Book Biz Update

Re: [spiers] Book Biz Update


On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:58:10 -0800, Paul Snyder
wrote :
Any way to instead ask Amazon to email the
> buyers e-address to you when they ship?

***let's see what info they give for free with a sales report... something I
should add is the
chance of "asking" amazon anything is zero... this entire arrangement has been
by forms
filled out online...there is never any human contact or intervention. On the
other hand, their
forms are so comprehensive and pertient, I need no human contact. it is
interesting to see
what can be done with computers. Note these things are not being done at
microsoft, whose
#1 customer is government, but at google and amazon, who have negligible govt
biz.***

In that way you would achieve:
> o saving money that your printer may charge for printing unique codes
> in each book

***The extra cost to me may be a penny...***

> o allow you to cross-sell to your now known customer base when your
> civil war epic is ready

***LOL... I am pro-peace... Canada made independence from England without a war,
the
south could have from the north without war.***

> o prevents "code stealers" from looking at the store's book or a
> friend's in order to get on your listserve

***Here is what I find: 95% security level = X, and 100% security level = (X x
10). Perfection
usually costs too much to be worth covering the gain. Sometimes you gotta
tolerate a little
theft.***

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