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Old 04-29-2019, 04:00 PM   #5
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Device: Bookari (née Mantano Reader) on Android; Kindle Fire HD
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
Isn't this redundant to what amazon already does at the end of books?
Probably, yes; and I said so. But I’m the typesetter not the marketing guy, so…

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Originally Posted by Hitch View Post
Not to mention, the review links to Amazon frequently don't work or allow the review to be written.

Half of the Kindles don't have viable browsers, for one thing. Most people just ignore that or forget it. The outbound links in iOS device readers are deliberately disabled. Putting embedded links into ANYTHING is a bad idea, because those 50% of readers can't get there from here.
Good to know.

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Not to mention, using images as a link is a bad idea, because the javascript that launches links also launches image zoom--first. Most people have no idea how to achieve the link, that's inside an image, on a Kindle.

So, other than all that, yeah, it's a wonderful idea. /sarcasm. You might wish to explain to your client that a simple paragraph saying something like "a review at" any of those places (only Amazon matters, FWIW) "would be greatly appreciated" or words to that effect.
I got them to go for text links by pointing out that I could not determine whether use of Amazon’s logo for this purpose was permitted.

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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans View Post
I just answered a similar one here:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...53#post3831853
Thank you; I’ll take a look.
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