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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Two reasons: first, it's probably against some MobileRead rule. That rule is probably there because of the second reason, to wit, if you buy an ebook from that third party, their "tag" gets placed inside the URL, indicating that a commission, or whatever it's called, goes to them. If you buy an ebook through MobileRead, commission goes to them. They provide a great service to us! I want the commission to go to MobileRead!
That may seem unfair to the third party. But in business (in free market economies), it's a dog-eat-dog world. That's just the way it is.
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There is no rule at MR against linking to a third party site that sells ebooks, so long as there's no affiliate tag in the link you provide. So feel free to link to a web page, but examine any link you get in an email, for example, and strip out any affiliate tag if there is one before sharing it here.
As an FYI, MR adds an affiliate tag only to Amazon links and not to other ebook providers, but we still don't allow affiliate tags in any link.