Amazon Hacks

How This Book Is Organized

To become an Amazon power user, you’ll have to learn about all the core features and how they relate to one another. The hacks are loosely organized by topic within each chapter, and the book itself is divided into several chapters by core feature:

Chapter 1

The ability to find a product among the millions available is a fundamental feature of Amazon. The search box on Amazon’s home page is only one way to navigate the catalog. This chapter starts simple, by showing you how to find any product’s Amazon Standard Item Number (ASIN); moves on to ways of fine-tuning search results and browsing categories; and ends with integrating Amazon searches into your web browser.

Chapter 2

From the moment you sign into your Amazon account to the moment you close your browser window, Amazon is collecting information to personalize your experience with the site. This chapter’s hacks show ways to access, control, and fine-tune that information.

Chapter 3

By allowing customers to communicate directly with each other, Amazon has become one of the largest community sites on the Web. This chapter describes ways to participate in the Amazon community, shows how you can integrate Amazon community features into your own web site, and demonstrates some ways to work with those features programmatically.

Chapter 4

Amazon has opened its billing, inventory, and marketing infrastructure to anyone who wants to sell through their site. They’ve gone from a single-vendor commerce site to ...