Return-Path: Resent-From: Philip Greenspun Resent-To: philg@homepage.lcs.mit.edu From: associates@amazon.com Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 12:16:55 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: buglet.amazon.com: tom set sender to associates@amazon.com using -f To: philg@MIT.EDU Subject: Amazon.com Associates - quarterly payment report Dear Amazon.com Associate, December 31, 1997 marked the end of the 4th calendar quarter of 1997, and today it's time for referral fee payments to our Associates. Last week, we mailed you a check for the referral fees you've earned during the past quarter. This message explains how we derived the amount of your referral fee check and lists the qualifying books that were paid for and shipped from October 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997. ------------------- PLEASE READ THESE IMPORTANT NOTES: ------------------- 1. It is normal to expect that your total payment may not match the total of your weekly marketing reports. Some books ordered during the quarter may not have been shipped by December 31, and therefore would not appear in this quarter's payment nor on this report. These include: A. Orders placed late in the quarter and not yet shipped. B. Orders containing special order titles that had not yet arrived at our warehouse. C. Any orders cancelled by the customer before shipping. 2. Once these books are shipped, they will appear in the statement for the quarter in which they are shipped. All fees are paid at the end of the quarter in which the shipment is sent to the customer, not the quarter in which the order is placed. 3. If you earned less than $10 in referral fees through the prior quarter (which ended 3 months ago), you would not have received a check at that time. In that case, you will see the unpaid amount included in the report below and added into this quarter's payment. 4. Each line of the report lists the book title and the *total* amount we've collected from customers for shipments of that title. In other words, there is one line per title regardless of the number of copies shipped during the quarter. 5. Some of you may still have a few orders that were placed prior to June 2 which shipped during the 3rd quarter and would thus be included on this report. Prior to June 2, our standard book discount was 10% off on the 400,000 most popular titles in our catalog. Books ordered at 10% off list price during that period earned 15% referral fees, while books ordered at discounts of 20% or 30% earned 5% fees. Books ordered at 40% off, special order books and others ordered at list price also earned 5% fees. 6. Effective June 2, we changed our standard book discount from 10% off to 20% off on paperbacks and 30% off on hardcover books. At that time, we also changed the Associates Program so that books ordered after June 1 at 20-30% off would earn 15% referral fees just as they had when their standard discount was 10% off. As before, books ordered at 40% off, special order books and others ordered at list price earned 5% fees. Out of print books do not qualify for referral fees. Quarterly Referral Fees Paid ---------------------------- Store name: photo.net Store ID: photonet Payee: Name: Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Address1: c/o Philip Greenspun Address2: 5 Irving Terrace #3 Address3: City: Cambridge State: MA Zip: 02138 Country: USA Total shipped to customer this quarter: 11919.48 Referral fee this quarter: 1521.68 Credit referral fee previous quarter: 0.00 Total Referral fee: 1521.68 From October 1st, 1997 to December 31th, 1997 In-prints books discounted at 10-30% (when ordered) ISBN Title Amount ---- ----- ------ 002860623X