A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

"Yay!"

Today Panzer found a post at Joe Konrath's blog about Amazon's change to their Affiliates Program. Joe's take on the situation is different from Ed Robertson's yesterday. Joe doesn't see this new twist as "gloom and doom" for free ebooks. He sees the Kindle Select Program continuing with no interruptions for authors using the program to promote their ebooks to readers.

So, if you want to know why the FREE ebook is not going the way of the dinosaur, read Joe Konrath's opinion at A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

Amazon Is About To Throttle Free Books

N-O-O-O-O!

Well, the Catosphere is full of yowling following Amazon's announcement of a change to their affiliate program terms.

Amazon has changed the rules and payments to sites that promote FREE ebooks.

Panzer says, "Oh, n-o-o-o! Say it isn't so!"

Will this be the end of our favorite free ebook sites? What about the Kindle Select Program?

You can read Ed Robertson's opinions on these questions and more at Amazon To Throttle Free Books?