Re: Book images

Should be fixed now -- by removing the section. The links used to go to fatbrain.com, but fatbrain, and our kickback from them, hasn't existed in several years now -- they got bought out by barnes and nobels. (We could make a similar deal with, say, Amazon, but they're silly, and encode false statements about our busniess model into their agreement, which means that we cannot, in good faith, sign it. If you know of anybody who has such a program that we can enter into, please let us know.)

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Re^2: Book images by Zed_Lopez (Chaplain) on Oct 28, 2004 at 18:15 UTC
There's Powell's or Booksense (links go directly to their agreements.)	[reply]
Re^2: Book images by demerphq (Chancellor) on Oct 28, 2004 at 18:41 UTC
Whats that about Amazon and false statements? --- demerphq _{First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Gandhi Flux8}	[reply]
Re^3: Book images by theorbtwo (Prior) on Oct 29, 2004 at 09:48 UTC
"You will provide a Special Link (as defined below) from each Product reference on your site to the corresponding Amazon.com Site online catalog entry." That means that every time somebody mentions a book, we "will" make it into a link. The agreeement is hard to find, BTW, but should be available at http://associates.amazon.com/gp/associates/agreement/102-7756777-5967353. Warning: Unless otherwise stated, code is untested. Do not use without understanding. Code is posted in the hopes it is useful, but without warranty. All copyrights are relinquished into the public domain unless otherwise stated. I am not an angel. I am capable of error, and err on a fairly regular basis. If I made a mistake, please let me know (such as by replying to this node).	[reply]
Re^4: Book images by demerphq (Chancellor) on Oct 29, 2004 at 10:01 UTC
The exact paragraph is as follows (with italicisation and bold highlights added by me) Product Links: You may select one or more Products to list on your site. A "Product" is any product listed on the Amazon.com Site that is fulfilled by us or on our behalf, or any product sold by a third party seller on the Amazon.com Site other than: (a) products sold through our "Auctions" and "zShops" services (or any successors thereto); (b) products sold by Circuit City, Crabtree & Evelyn, Elisabeth, eLuxury, Godiva, Lands' End, Liz Claiborne, Lucky Brand Jeans, Nordstrom, Sears Craftsman, or Sephora ("Excluded Merchants"); (c) products sold by a third party through a site linked to from the Amazon.com Site (e.g. CarsDirect.com products); and (d) any wireless service plan offered through the Amazon.com Site and not sold and fulfilled by us. For each selected Product, you will display on your site a short description, review, or other reference. You will be responsible for the content, style, and placement of these references. You will provide a Special Link (as defined below) from each Product reference on your site to the corresponding Amazon.com Site online catalog entry. Each such link will connect directly to a single item in our online catalog. You may add or delete Products (and related links) from your site at any time without our approval. Special Links that individually link to specific Products as described above are referred to as "Product Links." You may not use Special Links to link to the Amazon.com Site from references to products on your site that are not "Products" as defined above. I think reading this as you have "That means that every time somebody mentions a book, we "will" make it into a link." is not correct. It clearly states that we select which products we wish to endorse, and that we are allowed to change that decision at any time. IMO if this is the reason we aren't using Amazon links then we might as well bring them back. --- demerphq _{First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Gandhi Flux8}	[reply]
Re^5: Book images by theorbtwo (Prior) on Oct 29, 2004 at 10:14 UTC
Re^5: Book images by simonm (Vicar) on Nov 07, 2004 at 22:14 UTC
Re^2: Book images by emav (Pilgrim) on Oct 30, 2004 at 09:16 UTC
There is also Another Bookshop, whose affiliate program agreement seems pretty liberal (although excessively indented ;-).	[reply]
Re^3: Book images by theorbtwo (Prior) on Oct 30, 2004 at 10:41 UTC
That seems to be british. While that's a good deal for me, it's not for the majority of our readers. (I'm not being deliberatly amerocentric here; it's a simple fact. This probably has a fair bit to do with the nature of meme propogation, and the simple fact that the US is huge.) Warning: Unless otherwise stated, code is untested. Do not use without understanding. Code is posted in the hopes it is useful, but without warranty. All copyrights are relinquished into the public domain unless otherwise stated. I am not an angel. I am capable of error, and err on a fairly regular basis. If I made a mistake, please let me know (such as by replying to this node).	[reply]