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Originally Posted by eschwartz
@chaley -- curious, did Amazon mention what they had against your affiliate accounts?
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They said that "I" (get books) violate their terms of service, specifically the following condition:
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31. You will not cloak, hide, spoof, or otherwise obscure the URL of the site containing Special Links (including by use of a redirecting page) such that we cannot determine the site from which a customer clicks through such Special Link to the Amazon Site.
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Clearly they cannot determine the instance of calibre that generated the link.
The email telling me that they force-closed my affiliate accounts also said that I must remove all links pointing to Amazon from any "site" under my control (i.e., calibre), and that they reserve all recourse against me should I not comply. They provide no opportunity for discussion. The easiest and safest thing for me to do was to comply 100% with their demand and shut down the stores.
An odd and annoying thing is that I told Amazon when the accounts were opened that the links were generated by calibre. I told them again around 18 months ago when I was queried. Obviously something changed in their attitude between then and now. I don't know what or why.