Return-Path: Resent-From: Philip Greenspun Resent-To: philg@homepage.lcs.mit.edu From: associates@amazon.com Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:30:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: stevens.amazon.com: tom set sender to associates@amazon.com using -r To: philg@MIT.EDU Subject: Amazon.com Associates - weekly activity report Weekly sales report: 22-Sep-96 through 28-Sep-96 Dear Amazon.com Associate, It's almost October and the Associates program is three months old! In the first week of October you will receive a quarterly account summary and soon thereafter your first referral fee check! We really appreciate the many partnerships we are developing through the Associates program and look forward to a successful next quarter with all of you. Amazon.com in the News ------------------------------------------------------------ We at Amazon.com are working hard to spread the word about our Associates program. With over 1,300 Associate sites, the Associates program is becoming well-known to book lovers around the net. Amazon.com also is receiving a lot of positive publicity, including articles in The Washington Post (August 4), The Washington Times (August 5), Webweek (August 19), Forbes (August 26), Inc. Online (September 9), Business Week (September 23rd), PC World (September issue) and Upside (October issue). This publicity helps the Associate program in a couple of ways. Having read about Amazon.com in reliable publications, people know we are an established company and trust us with their purchase. Additionally, more and more visitors now recognize that they can *buy* books when they see the Amazon.com name and logo on your site (another reason to prominently feature our logo in your bookstore). A Marketing Tip to Help You Sell More Books ------------------------------------------------------------ Adding descriptions about the books you sell will increase sales. People visit your site because they value your expertise and judgment; they'll be more likely to purchase books if you provide recommendations or comments about the books they're selling. Associate Sites to Check Out ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Word Detective Bookshop http://www.users.interport.net/~words1/catalog.html Dr. Greene's House Calls http://drgreene.com/books/html Creating Killer Web Sites http://www.killersites.com/core.html Creating Great Web Graphics (Laurie McCanna) http://www.mccannas.com/book/overview.htm gastrohealth.com http://www.gastrohealth.com Technical Notes ------------------------------------------------------------ Many of you build your booklists by copying the URL at which you find yourself when searching for books in our catalog, then adding your unique store ID to the URL. You'll notice that every URL you visit while at Amazon.com ends in a "session ID" which is unique to your visit. It looks something like this (your actual numbers will vary): 0929-7756232-194023 Please note that this session ID MUST NOT be part of your special Associates links. For the links to work properly, you *must* remove these session IDs from the URLS when editing them and adding your store ID to create new links. It's a good idea to always click on each link you add, to ensure that it brings up the proper book in our catalog. Last Week's Sales Results ------------------------------------------------------------ Quarter-to-date Books Ordered: 3 Quarter-to-date Qualified Book Revenue: 71.92 Quarter-to-date Referral Fees: 5.75 Click-throughs and sales by individual book For the week of 22-Sep-96 through 28-Sep-96 Store ID photonet YOUR ISBN HITS ORDERED FEE TITLE ------------ ---- ------- ------ --------------------------------------- 0062771590 10 0 0.00 Access Cape Cod Martha's Vineyard & Nan 0070713979 1 0 0.00 New York : A Guide to the Metropolis : 0140143459 1 0 0.00 Liar's Poker : Rising Through the Wreck 0156036002 1 0 0.00 Aia Guide to New York City 0201447878 4 0 0.00 The Practical Sql Handbook : Using Stru 0240800265 15 0 0.00 **2** Basic Photographic Materials and 024080158X 14 1 0.00 **2** View Camera Technique 1 sold at 0% off list price of 44.95 0240802519 15 0 0.00 **2** The Hasselblad Manual : A Compreh 0394726413 1 0 0.00 Bright Lights, Big City : A Novel (Vint 0395353009 1 0 0.00 The Prince of Tides 0395585686 1 0 0.00 Blue Highways : A Journey into America 0451522737 1 0 0.00 Sister Carrie 0451526120 1 0 0.00 The Age of Innocence 0486220125 1 0 0.00 How the Other Half Lives : Studies Amon 0679765425 1 0 0.00 **1** The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoo 0684813661 1 0 0.00 Holy Days : The World of a Hasidic Fami 0684830426 1 0 0.00 The Great Gatsby (Scribner Classics) 0783818319 1 0 0.00 **2** Summer (G K Hall Perennial Bestse 0810960885 1 0 0.00 *** This item no longer in our catalog 0811807622 805 0 0.00 The Body : Photographs of the Human For 0821223321 2 0 0.00 America in Passing 0823049752 5 1 3.60 Photography 1 sold at 10% off list price of 49.95 082306459X 1299 0 0.00 **2** Graphis Nudes 0855339438 178 0 0.00 **2** The Workbook of Nudes and Glamour 0871062380 7 0 0.00 Berlin (Cadogan City Guides) 0879857595 15 1 2.16 Kodak Professional Photoguide 1 sold at 10% off list price of 29.95 089190509X 1 0 0.00 **2** Ethan Frome 0893815322 341 0 0.00 Edward Weston : Nudes 089526529X 2 0 0.00 Hill Rat : Blowing the Lid Off Congress 0899330169 13 0 0.00 **2** Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer 0899332501 12 0 0.00 **2** Maine Atlas and Gazetteer 0899332544 13 0 0.00 **2** New Hampshire Atlas and Gazetteer 0911515003 1 0 0.00 **2** The Permanence and Care of Color 0918373883 2 0 0.00 New Zealand Handbook 0936262389 6 0 0.00 Infrared Photography Handbook 0940450313 1 0 0.00 Edith Wharton : Novels : The House of M 1555840450 1 0 0.00 **2** From Cape to Cairo : An African O 1558603239 4 0 0.00 **2** Joe Celko's Sql for Smarties : Ad 1564400069 1 0 0.00 **2** New York (Cadogan City Guides) 1564581845 1 0 0.00 New York (Eyewitness Travel Guides) 1565920627 1 0 0.00 Managing Internet Information Services 1566910153 31 0 0.00 New Mexico Handbook 1566910358 5 0 0.00 Costa Rica Handbook (2nd Ed) 1568842031 5 0 0.00 The Unix-Haters Handbook/Book and Barf 1860110150 15 0 0.00 Prague : Cadogan City Guides (3rd Ed) 1880559234 6 0 0.00 Mastering Black-And-White Photography : 1885492022 1 0 0.00 **2** The New York Dog Owner's Guide : 1885559003 1 0 0.00 Passage to Vietnam : Through the Eyes o 1885559011 1 0 0.00 **2** Passage to Vietnam/Book and Cd-Ro 188555902X 2 0 0.00 Passage to Vietnam/Cd-Rom 2061551114 2 0 0.00 Michelin Green Guide : New York City, 1 2061569072 17 0 0.00 Michelin Green Guide : New England (7th 6301973259 1 0 0.00 **2** Marty 6302794870 1 0 0.00 **2** Scent of a Woman/R 6303192459 1 0 0.00 **2** Breakfast at Tiffany's ------------ ---- ------- ------ --------------------------------------- Totals: 2872 3 5.76 Thanks again for your participation in the Amazon.com Associates program. Have a great week! Sincerely, Jennifer Cast Amazon.com Books Associates Program