YWS Has An Online Book Store

Nate · 2010-03-11T23:27:57Z

I've been meaning to do this for a long time, but haven't until now. That is, the Young Writers Society now has an online book store. This is done through Amazon.com, so even though the store is here on YWS, it's still all handled through Amazon. To check it out, you'll find the link under the YWS start button (the black circle on the far left hand side of the navigation link). In addition to books, there is music, movies, and games as well. I've also added a YWS handpicked section where I intend to place the literary recommendations of YWSers. So check it out! YWS gets 4% of anything you buy, and you can use it to buy anything from Amazon by using the search in it. That means that for every $25 you spend on it, YWS gets $1 which isn't all that bad. Lastly, any recommendations to place in the handpicked section? NO MORE RECOMMENDATIONS, PLEASE.

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:47 am

Jiggity says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:47 am

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LittlePetRock says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:54 am

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:40 am

Demeter says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:40 am

This is such an amazing thing!

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:51 am

Nate says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:51 am

Heh, please no more recommendations for the time being. I need to catch up with the ones already made!

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:02 am

Snoink says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:02 am

Finnnnnne.

Also! Is there any way we can know for sure if a part of the proceeds go to you? When I went to buy some stuff, it took me to the amazon.com main site, and I just want to make sure some of the money went to YWS.

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:28 am

Nate says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:28 am

I think it may take up to a day for any proceeds to show up. But, since you should be redirected to the Amazon main site once you buy anything, it should've gone through. I'll let you know if it does or doesn't (we'll know either way within 24 hours).

By the way, I found out the portion YWS gets goes from 4% to 6% as soon as seven items have been sold!

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:47 am

Snoink says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:47 am

Eek! Incredible! Is that per person or in entirety?

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:59 am

GryphonFledgling says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:59 am

Omigosh, this is sooo cool! *flail*

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:35 am

LowKey says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:35 am

EDIT: Neeeever mind.

Didn't see that last post up there. I'll post back when you've caught up.

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:44 am

Snoink says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:44 am

Also! (and sorry for being a nag) but I like to download music from Amazon... would it be possible to make YWS get proceeds from music downloads too?

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:15 pm

Rydia says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:15 pm

This is awesome! I'll be certain to use it when I need books for next year and well, there's a DVD I've been meaning to get so maybe I'll finally get around to it this week

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:23 pm

Lava says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:23 pm

That is so awesome! I love the idea!

Hopefully, in another four years I can buy stuff from it.

Also; I shall put a few suggestions later.

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:25 pm

Firestarter says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:25 pm

Will it be available for Amazon UK?

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:03 pm

Nate says... · Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:03 pm

Thanks for bringing that up Jack. I wasn't aware that it currently only caters to Americans. I think I may go ahead and add versions for the UK, Canada, and Australia later on today or tomorrow. They'll be fairly similar, but without the YWS Handpicked section just because it'd take too long to add those books to each and every one.

Snoink: It looks like your order did go through! I'll go ahead and add MP3 downloads in a bit. I almost did yesterday, but I wasn't sure if anyone used Amazon to buy digital music.

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