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Re: HN-Books

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Post by mattdeboard » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 2:31 PM UTC

wwortiz wrote: post #8

Is there any reason the links to books use javascript instead of a regular anchor?

This is my question as well. I do wish I could ctrl-click or mousewheel-click to open up a new tab with the link. Also an indication that "e-book" is an amazon link to the kindle version. I (naively, of course) thought there were free e-book links there! Like for SICP or the like. (Totally fine there's not, I readily acknowledge it was a naive hope :)

Re: HN-Books

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Post by jacquesm » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 2:33 PM UTC

FraaJad wrote: post #9

Well executed. There are a lot of books on the list I'd never heard of, but look interesting. Also, nice monetisation idea, jacquesm! Do you intend to use this site for profit (nothing wrong with that..) or have some ideas to promote "hacker culture" with the monies.

It isn't mine, it's DanielBMarkham's site.

Re: HN-Books

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Post by rick_2047 » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 2:38 PM UTC

Hey it would be nice to add a discussions/comments page. Of course we can have the discussions here on HN but the site will keep it active for much more time.

Re: HN-Books

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Post by andy_mason » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 2:40 PM UTC

wwortiz wrote: post #8

Is there any reason the links to books use javascript instead of a regular anchor?

The strange thing is the URL is the onclick handler on an anchor link. If you're doing to track outbound analytics, Google has information on how to do this in a better way http://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&...

PS. I do like the site.

Re: HN-Books

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 2:49 PM UTC

wwortiz wrote: post #8

Is there any reason the links to books use javascript instead of a regular anchor?

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Re: HN-Books

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Post by user24 » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 2:53 PM UTC

Feature request: Please detect user's country and use appropriate amazon locale. eg I need to see .co.uk links not .com

Re: HN-Books

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Post by baa » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 2:54 PM UTC

Wow, that BIOS book is a great find. Thanks!

Re: HN-Books

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Post by tickle_me_elmo » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 2:59 PM UTC

wwortiz wrote: post #8

Is there any reason the links to books use javascript instead of a regular anchor?

To mask the affiliate links perhaps.

Re: HN-Books

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Post by smackay » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 3:08 PM UTC

user24 wrote: post #16

Feature request: Please detect user's country and use appropriate amazon locale. eg I need to see .co.uk links not .com

Better still would be the ability to select user country / language rather than have that decision taken for me. I am in Portugal and would like to be able to select my Amazon locale to be either the UK or USA and not my local Amazon site which is in France.

EDIT: Just change .com to .co.uk and you'll get the same page on Amazon UK. Sadly the exchange rate seems to be $1 = £1 - at least for the few books I checked.

Re: HN-Books

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Post by listic » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 3:08 PM UTC

user24 wrote: post #16

Feature request: Please detect user's country and use appropriate amazon locale. eg I need to see .co.uk links not .com

What is the practical difference for you between the sites? Do the books ship faster and cheaper for .co.uk? I wonder why wouldn't Amazon's backend just figure it automatically and just ship locally anyway.