Free/Bargain Horror November 2012

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That book's link has an Amazon affiliate info attached to it. I'm noticing that some Amazon links have an affiliate with them. I think you (or another mod) will need to look at all the Amazon links in this thread and remove the affiliates.

You've been posting this in multiple threads, do you even know what an affiliate link looks like? Unless Amazon changed something in the past few days (and haven't notified affiliates) none of NightBird's links have affiliate codes in them.

[NightBird]

Heehee.

[koland]

For those confused about it, amazon's affiliate tags take three forms:

tag=MYID-20 (note that really old affiliates don't have the "-20" portion and countries other than the US have other numbers

t=MYID-20

and really long confusing links that have SUBSCRIBER ID in them (I can't remember if it is all one word or has _ or - between the two parts).

The tags can have a ? or & immediately before the start (which depends on the rest of the link and where in it the tag occurs).

Nothing else is an affiliate tag, just the junk Amazon uses to keep track of queries and referral pages from within the site itself.

Also note, there are some publishers now putting cloaked/shortened links in their description, telling you to cut/paste those into your browser to find other titles on sale or free and these shortened links have affiliate tags (otherwise, they could use a non-shortened link and send you to a list on Amazon). Eventually, these guys will get caught and kicked out of the affiliate program at Amazon, but in the meantime, just be aware (for those that care) that you are "clicking" an affiliate link when you follow those directions.

[BelleZora]

Thanks, Koland. Some of the first links I posted had affiliate tags of which I was unaware. Then I noticed that a moderator edited one of my posts to remove the affiliate tag. Enlightenment! I went back to check and change, if necessary, my posts. Now I am aware and careful.

[NightBird]

Free from Permuted Press The Hole by Aaron Ross Powell.

The world as Elliot Bishop and Evajean Rhodes know it is gone. Destroyed. In just two weeks, a horrific plague raged across the planet--driving its victims insane before killing them.

The two survivors set out on an unimaginable journey, driven by a cryptic message from Evajean's husband: If anything terrible happens, you must get to Salt Lake City. But the pair soon discover they are not alone, and that the plague has done more than kill. The countryside between Virginia and Utah now crawls with victims who have been driven mad--violent lunatics fueled with definite yet unknown purpose.

To survive, Elliot and Evajean must fight for their lives--against the crazies, against sinister forces who would stop their quest, against long-ago hidden menaces--and uncover the deeply guarded secret of those driven mad and the plague that spawned them. The secret of a destructive force unleashed on the world by one of America's most powerful religious sects...