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It also offers tips for working with your account at Amazon while maintaining your privacy and security....

The general perception of identity on the Web was summed up well in a famous cartoon from the New Yorker: a dog in front of a computer turns to another dog and says, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." If every web request were complet...

One of the features that makes browsing at Amazon unique is their exceptional ability to personalize the experience. Amazon analyzes your purchase history and makes recommendations of other products you might like based on your unique tastes. Yo...

Once activated, you can skip the standard checkout process and buy something by clicking a single button. It takes just a few clicks to set it up. At the top of every page at Amazon you'll find a consistent set of options in the Amazon Toolbar...

If it came down to it, there's probably someone in your family you could call the Purchase Manager. You can formalize that title on Amazon by setting up a corporate account for your family, as Jim Roche at Amazon suggested. Even though they're ca...

Any time you add a review, create a Listmania! list [Hack #41], guide [Hack #37], or wish list [Hack #18], it will be accompanied by a link to your About You page. If someone sees something you've contributed to Amazon and wants more information a...

Your aunt would have known she got exactly what you wanted, and you'd think of her fondly as you watched Frodo battle evil. Amazon's Wish List feature lets you set up a list of products you can share. The wish list also stores your address so you...

To set up the form, you need to know a product's ASIN [Hack #1] and (optionally) an Amazon associate tag Section 5.2. <form method="POST" [RETURN] action="http://www.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=insert ASIN "> <input type=...

Amazon doesn't offer an interface for adding multiple items to a wish list, but you can build one with a bit of scripting. This PHP script accepts a comma-separated list of ASINs and adds them to your wish list all at once. 20.1 What You Need...

I added all the books, CDs, and DVDs that I had been craving to my list. Next, I went to the "Your Wish List" page, where I planned to rank the items on my list. To my surprise, I found that Amazon doesn't allow you to rank your wish list. Inst...

Amazon sends several different types of email, and you can manage your settings at any time by clicking "Your Account" at the top of any page and scrolling down to the "E-mail Notifications" section. The different types of email are: Alerts ...

Of course the Web holds all the information you need to figure out what to do. Surprisingly, though, Amazon.com is among the sites that can help you out. One of the lesser-known features Amazon provides is movie showtimes. Figure 2-11 shows the ho...

To add a reminder, click the "Your Store" tab, choose "Friends & Favorites" from the submenu, then click "Add a Reminder" from the lefthand list of links. You'll see the event reminder form (Figure 2-12), where you can fill in all of the detai...

If you have an entire address book of people's birthdays that you'd like to receive reminders about, it could be a long process to enter them one by one into Amazon's event reminder form. Instead, you can speed up the process considerably with so...

It lets you participate in the community and personalize your experience. Here are a few concrete steps you can take right now to protect—and get the most out of—your Amazon account. Customize email preferences Visit the email preferences p...