Amazon kills the Golden Goose

“Why would Amazon want to penalize the big traffic makers that generate brand loyalty and purchase revenue?” asks George Burke, CEO of eBookDaily.com in response to Amazon’s recent update to their Associates Program structure which wipes out affiliate commission payouts to sites listing free Kindle books as the primary driver of user traffic to Amazon.com. The move has caused many Kindle-focused book launch, review, and discovery sites to rethink their business models. Read Burke’s comprehensive editorial on www.publishingperspectives.com