Outside Magazine's Adventure Guide to 13.56 0028609034 Frommer's Prague and the Best of the 11.96 0060915226 Democracy in America 16.00 0060952261 Make Your Own Dinosaur Out of Chicken 10.40 0060987049 Microserfs 10.40 0062513710 Adventures Beyond the Body : How to E 11.20 0062771590 Access Cape Cod Martha's Vineyard & N 14.80 0070398879 Power Shmoozing : The New Etiquette f 10.36 0070572771 Hp-Ux System and Administration Guide 79.92 0077077741 Preventing Chaos in a Crisis : Strate 20.97 0078822890 Oracle Dba Handbook 7.3 (Oracle Serie 31.99 0079136575 Java Certification for Programmers an 38.47 0124558356 TCP/IP Clearly Explained 23.96 0130515590 Financial Derivatives 12.76 0140053204 Travels With Charley : In Search of A 6.36 014012991X Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice : An E 10.36 0140236597 Van Gogh's Room at Arles : Three Nove 8.76 0152013458 The Amazon Papers 8.40 019507680X Grand Expectations : The United State 24.50 0195097440 The Essential Guide to Managing Corpo 21.00 0201447878 The Practical Sql Handbook : Using St 159.80 0201622165 MacIntosh Human Interface Guidelines 23.96 0201688883 Real World Photoshop 4 : Industrial S 35.96 0240800265 Basic Photographic Materials and Proc 44.96 0316277371 A Good Walk Spoiled : Days and Nights 11.16 0316373141 Black and White Photography : A Basic 18.36 0345409469 The Demon-Haunted World : Science As 11.20 0374171696 Hogarth : A Life and a World 31.50 0374189870 Lives of the Monster Dogs 32.20 0374523223 Get Out of My Life, but First Could Y 8.80 0375400648 Locked in the Cabinet 17.50 0380521830 The Brethren Inside the Supreme Court 6.00 0385267061 On Photography 20.72 0385267746 The Design of Everyday Things 12.76 0393315290 A Random Walk Down Wall Street : Incl 25.52 0394569156 Legends of the American Desert : Sojo 21.00 039472903X Ogilvy on Advertising 18.40 0395585686 Blue Highways : A Journey into Americ 11.20 0395860210 American Pastoral 18.20 0415155371 Colloquial Vietnamese; A Complete Lan 31.96 0440431808 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil 3.99 0442022875 Grand Finales : The Art of the Plated 34.97 0446520802 The Notebook 23.74 0449909433 Travels With Lizbeth 8.80 0451173392 The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet : The 5.59 0451451384 The Summer Tree 4.79 0451451562 The Wandering Fire 5.59 0451451805 The Darkest Road 5.59 0451522737 Sister Carrie 4.76 0452268419 The Idea Factory : Learning to Think 44.64 047111927X Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits an 15.96 0471163511 Client/Server Programming with Java a 35.96 0471169447 Increasing Hits and Selling More on Y 19.96 0486241920 Holidays and Special Occasions Charte 2.80 0486246469 Charted Decorative Initials 2.36 0517880342 The Art of Photographing Nature 22.00 0553061720 Webonomics : Nine Essential Principle 18.20 0553571656 The Beekeeper's Apprentice 4.79 0590436023 The Ghosts of Mercy Manor 3.19 0609800140 Anatomy of the Spirit : The Seven Sta 11.20 0671619357 The American Yoga Association Beginne 10.80 0671622617 The Nine Questions People Ask About J 8.80 0671663755 The New American Diet 11.20 067903000X Fodor's the Czech Republic and Slovak 9.60 0679030107 Fodor's Exploring Italy (1996) 16.80 0679032231 Fodor's 97 Germany (Annual) 16.00 0679032711 Fodor's 97 Pocket Paris : What to See 7.60 0679432221 Storage (Chic Simple Components) 8.75 067944999X The Kiss 14.00 0679457526 Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of 17.47 0679738010 Shah of Shahs 9.60 0679738053 The Soccer War 10.40 0684818701 Joy of Cooking 21.00 0684828219 Endless Frontier : Vannevar Bush, Eng 22.75 0684831872 Molecules of Emotion : Why You Feel t 17.50 0684846772 