Mining Amazon Web Services: Building Applications with the Amazon API

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Profit with Amazon Web Services—as a Buyer, Seller, or Independent Developer

In a few short years, Amazon has evolved from an online bookstore into a complex marketplace comprised of thousands of vendors, millions of customers, and an ever-widening selection of products.

With the launch of Amazon Web Services, buyers and sellers have unprecedented access to the immense body of data underpinning this marketplace. Mining Amazon Web Services: Building Applications with the Amazon API shows you what you can do with these powerful tools, and exactly how to do it. As a buyer, you'll build applications that let you comparison-shop far more effectively, consistently saving money and finding exactly the right product. As a seller, you'll leverage Amazon Web Services in ways that help you attract more customers, make more commissioned referrals, and improve your bottom line. This book is also a great resource for independent developers who want to create and publish—even make money with—applications for others. Here's some of what you'll find covered inside:

Performing complex product searches
Analyzing the data obtained in your searches
Connecting Amazon Web Services to a local database
Building a Web Services-based shopping cart
Using Amazon-supported search technologies, including XML over HTTP and SOAP
Improving speed and reliability
Building applications for mobile devices
Building and publishing applications for others

All that's required is some basic experience with any one of several programming languages, including VBA, Visual Basic 6, Visual C++ 6, Visual Basic .NET, Visual C# .NET, Java, and PHP, all of which are fully represented in the book's downloadable code.

Customer Reviews:

Has some good info, but still a little thin.......2005-11-24

I purchased this book so that I could hopefully get started pulling data from Amazon's API. When I went through the book, I found that the examples used were not explained well enough to my liking.

I have been programming for 5 years, and so upon scanning the programs, I was able to figure out how to do the things I wanted. The book relies on the XML (for the php section), but does not talk about it very much. It also stresses the use of XSLT, which makes XML easier to read.

I would have liked this book to talk about how to manipulate the XML data better, and also the ins and outs of calling data from amazon.

What this book will do for your is take you a few steps forward if you are having problems getting started. But it falls short of going the whole way. The author leaves the rest up to you from code fragments that you must manipulate.

Out of date, not useful for non-programmers.......2004-12-27

I knew going in that this would not have much use for me... that's okay, one tidbit of information could pay for the book many times over.

What i got was a rehash of the now ancient history (2003) versions of Amazon Web Services, and nothing useful from a pratical standpoint.

I didn't expect to use the programing stuff (non outdate), but thought the author might throw in at least one example of someone useing this goldmine for a functioning task.

I'm giving a 2 stars because it doesn't have some of the promised programing discussion, but recomend anyone looking to market books, etc to avoid this one.

A good practical introduction to web services.......2004-09-18

Amazon Web Services provides good readable information; readers who have limited background in working with web services and the technologies involved will benefit. This is a great way to start learning about web services in general and Amazon Web Services in particular.

Useful for beginners.......2004-08-06

If you've never been exposed to XML or SOAP and using web services then this is a good book. However, it is by no means a comprehensive treatment of the subject. The reality is that if you download the SDK and spend a little time on the internet you can find all of the same information.

Another book about nothing..........2004-07-02

First of all, I had a feeling that i was going to purchase
useless book. I just wanted to prove my theory and wasted
my money on it. Well, it's good to be a writer these days...
Pick up some hot commercial name for the book, add a little bit
about everything and here you go - you've wrote a book about
Web Services! It's packed of some web links and some discussion
of XML and SOAP and everything else what you can find in the kit from Amazon. All in all, don't expect to find anything useful
in this book. All you need is the kit and some examples from the Web. I'm planning to donate my book to the local library.

good luck!

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This updated classic is unrivaled in its complete, single-volume coverage of financing real estate development

This thoroughly revised Third Edition of Construction Funding provides professional and student readers alike with the critical tools needed for developing any successful real estate venture. Using a case example of a 260-unit apartment development, the authors walk the reader through each project phase, offering invaluable guidance on raising capital, selecting markets, rating sites, securing insurance, creating joint ventures, understanding loan options, and mastering cash flow management.

Beginning with an overview of today's real estate industry, Construction Funding acquaints readers with various types of business organizations in real estate, including the advantages and disadvantages of each. An entire chapter in this first section is devoted to the most critical tool of them all: negotiation. The second section of the book provides a step-by-step outline of the typical development process from start to finish. Included in this section are guidelines for:

Creating a pro forma that will make projects profitable, not a loss
Understanding the appraisal-the key to financing real estate
Navigating a loan application
Correctly completing all required documents to close a construction loan
Writing a commitment letter that can seal a $15 million deal

The final, third section addresses the mathematical and technical tools of construction, including chapters on forecasting cash flow needs, calculating the time value of money, and funding and feasibility problems. Also provided are appendices containing loan forms, interest rate tables, and valuable information on federal construction programs.

