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RE: Members Area - probably cancelled
Posted by:
Bram
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Date: December 18, 2000 09:51AM
<HTML>Sorry I wrote a \"somewhat strange letter\" :-))
>I have kept the site <b>free</b> for almost <b>6 years</b> now.
>The more and more popular it got it literally cost me more money (more
>expensive hosting etc.). I decided to try to get the funds at least partly back via
>Amazon Associates program, and to a degree it has worked, but only to a
>degree (the program also solved much of the \\\"where can I buy this title?\\\" letters >I was getting all the time).
Of course I noticed the links on the books pages. I even used them several times to buy a book.
>About the Amazon links, I\\\'ve had them for over <b>14 months</b> all over
> the site (over 500 books have them) so I don\\\'t see how this could be
>overlooked. Suggesting something that\\\'s already very visible I don\\\'t get.
I did notice and use these links. I was just suggesting you also include them in the email messages. As I recall they are not included in the books review email messages. But I could be wrong.
>The funny thing is that I am suggesting a method of getting into material you >would not see anywhere else - if you did you\\\'d certainly not see it online for....
>free (someone always has to fund the research work) - and I am being grilled for >it. Rather annoying.
>There would be over 7000 (and growing) pages of free stuff with this as an >addition.
:-)) do not want to grill anything . But I thought when the data is not included in the pay part of the site it will be included in the free part of the site. But now I understand the data will not be there at all when you do not find the funds. I fthat is the case and a pay site(partially) is the ONLY option I think you should go for it.
Of course I still appreciate al the 7000 free page you have put online untill know.
Did you already try to get funds via donations ?
Keep Up The Good Work.
Bram
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>I have kept the site <b>free</b> for almost <b>6 years</b> now.
>The more and more popular it got it literally cost me more money (more
>expensive hosting etc.). I decided to try to get the funds at least partly back via
>Amazon Associates program, and to a degree it has worked, but only to a
>degree (the program also solved much of the \\\"where can I buy this title?\\\" letters >I was getting all the time).
Of course I noticed the links on the books pages. I even used them several times to buy a book.
>About the Amazon links, I\\\'ve had them for over <b>14 months</b> all over
> the site (over 500 books have them) so I don\\\'t see how this could be
>overlooked. Suggesting something that\\\'s already very visible I don\\\'t get.
I did notice and use these links. I was just suggesting you also include them in the email messages. As I recall they are not included in the books review email messages. But I could be wrong.
>The funny thing is that I am suggesting a method of getting into material you >would not see anywhere else - if you did you\\\'d certainly not see it online for....
>free (someone always has to fund the research work) - and I am being grilled for >it. Rather annoying.
>There would be over 7000 (and growing) pages of free stuff with this as an >addition.
:-)) do not want to grill anything . But I thought when the data is not included in the pay part of the site it will be included in the free part of the site. But now I understand the data will not be there at all when you do not find the funds. I fthat is the case and a pay site(partially) is the ONLY option I think you should go for it.
Of course I still appreciate al the 7000 free page you have put online untill know.
Did you already try to get funds via donations ?
Keep Up The Good Work.
Bram
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