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« on: September 04, 2009, 08:28:46 AM » |
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I really would like to link my stuff when I post about it. But a lot of the times the link maker doesn't find items even though I know they exist. What am I doing wrong here?
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« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2009, 12:14:38 PM » |
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I've been using the old LinkMaker and it's working pretty well - it's just a little more complicated. I haven't had much luck with the new one lately. I seem to recall Harvey mentioning that Amazon changed the way they do things in the database that LinkMaker 2 uses and that's why it's so unpredictable.
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« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2009, 05:30:27 PM » |
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Amazon has changed what it makes available via database queries like the ones our Link Maker does. In particular, Kindle Store books are for the most part not being made available. We don't know if this is a glitch from Amazon, or an intentional decision. It is affecting many sites that do database queries to retrieve Amazon items. There's more about it here: http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,405.msg243530.html#msg243530 |
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« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2009, 06:12:17 PM » |
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Amazon has changed what it makes available via database queries like the ones our Link Maker does. In particular, Kindle Store books are for the most part not being made available. We don't know if this is a glitch from Amazon, or an intentional decision. It is affecting many sites that do database queries to retrieve Amazon items. There's more about it here: http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,405.msg243530.html#msg243530I believe it is intentional because if you log into your amazon account and go to a Kindle book page and click on the "Link to this page" in the grey bar at the top, you get a notice that you cannot link to that page. So it seems Amazon is no longer allowing referral links to Kindle books. Rachel |
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« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2009, 08:40:57 PM » |
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Amazon has changed what it makes available via database queries like the ones our Link Maker does. In particular, Kindle Store books are for the most part not being made available. We don't know if this is a glitch from Amazon, or an intentional decision. It is affecting many sites that do database queries to retrieve Amazon items. There's more about it here: http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,405.msg243530.html#msg243530Thanks for letting me know. I was wondering what was going on, I knew the stuff I was looking for to link was available on K. |
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« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2009, 03:20:05 AM » |
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As a reminder: you can access v 1.0 of the LinkMaker via the regular Link-Maker links. It's in the text at the top there, highlighted. Here's a link with a video tutorial that Verena made last November on how to use the Link Maker 1.0. . . .it hasn't changed since she did this and might be helpful to folks who haven't used it before. Note that you can either make a picture link, as illustrated here, or just type in text and make a text link if you don't want to do the extra copy/paste. http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,838.0.html |
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« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2009, 03:37:19 AM » |
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I'll add that it's much easier to use Firefox to make image links than Internet Explorer; some people have made the switch to Firefox for this reason.  Betsy |
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« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2009, 03:52:46 AM » |
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I'll add that it's much easier to use Firefox to make image links than Internet Explorer; some people have made the switch to Firefox for this reason. Betsy I never tried with IE. . .but it's definitely not hard with Firefox since you can have various tabs open for the copying and pasting. . . . . .and while it may seem a little complicated at first, if you do it a few times it begins to make sense and becomes second nature. I found the tutorial REALLY helpful initially. . .so thanks to Verena for that. . . . . |
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« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2009, 05:39:07 AM » |
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In IE, at least - If you remember to copy the entire path to the image link, it works much better! I have a habit of starting to highlight text from the bottom and that doesn't cut it in this case.
After you do it a few times, it gets much easier.
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« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2009, 07:48:53 AM » |
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Also, here's a quick and dirty workaround for text links: Just type the book title, followed by the word "kindle". Then select that text, and press the "Amazon Search" editing button. (It looks like this:  .) For example: The Shining (kindle)You can add the author's name to refine the search results. For example: The Shining, Stephen King (kindle). This takes you to a page of search results, rather than the specific product page on Amazon. But it's easy to do as a workaround, until we come up with a better solution! |
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« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2009, 08:03:39 AM » |
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Testing. . . . 1. . . .2. . . .3. . . . The Jade Owl (Kindle)Hey. . .that's pretty cool. . . .and QUICK! Thanks for the tip. |
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« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2009, 08:22:54 AM » |
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Also, here's a quick and dirty workaround for text links: Just type the book title, followed by the word "kindle". Then select that text, and press the "Amazon Search" editing button. (It looks like this: .) For example: The Shining (kindle)You can add the author's name to refine the search results. For example: The Shining, Stephen King (kindle). This takes you to a page of search results, rather than the specific product page on Amazon. But it's easy to do as a workaround, until we come up with a better solution! Another test: Moon Under Her Feet Clysta KinstlerHarvey - this is a wonderful tip! |
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« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2009, 05:34:07 PM » |
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Also testing Kathy Reichs 206 Bones (kindle)Much easier, thanks Harvey! |
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« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2009, 06:11:45 PM » |
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goodbye, good mentesting very cool and much easier. I'm too lazy to do a 5 step process.
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« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2009, 01:36:26 PM » |
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« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2009, 05:46:49 PM » |
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Harvey...we love you. Folders?...lol.
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« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2010, 10:16:16 AM » |
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Thanks for the tip on Link Maker. I used the manual one. Not too hard to figure out.
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