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Originally Posted by Just4kix
Not sure what you mean about the URLS. 
I just copied and pasted the link from Amazon, and Goodreads link I used the shortened link so it can be used on Twitter etc.
What is the protocol on this site? I'm still a newbie and there is a lot of tacit knowledge that I'm not aware of.  |
We aren't Twitter, etc. We don't like clicking on obfuscated links in the hope that what's on the other end is what we hope it is, instead of a Rickroll (or a virus). It's not a matter of not knowing what they are; it's a matter of not knowing where they go, and questioning why, in a forum that allows thousands upon thousands of characters, not 140, someone would find it necessary to hide a link in order to supposedly save a few characters. Also, while we know we're not unique, we do like to pretend that we are, and get a post meant for MobileRead, not just recycled tweets. "The protocol", as you put it, is the same as it is for any forum: give us the link, not an obfuscated link to what might (or might not) be the link.
As for Amazon, their format is just one of the possible options. You've chosen to sell only to the Kindle owners. If you check the device forums, you'll see that people use all kinds of different ebook readers. Fewer than half of them are Kindles. So, by choosing to sell books only to Kindle users (and, I would bet, choosing to apply DRM restrictions to your books) you're leaving money on the table. For example, you're leaving mine; I'm a Sony user (and I don't buy books with DRM). If a book looks somewhat interesting, but the author has chosen to slam the door in my face and say "not yours; go buy a Kindle if you want to read my book" I tend to take offense.
There's nothing strange about MobileRead. Just give us the real URLs and let us buy your book. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but that seems rather ordinary to me.