Jackie 'the Joke Man' Martling's Disg 14.00 0684874350 Angela's Ashes : A Memoir 17.50 0688075088 Around the World in Eighty Days (Book 15.40 0714837407 Understanding Hypermedia 2.0 31.96 071530318X Leica m Photography 27.97 0761107169 Cal 98 Official 365 Sports Facts-A-Ye 7.96 076110769X Cal 98 Everyday's a Holiday (Mary Eng 7.96 0761509267 Ultima Online : The Official Strategy 31.98 0761511946 Increase Your Web Traffic in a Weeken 15.99 0767900111 Release 2.0 : A Design for Living in 17.50 0782120695 Java 1.1 Certification Study Guide 62.98 078212125X Ultima Online Strategies & Secrets - 11.99 0789414538 Greek Islands : Eyewitness Travel Gui 19.96 0805046747 The Making of a Chef : Mastering Heat 19.25 0805051708 Photomosaics 63.84 0805057951 Photomosaics 55.94 0806906111 The Decoupage Book : More Than 60 Dec 11.96 0809493748 Weather (Nature Company Guides) 20.97 0811801543 The Art of the Cocktail : 100 Classic 10.36 0814402658 Crisis Management for Corporate Self- 17.47 081743710X John Shaw's Landscape Photography 39.92 0817437819 Designing Wildlife Photographs 19.96 0817440526 John Shaw's Closeups in Nature 54.00 0817450068 Nature Photographer's Complete Guide 180.00 0817454403 Photographing on Safari : A Field Gui 31.92 0817463534 Using the View Camera 18.00 0821218824 An Ansel Adams Guide : Basic Techniqu 26.00 0821219103 Ansel Adams : Our National Parks 15.96 0821221841 The Camera (Ansel Adams Photography, 17.56 0844235121 Media Planning : A Practical Guide 14.36 0847820521 Manhattan in Maps : 1527-1995 70.00 0870219995 Warship 1989 30.07 0870529811 Czech-English/English-Czech Concise D 9.56 0871563673 Mountain Light : In Search of the Dyn 100.00 0871567474 Adventuring in East Africa : The Sier 12.00 087156761X Mountain Light : In Search of the Dyn 28.00 0874778476 Seven Years in Tibet 31.08 0874778581 Home Businesses You Can Buy : The Def 11.16 0874778883 Seven Years in Tibet 11.16 0879856025 Kodak Black-And-White Darkroom Datagu 18.36 0879857595 Kodak Professional Photoguide 21.56 0879857595 Kodak Professional Photoguide 1509.48 0879857609 Advanced Black-And-White Photography 23.92 0879857641 Copying and Duplicating : Photographi 71.88 0879857714 Large-Format Photography (Kodak Publi 31.92 0892812397 Bach Flower Therapy : Theory and Prac 10.36 0892837969 The Book of Catholic Customs and Trad 7.99 0897932293 Write Your Own Pleasure Prescription 20.72 0898794609 The Professional Photographer's Guide 19.99 0899332501 Maine Atlas and Gazetteer 11.87 0936262389 Infrared Photography Handbook 59.88 0937175757 Managing Nfs and Nis 23.96 0940450542 The Oregon Trail ; The Conspiracy of 24.50 096139210X The Visual Display of Quantitative In 28.00 0961392118 Envisioning Information 33.60 0962962856 101 Grrreat Quickies 20.76 0965308707 Photosecrets Yosemite : The Best Sigh 6.36 0965308715 Photosecrets San Francisco and Northe 27.12 1557509050 Warship, vol. 11 27.97 1558603239 Joe Celko's Sql for Smarties : Advanc 63.92 1561382124 The Encyclopedia of Decorative Paint 17.47 1561384194 The Little Book of Juggling (Miniatur 3.46 1562764462 Dan Appleman's Visual Basic 5.0 Progr 47.99 1562765302 Database Backed Web Sites : The Think 2806.83 1564581845 New York (Serial) 19.96 1564585034 Prague (Eyewitness Travel Guides) 18.36 1564585034 Prague (Serial) 18.36 1565111133 Wings of Art : Joseph Campbell on Jam 24.47 156592116X C++ : The Core Language 19.96 1565921496 Programming Perl (Nutshell Handbook) 31.96 1565921526 Learning Gnu Emacs 23.96 1565921682 CGI Programming on the World Wide Web 26.36 156592214X Web Client Programming With Perl 71.88 1565922204 Advanced Perl Programming (Nutshell H 27.96 1565922352 Html : The Definitive Guide (Nutshell 52.72 