I Missed the Memo

Four years ago when I began building my website . . . With Intent to Commit Horror, I knew I wanted to have book covers to display when I put the book in a list. Allowing my visitors to purchase the book if they were interested was a bonus. For those reasons, I joined an affiliate program. I did my research and picked Barnes and Noble's program because I found their website easier to use.

Cut to four days ago. I had just updated the front page of my website, adding Richard Montanari as my featured author and Understanding Comics as the featured book. I checked my book links and instead of getting the page at Barnes and Noble, I got the message: The merchant is no longer participating in the affiliate program.

I panicked. At first I thought they meant me. Maybe I'd been expelled from the program for bad behavior or something. Maybe somebody swiped my identity and cancelled my account for fun.

Turns out I'd merely missed the memo. Barnes and Noble left their old affiliate provider and adopted another. Apparently other participants in the affiliate program have been converting their websites so their visitors could continue visiting links and buying books without interruption. Not so me. I'm still getting the book cover images but all my Barnes and Noble links are dead.

I've applied for acceptance into the new affiliate program and am awaiting acceptance. If they take me, I'll still have nearly 300 pages, most with 5-30 links that will need to be converted. This will take some time. And some patience.