Yesterday Amazon launched a new service, Amazon Connect. According to their website:

Amazon Connect is a new program that allows readers to receive messages directly from their favorite authors. It opens an entirely new channel of communication between authors and their readers.

In addition to having their posts appear on the Amazon.com home page and book detail pages, posts will also appear on an author's Amazon blog page and on a special author profile page that will feature the author's three most recent posts and bibliography. Beyond that, Amazon customers can sign up to receive posts from authors on their plog.

Is it just me, or doesn't this seem like something libraries should be doing too?

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