You've probably noticed I've been tinkering with affiliate ads on the site. Please feel free to leave feedback here in this thread for how they work, what you like or don't like, etc. Mostly I am trying to make them useful and interesting, the goal is not to maximize revenue. All of the ads are hand picked by me (or other users). As it solidifies into a more usable system I will explain more.
In the meantime, if you saw an ad go by and want to find it again, all active ads can be seen on this page: https://www.tolkienguide.com/ads/
When composing a post, if you want the site to pull in image/price and include in your post, use the following format for the sites you want to include (just posting a link will still be valid, but right now I am not parsing the link to figure out the book - coming soon I hope).
So, for example [Blackwells isbn=9780358381747] gives
More useful methods will also be forthcoming, but this works for now (and when the sites APIs are up - Blackwells has been spotty the last few days, for example).
I've added a small update now, that should make things even easier.
You can now just put the ISBN like so: [ISBN xxxx] and it will scan all of the vendors the site currently supports (at this time, Blackwells, Amazon UK and Amazon US, more will come). Note that it is ok to have hyphens or spaces in the ISBN number, so all of the following are valid as are most similar variations:
I've added some (slightly experimental) enhancements for Abebooks links - if the site software can figure out what book your link is referring to, it will create an enhanced display with picture, title, price, etc. in your post.
For example, https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30506970368 will show up as
If you notice anything strange, or have any issues or ideas, please let me know. Not everything is perfect yet, and Abebooks links are often not resolvable (by me) to a book entry, in which case the link will just get the standard affiliate tag added to it.
Small note - Blackwell's API is currently down, so the widgets are not coming up for the time being. I will do a bit of tinkering to make things look a little better when this happens. Blackwells links still work no problem, their site is still 100% functional.
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