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In lugnet.robotics, David Schilling writes:
> I don't really understand how the associates stuff works: if no one collects
> the referal fee, doesn't Amazon just keep it as extra profit for themselves?
> Certainly the authors don't collect a smaller royalty if a referal fee is
> given? So I guess I don't see the big deal about that. I'd appreciate it
> if someone could explain why this is a Bad Thing.
I just think it's incredibly ironic, if not a bizarre turn of events.
It's surprising to see TLC jumping on the opportunity to take advantage of
books written by people in the AFOL community that support it. Maybe they'll
give a portion of the fees back to the authors, that would be nice.
What's particularly ironic about it, IMHO, is that the books fill holes left
open by TLC. Now they come in and profit from the holes they forgot to fill
themselves. :) See the irony? I'm not sure whether to chuckle in admiration
from a capitalist market standpoint or whether to have a sore stomach from
what it might mean about how TLC views AFOLs.
> [...]
> Finally, what does "WTF?" mean? What's a "WTF" effect?
It's an old USENET/netnews word to avoid profanity...imagine incredible
surprise or confusion, and that's what it is.
--Todd
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| (...) I hope people don't get too worked up about all of this. I assume TLC decided to put links on their site, then someone had the idea that if they used an associate link, they'd get a little extra income. From their perspective, why not take (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I don't really understand how the associates stuff works: if no one collects the referal fee, doesn't Amazon just keep it as extra profit for themselves? Certainly the authors don't collect a smaller royalty if a referal fee is given? So I (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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