Oh, and by the way, Amazon also received a co-op placement fee for the title. I don't think so. Any title that isn't selected by an editor could be highlighted and promoted in a different spot on the page. What I'm suggesting, in short, is that if Amazon wants to play media company, it has to start abiding by some time-honored practices. Other respected publishing companies are doing the same.
Credibility demands that such walls remain firmly in place.
People have to become educated consumers. People have had this idea that the Web is a warm, fuzzy place, exempt from the practices of grubby retail. I suppose some of these people are the same folks who don't realize that the reason Cap'n Crunch is at eye level in the supermarket aisle is because the cereal manufacturer paid for that. Well, Amazon is a retailer, and they're no different. I respect her skeptical eye, but I think she's wrong about this.