those of us involved in the publishing industry understand it. Publishers want to sell books and the best way to do that is have them prominently displayed. It's called advertising and you have to pay for that. The same is true with online stores. OK there's no physical display, but the effect is the same; the publisher pays, either upfront or by offering deep discounts to the store. So remember, everything you buy, including books, is subtly advertised in some way. We're all suckers. [via Neil Gaiman]
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