We are not on the web to confuse our
visitors with pop up adds or to hide information from
our visitors. If you have visited our site often or
have read the Soapbox, you know we have resisted attempts
at ads or of redirecting visitors to other sites without
their consent.
At the same time the popularity of the
site has forced us into the world of commercialization,
to help offset the costs of maintaining this site. We
were torn by this decision but have found it to be a
necessary evil. That said, we are not going to abandon
our principles that this site was founded on, and want
our visitors to understand upfront, that we recieve
commisions off of book sales directly linked from our
site. The difference here is that we only recomend books
that we have purchased and find useful or entertaining.
If you link from this page to any of
the book sellers and make a purchase, we receive a commission
on the sales. A great opportunity for the literate users
of our site, to painlessly support us. You are going
to pay the same price whether or not we get a commision
on a sale....so we consider this the "Robin Hood"
scenario of the net. (take from the rich and give to
the poor), displayed at its finest.
These "pennies from heaven",
go to support our site, including bandwidth costs, and
to purchase beverages and food for Rauzulu, so he has
energy to type his columns each month. We appreciate
our visitors loyalties in coming through our affiliates
page when they are purchasing online. Please note that
if you are a regular customer of online book retailers,
then clicking through the links below supports our efforts
here on the web. This applies to any purchase not just
our recomended list. Feel free to start here when purchasing
and support us at the same time.
Thanks
The Staff at Rauzulu's Street
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