Recently there was kind of a discussion, with one user being a bit mean towards the other regarding the latter posting a link to Amazon.
While I do not agree with how they brought the discussion, I think it would be great to read everyone’s opinion about what should be link, and if linking to specific websites should be forbidden.
For example, we have Open Library, BookWyrm, Inventaire, etc, if you only want to link to a book’s information, and while it is harder to find a replacement to a web site where you can buy books, users can always search for it if they want.
What are your thoughts?
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IM0 is not so much about that but about recommending web sites that are more healthier for the web.
An alternative could be something like bookshop.org which is an online book store that supports independent retailers
Easy to do a blacklist (amazon, goodreads) than a whitelist, it seems.
BookWyrm is a secondary source, so I don’t think it’s a good idea. Personally, I’d link to:
- The book’s website, if there is (which usually just links to amazon)
- Wikipedia page
- OpenLibrary
As for where to buy books, I’ve recently heard of Libreture, which have DRM-free books (see other DRM-free book source), though its database might be lacking because it’s rather new.
What’s wrong with Amazon links? Is this sub solely for free/pirated books? Recommendations are for the content, how you choose to obtain it should be up to the reader?
Just trying to understand the “rules” of this sub.
No, I think this was because people were doing stuff like “Hey look at this book how nice” and it was an amazon link, which sure fine if you want to buy it but IMO it’s more important to link to OpenLibrary, BookWyrm or GoodReads and then to something like that. It was never established as a rule, though.
