Are you violating any copyright laws because you're using Amazon's images?
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Free freight is often on offer, but the real issue is that you don't need to pay import duty.
You don't need to pay import duty on books imported into the UK because they're exempt (and zero-rated for VAT). It's solely a matter of shipping costs.
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#33Please provide normal links, because I always (always, always, always...) open lots of links in new tabs. Not being able to middle-click/control-click the links is a huge usability defect.
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#34Wow, that BIOS book is a great find. Thanks!
I thought so, too, until I saw that it's selling for $679. Then I saw that your account was created an hour ago so I wonder if you're being sarcastic.
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#35Are you violating any copyright laws because you're using Amazon's images?
I'm pretty sure that's allowed. Amazon has a really nice xml interface designed to make it easy for you to sell books for amazon.com. I'm fairly certain that they provide photos for the same reason.
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#36Feature request: Please detect user's country and use appropriate amazon locale. eg I need to see .co.uk links not .com
Please don't just detect, just allow selection. I always browse .com first because it has the most reviews. Tech books often have 0 reviews on .co.uk (which is idiotic but Amazon treats its different sites as entirely separate entities).
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#37Feature request: Ability to see only books that have an e-book version available.
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#38Feature request: Ability to see only books that have an e-book version available.
Amen. Almost any time anyone recommends a book on here, I immediately go for the eBook on Amazon for my Kindle app on my iPhone/iPad. The most annoying thing about Steve Blank's book was the fact that there's no electronic version. For me, that's almost always a deal-breaker.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I spent a good deal of effort on the issue of Amazon locales for my book web app. There are quite a few reasons for this: * Some books will exist in one locale but not in others; * Some books will be in stock in a locale but not in others; * Some books will have a different cover and/or slightly different edition if it's a UK or USA version; * If you are buying the Kindle version, availability varies by country, but…
Removed (redundant).
Saw just after posting that a good few other people already offered the same information.
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#40Feature 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.
One other reason to be make sure you cover locales properly, from the developer's point of view, is that you need separate Associates accounts for the different locales.
If you refer someone to the UK store then they eventually end up on the US store to buy then you won't get the sale (afaik).