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Corporate Sector => What are Amazon doing now? [Public] => Topic started by: Bill Hiatt on April 06, 2024, 11:47:28 PM
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Some time ago, Amazon provided code that allowed a book preview to be embedded in a website. It was sort of like the old Look Inside, but having it on your own site could be handy. It included a buy link and supported affiliate codes.
Amazon did away with it. I found a Gutenberg block that performed similarly in Wordpress, but that now seems to be functioning erratically.
Anyway, if you look at one of your product pages, you'll notice a share icon just to the right of your title. It has options for email, Pinterest, Facebook, and X, with the embed code just below that, followed by a link.
The embed code creates an iframe that allows a very nice preview of the book. It's actually better than the current "read sample" routine on the product page, which quite often fails, at least in my experience.
When I get my site updated with those, I'll post a link so that you can take a look and see if such a feature would work for you.
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Confirmed, Bill's note about the share link worked for me.
R.C.
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Here's a link to a preview to show you what it looks like without having to visit my site. https://a.co/4dD91h2 (https://a.co/4dD91h2)
Note that the link opens a much larger view than the preview uses normally. On a website, the preview starts with a cover view and controls under it (buy, share, preview). Preview opens a smaller version of what you see from this link. (Default size is 336 × 550, so not quite so overwhelming.) Users can also select full screen if they want.