Crass commercialism with Amazon.
You may have noticed links to Amazon.com books and music etc appearing in posts where the items are vaguely relevant (sometimes). Yes you guessed it; I have given in to the pressure of the capitalist market forces that weigh down upon us all like a dark spectre just waiting to empty our wallets and our hearts.
I get a small commission if you buy the item. It's set up through Amazon Associates for those of you interested in doing the same.
I will try to keep the links to items I genuinely recommend for one reason or another, though sometimes simple relevance might suffice. For example it made sense to have a link to Sarah McLachlan's album on the post about her video even though I am not a fan of her music. I will also try to always include text which explains why the link has been made if it's not obvious - for example on the post about relative font sizes I linked to a Jeffrey Zeldman book - explaining I haven't read it but would like to.
Why am I going to such lengths to justify some simple links? Well, it would be nice to make a few bucks out of this site where possible, but I am sick of being bombarded with ads myself so I am trying to be careful about my use of them. And I would like to think that I put thought into any item in my designs. Plus I already have Google ads, which are context based, but the Amazon links I can control and actually link to truly relevant items, relevant to the sense of the piece as opposed to the words - but that's only valuable if I set some ground rules for myself in using them.
So if you see a link to an item on Amazon that you think is stretching the boundaries of relevancy or good taste - rap me on the knuckles. ;)
In the meantime, if you are disgusted at my capitalist tendencies check out this link:
Click to buy on Amazon. I am halfway through reading this book. I knew nothing about Che Guevara before this book and wanted to educate myself - it's a heavy enough read but I think it's really interesting. I will definitely post more about this book when I finish it.
I get a small commission if you buy the item. It's set up through Amazon Associates for those of you interested in doing the same.
I will try to keep the links to items I genuinely recommend for one reason or another, though sometimes simple relevance might suffice. For example it made sense to have a link to Sarah McLachlan's album on the post about her video even though I am not a fan of her music. I will also try to always include text which explains why the link has been made if it's not obvious - for example on the post about relative font sizes I linked to a Jeffrey Zeldman book - explaining I haven't read it but would like to.
Why am I going to such lengths to justify some simple links? Well, it would be nice to make a few bucks out of this site where possible, but I am sick of being bombarded with ads myself so I am trying to be careful about my use of them. And I would like to think that I put thought into any item in my designs. Plus I already have Google ads, which are context based, but the Amazon links I can control and actually link to truly relevant items, relevant to the sense of the piece as opposed to the words - but that's only valuable if I set some ground rules for myself in using them.
So if you see a link to an item on Amazon that you think is stretching the boundaries of relevancy or good taste - rap me on the knuckles. ;)
In the meantime, if you are disgusted at my capitalist tendencies check out this link:
Click to buy on Amazon. I am halfway through reading this book. I knew nothing about Che Guevara before this book and wanted to educate myself - it's a heavy enough read but I think it's really interesting. I will definitely post more about this book when I finish it.
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