Re: Faq maintainers and commericialism

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Thamer Al-Herbish (shadows@whitefang.com)
Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:38:09 -0800 (PST)

On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Pat Berry wrote:

> As a result, I wasn't sure what to do when I recently received a note from
> a representative of http://www.alphabetstreet.com. The note suggested that
> I consider setting up an online bookshop connect to the FAQ. "As our
> affiliate you can earn an additional revenue from 5 to 15% for the books
> and CDs sold via the your site," the note said. "We do the mailing and
> everything else!"

Just want to make a distinction:

This is very different from the sort of blatant promotion I've seen.
I don't want to point accusingly so i'll be as vague as possible.
There's a FAQ out there with "Where do I find a book on XXXX" where
XXXX is the subject of the FAQ and *SHBANG* two nice piccies appear
with links to amazons and a comfy "buy this book by the author of
the FAQ." A list of other books is kept at the end of the FAQ.

Your situation seems very different from that. 

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