Ted, It's actually easier than that. You can configure the wiki to link ISBN references to Amazon with your affiliate tag in the link. See http://alberg30.org/collaborate/FavoriteBooks for an example. You can also do a similar thing with ASIN references.
- George > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Husted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:28 AM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: Online Bookstore > > > I think it's safe to say that users of ASF software buy their > share of computer books. The online retailers, like > Amazon.com, offer commission programs for people who link to > their site. > > The Apache Software Foundation is a not-for-profit > corporation funded solely through donations from the > community. To help offset the costs of ASF infrastructure, we > could make it possible for ASF supporters to buy books about > ASF project software through commission-program links. > > The commissions for such links is usually 5% or more. Given > the vast number of books ASF supporters purchase, the > commissions from these sales could become a respectable > source of revenue. > > Setting up an online bookstore to benefit the ASF has been a > longstanding itch of mine, which I've finally gotten a chance > to scratch. A prototype bookstore is now available as a > Confluence wiki. You can check it out at: > > * http://opensource.atlassian.com/confluence/oss/display/BOOKS/Home > > If anyone is interested in helping out with maintaining the > site, please let me know. I'd especially welcome ASF project > committers who'd like to help oversee the section about their project. > > If there was interest, we could also add pages for books > recommended by ASF committers. Here, we could list other > related books and off-topic items, like DVDs and CDs that we > enjoy. There's an unfinished prototype of a committer page here: > > * http://opensource.atlassian.com/confluence/oss/display/BOOKS/husted > > If anyone would like to make any existing links > commission-program links, there are instructions for how to > do that on the bookstore Feedback page. > > * > http://opensource.atlassian.com/confluence/oss> /display/BOOKS/Feedback > > There is also a general FAQ on the Feedback page. > > Of course, this is a 100% volunteer effort and 100% of all > commissions are donated directly to the Apache Software Foundation. > > Comments and suggestions are welcome. > > -Ted. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
