The only thing to add to the FoRK book page is some text at the top
saying the whenever any FoRKer buys any book from Amazon, and has a URL
like:
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0345373162/7252-6257979-927080>,
you should delete the last string of numbers and replace it with
"forkrecommendedrA" as in
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0345373162/forkrecommendedrA>,
so that FoRK gets credit for that purchase as well.
And, we need to test whether FoRK gets credit for other books selected
on the same order (I would think yes).
- dan
P.S. Your link for Accidental Empires is missing the FoRK-URL.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: I Find Karma [SMTP:adam@milliways.cs.caltech.edu]
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 1997 2:55 AM
> To: FoRK@pest.w3.org
> Subject: Amazon associates are we.
>
> Okay, feel free to start recommending books...
>
> ------- start of forwarded message (RFC 934 encapsulation) -------
> From: associates@amazon.com
> To: adam@cs.caltech.edu
> Subject: Amazon.com Books: Thank you for your application
> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 01:13:10 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Thanks for submitting your application to participate in the
> Amazon.com
> Associates Program. Your application has been temporarily approved.
> We'll contact you by e-mail once we have reviewed and approved your
> application.
>
> *Important*: Be sure to save this email message--you will need some of
> the information here to properly set up your links to Amazon.com.
>
> You can set up your Web site now. You have been assigned a unique
> Associates ID. You'll use this ID when linking your sponsoring Web
> site
> into our catalog; detailed instructions are included at the end of
> this
> message.
>
> Your unique Associates ID is: forkrecommendedr.
>
>
> USING THE AMAZON.COM BRAND NAME
> ---------------------------------
>
> As you may already know, Amazon.com has received a great deal of very
> positive press coverage since we opened. From The Wall Street
> Journal,
> Newsweek and the Associated Press to PC Magazine and WebWeek,
> mainstream
> and industry press alike have helped to make the Amazon.com brand name
> one of the more well-known among Internet sites.
>
> Our extensive advertising campaign reaches users of many major Web
> services and search tools, and our printed ads are found in places
> like
> the New York Times Review of Books. You should consider using not
> only
> our name but one of the logos or banners found on our site at:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/assoc-art.html
>
> so that your visitors have the chance to recognize our name as a
> familiar and trustworthy Internet retailer working in association with
> you.
>
>
> SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATION:
> -------------------------------------------
>
> We've put a page on our Web site filled with suggestions for building
> a
> great online bookstore. These tips are taken from our most successful
> Associates, and we highly recommend reading them. Follow the link on
> our home page to "Build Your Own Bookstore", and from there link to
> "Build a Great Bookstore". You can also connect directly at this URL:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/assoc-success-tips.html
>
>
> HOW TO LINK INTO OUR CATALOG:
> -------------------------------
>
> You can use any sort of book descriptions, review material and
> graphics
> that you like when describing books on your Web site. All we need is
> a
> separate link into our catalog for each book you wish to recommend.
> You
> may add or remove these links at any time without our prior approval;
> as
> long as they follow the prescribed format we'll detect them
> automatically when they are used.
>
> Each link to our catalog will be the same except for the ISBN of the
> book. You'll see the "isbn=" part of the link at the end of each
> example below. To find the ISBN of the book you wish to list, use our
> Web site and search for that book with any of our search tools. The
> ISBN for each edition (hardcover, paperback, book on tape) is
> displayed
> on the detail page for that book.
>
> Remember--you may change which books you list whenever you like. You
> won't need our permission and it's not even necessary to advise us of
> the changes--they'll be automatically detected and commissioned
> properly.
>
>
> EXAMPLE:
> ----------
>
> For each book you recommend, link it to us like this:
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1234567890/forkrecommendedrA/
>
> Note: You *must* use a capital A at the end of this link, not a
> lower-case a.
>
> Of course, the ISBN will change for each book. Do not include any
> spaces or dashes in the ISBN when making these links. Also, make sure
> to check our catalog first--we can only sell what's listed there.
>
> VERY IMPORTANT: If you copy the URL of a book page from our Web site
> and
> modify it to fit the format above, be sure to remove the 19-character
> shopping basket ID that appears at the end of the bookmarked or copied
> URL. Your store code should immediately follow the ISBN as in the
> example above. If you leave this in your modified links, they will
> not
> work properly.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
>
> The information we have about your Web site is as follows:
>
> Recommended Readings for the members of the FoRK mailing list.
>
> Archive:
>
> http://pest.w3.org/FoRK-archive/
>
> FAQ:
>
> http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~adam/local/faq-fork.html
>
> Recommended reading list:
>
> http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~adam/local/fork-books.html
>
> Sponsoring Web site name:
>
> FoRK Recommended Reading
>
> Sponsoring Web site URL:
>
> http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~adam/local/fork-books.html
>
> Your Web site name, in the format we may use on our website:
>
> FoRK Recommended Reading in association with Amazon.com Books
>
> ---------------------------
>
> If you have any questions, you can e-mail us at associates@amazon.com
> and we'll be happy to help.
>
> Once again, thanks for your application.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Associates staff
> Amazon.com Books
> http://www.amazon.com/
> 2.5 million titles, consistently low prices
>
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>
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