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For the lurkers: If you like the Monastery and are recommending a book in your node, you may wish to provide a FatBrain link so that Vroom gets a small kickback if someone buys a book through that link. To do this:

  1. Locate the book's ISBN number, according to FatBrain. (Use their Search feature to find the most recent edition, as appropriate.)
  2. In your node type [ isbn:// ### | Link title ], where ### is the ISBN number.
  3. Test your link while Previewing your node. (I usually open it in a new window.)
  4. Submit. :)

This also works in the Chatterbox.

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Re: Linking to FatBrain
by turnstep (Parson) on Mar 22, 2001 at 21:15 UTC

    <obplug>
    See the Posting FAQ on my home node for the complete list of link types.

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Re: Linking to FatBrain
by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Sep 17, 2001 at 01:51 UTC
    How do I form a URL if I'm refering to a book from some place other than a PM node, and want to support PM?

    —John

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      Construct the URL as if it were provided by The Monastery. For example, suppose you wish to refer to Llama3 from another web site, define your A HREF as follows:

      Here's an excellent book for <a href="http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/BookInfo/BookInfo.asp?theisbn=0596001320&from=MDZ411">Learning Perl.</a>

      The &from=MDZ411 parameter is what tells FatBrain that The Monastery is the referring associate.

      --f

      P.S. Random HTML trivia regarding your .sig: Netscape 4x doesn't understand the &mdash; entity; however it does support the character code version, e.g. &#8212;. If you're interested in the support found in older browsers for other entities, this seems to be a reasonably complete reference. It is a little out of date, though.

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        > The &from=MDZ411 parameter is what tells FatBrain that The Monastery is the referring associate.

        Thanks. I did a isbn: link in the CB to generate the URL I needed. But knowing the rule makes it easier next time!

        Re netscape 4: The complete list of entities has been published for years. How hard can it be? Shouldn't that be a matter of updating a simple file? I seem to remember an old Netscape that didn't like “quotes” either, but I thought that was History.

        Hmm, why not have the Monistary convert entitiy names to numeric form?

        —John

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