8 June 2004
Amazon hacks
Everybody loves Amazon, and with the Search Inside feature it's become the Library of Alexandria.
I've begun using it to provide links to relevant quotes and have been a little lazy. The links ended up being session dependent and have expired. Here's a quick hack to do it correctly.
I began by reading O'Reilly's online examples of Amazon Hacks. Hack numbers three and four outline how to refer to catalog items using their ASIN:
So, we can go to Amazon Hacks at Amazon using this:
To link to a quote, first come up with the search that will bring up the correct page. Let's refer to the opening line of Gravity's Rainbow.
We can link to the book Gravity's Rainbow:
And link to the quote A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before...
Now, I need to go back and update my old links...
As with Gravity's Rainbow:
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The only link that works above is the final one...was that your design? i.e. the "Gravity's Rainbow" link isn't valid:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0140188592
Posted by: Mason at June 9, 2004 2:50 PMGah. I had AISN instead of ASIN in some links. Thanks, Mason!
Posted by: sstrader at June 9, 2004 5:39 PM