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Indigo Nights <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 19 Oct 2003 23:55:10 -0700
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While you can get the book at Amazon, and I suspect
you can also get it at Barnes & Noble and other
institutions, the link below takes you to an affiliate
program of Amazon.  You can query the book yourself at
http://www.amazon.com .

It may be good for an organization to have an
affiliate program, but it troubles me that it wasn't
mentioned.  I'm sure there was no attempt to
compromise ethics, but it feels like some of the
others who have come to market wares at the expense of
the list.

According to the web site:

"Link Up With the Leader. We have the largest and most
successful online affiliate program. Over 900,000 Web
sites have joined Amazon.com Associates because our
program works for you. If you are a Web site owner,
Amazon seller, or Web Developer, you can start making
money today and earn up to 15% in referral fees."

Providing a source to secure merchandise or a tool may
be very helpful, but profiting from that
help--unsolicited--seems a little opportunistic IMHO.

I'm sure there are two sides to this picture,
depending upon whether one is selling or buying, but
it troubles me to have the appearance of the list
being used for personal gain.




--- Roger Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Christian Carr wrote < I'm giving 5 stars to Linda
> Fairstein's "The Bone
> Vault."  Written by a former Manhattan prosecutor,
> this thriller revolves
> around a joint exhibition by the Metropolitan Museum
> of Art and the Museum
> of Natural History, and provides lots of lovely
> scenes set in curatorial
> meetings, storerooms, and exhibition galleries >
>
> This book is available through AMAZON. See
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743223543/drdrumsnotforpro
>
> best wishes
> Roger
>
>
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