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Originally Posted by abookreader
I'm not sure what you mean when you say "Intent there not be one."
By all means those who prefer to purchase by skimming the lists of books published by all methods, sampling, and choosing for themselves should have that right.
But those who prefer to read blogs, rankings, and recommendations from 3rd party sources and buy based on those are also entitled. Many of those types also post on these forums.
It seems to be a little like saying "I like to book my own vacation so I don't think there should be any Travel Agents."
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I don't see how bloggers, ranking websites or recommendation engines are gatekeepers. A better example of a gatekeeper would be not being able to go on a vacation unless you went through a travel agent and took one of the vacations they offered.