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Originally Posted by SigilBear
Yes, I don't like the idea of featuring reviews in a book, either. However, I would like to lik each of my books to a web page where readers can learn more about the book, including reviews.
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This needs to be though out very very carefully.
- You can't rely on the link being clickable in all reading environments. It must be human readable (e.g. "http://books.mysite.com/bookpage" and not "click here for more info" with the actually url hidden).
- It needs to be a URL that will be viable for 10 years or more regardless of changes in website design.
A good solution to #2 is what we did long ago at Macromedia.com and many other major site do, that is to link to a page in a "go" folder that merely redirects to the real page. That way, when the site is rebuilt, the book's info page can change however you want with a simple tweak to the "go" page to point to the new page. Once the book is published, the target of the link can
never change.