RE: Want to Recommend a Book?

Subject: RE: Want to Recommend a Book?
From: "Earl Cooley" <shiva -at- io -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 21:04:32 -0600


Kristen James Eberlein wrote:
>
> If you work in the IT arena:
>
> The Inmates are Running the Asylum
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0672316498/qid=10365
> 46170/sr=1
> -1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1548790-8364848?v=glance
>
> What a ridiculously long URL! Caveat emptor ...

There is a standard short form URL for Amazon books, based
on the ISBN (in this case 0672316498):

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672316498/

The rest of that long URL is session id's and the like;
when you use the short form URL, it creates a new session ID
for you anyway. The only other pertinent addition to the
short form URL would be Amazon Affiliate ID, if any, like:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672316498/frequentlaskedqu

Hope that's helpful for future reference.

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