URGENT: Booksellers say: No Link? No Sale!

UPDATE: 9/25- 4:45 PM:
We’ve read updates on two sites about the situation.  Read to the bottom of the comments on this first link, for an official statement from B&N’s VP of trade merchandising:
http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/bullying-nonsense/
And coverage of the situation from MediaBistro:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/bookselling/give_us_links_or_we_wont_sell_your_books_really_136814.asp
My take after reading all comments and the stories themselves is [...]