Closing Image: September 19, 2018
May 2018, about 8 percent of views on Amazon product pages came from sponsored links– more than double what it was a year earlier.
Day: September 19, 2018
Link of Interest: September 19, 2018
News and Trends Penguin Random House changes ebook library lending terms. Unlike Tor, which recently restricted library access to new ebook titles, the world’s largest trade publisher is changing its model after listening to librarian feedback. Instead of charging a high price for perpetual ebook access, PRH is moving to a metered model. Read Andrew Albanese in … Read more
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