1565922573 Mastering Regular Expressions : Power 119.80 1565922689 Oracle Design (Nutshell Handbook) 63.92 1565923006 Designing With Javascript : Creating 23.96 1565923200 Managing Ip Networks With Cisco Route 23.96 1566910331 New Zealand Handbook (4th Edition) 63.84 1566910358 Costa Rica Handbook (2nd Ed) 14.36 1566910358 Costa Rica Handbook (2nd Ed) 255.36 1566910862 New Mexico Handbook (4th Ed) 51.04 1567991521 Decoupage : A Practical Step-By-Step 7.16 1568304331 Creating Killer Web Sites, Second Edi 39.99 1568843224 About Face : The Essentials of User I 23.99 1572313439 Microsoft Windows Nt Workstation Reso 55.96 1573920010 Getting a College Degree Fast : Testi 13.56 1575211114 Netscape Server Survival Guide 39.99 1575213052 Teach Yourself Web Publishing With ht 41.99 1576101924 Networking Essentials Exam Cram (Exam 23.99 1858281210 The Czech & Slovak Republics : The Ro 13.56 1860110150 Prague : Cadogan City Guides (3rd Ed) 31.92 1860110150 Prague Cadogan City Guides (3rd Ed) 15.96 1880559234 Mastering Black-And-White Photography 106.12 1885183305 The Home Office Book 28.00 1885211090 Traveler's Tales Food : A Taste of th 14.36 1885492022 The New York Dog Owner's Guide : Ever 15.92 188555902X Passage to Vietnam/Cd-Rom 159.80 188641114X The No B.S. Guide to Windows Nt 4.0 33.60 1888001372 Passion & Line 35.00 2061569072 Michelin Green Guide : New England (7 32.00 -------- Total shipped: 9257.02 Referral fee (at 15%): 1388.55 From October 1st, 1997 to December 31th, 1997 Other in-prints books ISBN Title Amount ---- ----- ------ 0028619889 The Gourmet Atlas 23.97 0070074178 Principles of Corporate Finance (McGr 77.20 0070124450 Process/Industrial Instruments and Co 99.50 0070262667 Goodman & Gilman's the Pharmacologica 89.00 0070399700 Solders and Soldering : Materials, De 59.00 0071054766 Casarett and Doull's Toxicology : The 75.00 0136168302 Practical Programming in Tcl & Tk 42.00 0139055711 Hp-Ux System Administration Handbook 50.00 0152000860 The Borrowers 3.60 0201149427 The Inflationary Universe : The Quest 15.75 0201896834 The Art of Computer Programming : Fun 49.44 0201896842 The Art of Computer Programming : Sem 49.45 0240800265 Basic Photographic Materials and Proc 134.85 0240800265 Basic Photographic Materials and Proc 549.45 024080158X View Camera Technique 89.90 024080158X View Camera Technique 422.55 0240802519 The Hasselblad Manual : A Comprehensi 54.95 0262011530 Structure and Interpretation of Compu 420.00 0321011082 Photography 145.24 0345410564 The Truth Machine 15.12 0520012321 Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson : Tale 12.95 0521599512 The Living Text of the Gospels 17.95 0521627346 The Beginner's Guide to Mathematica 3 24.95 0590956167 The Meanest Thing to Say: Little Bill 2.39 0590956175 The Best Way to Play: Little Bill Boo 2.39 0590956183 The Treasure Hunt: Little Bill Books 2.39 0679444904 American Sphinx : The Character of Th 15.60 0679457526 Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of 14.97 085177685X Warship 1996 (Serial) 42.95 1885559011 Passage to Vietnam/Book and Cd-Rom 59.95 -------- Total shipped: 2662.46 Referral fee (at 5%): 133.12 ------ Thanks again for participating in the Amazon.com Associates Program, and have a great next quarter! Sincerely, Tom Schonhoff Amazon.com Associates Program P.S. If you have any questions about your report, please refer to the notes at the top of this message. There you'll find answers to all the questions we've been asked in the past about our quarterly financial reports and how they differ from the weekly marketing reports we send to you by email. We've also explained the changes resulting from our new lower prices, which took effect on June 2.