From: "Ed Sharpe" <esharpe(a)uswest.net>
 I think the like  classiccomputinsA/
 gives some one some money credit for the transaction for
 the referral to
 Amazon. 
Yes, it does. It gives my Amazon associate account whatever small commission. I am in the
process of rebuilding all of my links to computer history related books from Amazon and
for 
abebooks.com. This small commission in no way costs the buyer any more, and my desire
to share the great deal on a great book was sincere. Sorry if I offended anyone, though
frankly I can't see why it matters - you don't have to buy the book. Best, David
Greelish, 
classiccomputing.com