Re: JWSR Proposal

Fri, 4 Dec 1998 16:28:21 -0500 (EST)
wwagar@binghamton.edu

Yes, Susan, you made the right decision and for the right reasons.

Warren Wagar

> > Dear WSN,
> >
> > Thanks for sharing your reactions, favorable and unfavorable, to the
> > proposal that we link JWSR to Amazon.com in exchange for a percentage of
> > resulting book sales. We decided against the idea, for two reasons:
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> > First, we don't want to compromise -- or appear to compromise -- our
> > editorial integrity by profiting from the sale of books we review.
> >
> > Second, the support of those JWSR readers (and WSN subscribers) who oppose
> > such a commercial relationship is more important to us than the income we
> > would receive from Amazon.com.
> >
> > Susan Manning
> > Assistant Editor, JWSR
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