Q&A: Can I post an Amazon Associates link on MySpace?

QUESTION: How can I post an Amazon Associates link for my book on MySpace? Whenever I try it, only the code appears, not my book cover.

ANSWER: MySpace doesn't allow the Javascript used with the enhanced Amazon Associates links, and that's why your usual method for posting an affiliate link doesn't work.

But you'll notice that my profile at MySpace has a big, fat Amazon Associates link in my "about me" section.

How did I do it? By using plain old HTML. Instead of using Amazon's Javascript, I posted an image of an Amazon Associates link embedded with an affiliate text link.

Here's the code, select and copy it in case there are some obscured characters:

<a target="popup" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/YOUR-ISBN/YOUR-ID/ref=nosim"><img
src="http://www.yourdomain.com/picture.jpg" border="0" /></a><p>

You'll just need to replace three pieces of my sample code:

• Replace "Your-ISBN" with your book's ISBN.

• Replace "YOUR-ID" with your Amazon Associates ID.

• Replace "yourdomain.com/picture.jpg" with the address of an image of an Amazon Associates link for your book.
  

If you don't have an Amazon Associates ID yet, you can apply here does make it easy for you to post an enhanced Amazon link to your book from within your . In the meantime, MySpaceMySpace blog. At the bottom of the "Post a new Blog Entry" form, there's an option to "Tell us what you're reading..." and you can input your ISBN there. But with this method, MySpace is using its own affiliate ID, so you won't receive any commissions from the sales.