On sab, 2002-02-02 at 01:11, David Black wrote:
I'm new to Wikipedia and would like to contribute to some of the pages. I would initially like to add a list of recommended books to some of the pages with a review paragraph. Is it permissible ( is it accepted practice ) to link the book into something like Amazon so that if the reader wanted to buy a copy they can ?
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PS I'm not proposing this to sell book it's just that it's the sort of feature I would like to see.
It's already a feature. Just insert the ISBN number and the wiki automatically links to pricescan.com, which will provide links to a wide range of online retailers which carry the given book. ie, ISBN 0844237639 results in a link to http://www.pricescan.com/books/bookDetail.asp?isbn=0844237639
Fun, huh?
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