Written by a team of authors with broad experience in the construction and real estate industries, Construction Funding is the book to guide undergraduate and graduate students in construction programs, as well as an invaluable reference for professional developers, planners, and contractors.

Customer Reviews:

the right book, at the right time, in the right place... dubai.......2006-08-17

the right book, at the right time, in the right place... dubai

What a Phenomenal Job!.......2005-04-14

I read construction funding, prematurely perhaps, as one of my first ever real estate books - and I loved it! The book takes the reader through several once-real-life scenarios and explains the construction process step by step. I think that both ambitious beginners and more seasoned loan officers and developers would benefit from reading this book.

MBA student.......2002-03-05

Very interesting book; very easy to read.
As a small real estate investor I found it very helpful in understanding many of the ins and outs of real estate and financing, especially on the scale i would like to grow to.

A first class book on Real Estate Development.......2002-02-05

The third edition of Construction Funding by Nathan S. Collier et al is a remarkable demonstration of insight and expertise. Collier and colleagues provide an exceptionally lucid description and analysis of the process of real estate development that is accessible to non-experts while being authoritative at the same time. In addition to being an excellent text for students and others interested in careers in real estate development, this book serves as essential background for all those whose responsibilities include any part of the development process.

Construction Funding; Where the Money Comes From

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Construction Funding; Where the Money Comes From

Manufacturer: A Wiley-Interscience Publication
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IANCSY

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Analyzing the regulation of vessel-source pollution from the perspective of the political interests of key players in the ship transportation industry, Khee-Jin Tan offers a comprehensive and convincing account of how pollution of the marine environment by ships may be better regulated and reduced. In this timely study, he traces the history of regulation at the International Maritime Organisation (I.M.O.) and investigates the political, economic and social forces influencing the IMO treaties. Also examined are the efforts of maritime states, ship-owners, cargo owners, oil companies and environmental groups to influence IMO laws and treaties.

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This book is the first to introduce a multi-disciplinary approach to extending our understanding of air-sea interaction, where the atmospheric boundary layer, ocean mixed layer dynamics, and surface are collectively treated with their physical, chemical and biological components. The theme behind the book is `high resolution', where the general assumptions behind scaling theories are often violated and new approaches and paradigms must be sought. Much of the research presented herein is based on theoretical advances during the past decade, and special emphasis is given to field results of the marine boundary layer experiments carried out during the period 1993-1996 west of California and in the seas of northern Europe. Given the nature of the subject, the material presented will be valuable for boundary layer modellers, climate dynamicists, geophysicists, and engineers specializing in platform design and energy, among others. This book may also serve as an advanced university text for use either in the classroom, or as a reference for the research or operational specialist.

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This book analyzes one of the three great papers Einstein published in 1905, each of which would alter forever the field it dealt with. The second of these papers, "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies," had an impact in a much broader field than electrodynamics: it established what Einstein sometimes referred to (after 1906) as the "so-called Theory of Relativity." Miller uses the paper to provide a window into the intense intellectual struggles of physicists in the first decade of the 20th century: the interplay between physical theory and empirical data, the fiercely held notions that could not be articulated clearly or verified experimentally, the great intellectual investment in existing theories, data, and interpretations -- and associated intellectual inertia -- and the drive to the long-sought- for unification of the sciences. Since its original publication, this book has become a standard reference and sourcebook for the history and philosophy of science; however, it can equally well serve as a text in the history of ideas or of twentieth-century philosophy. From reviews of the previous edition: ÄMillerÜ has written a superb, perhaps definitive, historical study of Einstein's special theory of relativity.... One comes away from the book with a respect for both the creative genius of the man and his nerve: he simply brushed aside much of the work that was going on around him. - The New Yorker

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Great cover - sappy story

My Heart May Be Broken, But My Hair Still Looks Great

Funny, Adventurous & Quick Read

Don't read this if you haven't read the book!

Too Crass for Me

My Heart May Be Broken, but My Hair Still Looks Great
Dixie Cash
Manufacturer: William Morrow
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Binding: Hardcover

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Customer Reviews:

Great cover - sappy story.......2007-09-27

The cover is great - great title, great graphic, zany author name. I was all strapped in and ready for a rollicking ride. The ride never came. This isn't a wacky tale of Texan misfits after all, it's a cosy and predictable mainstream romance with all the zip and crackle of a wet firework.

Cast Meg Ryan in her heyday as the adorable lead, and the cute plumber from Desperate Housewives as the implausibly perfect man and there you have it. Gorgeous people have silly misunderstandings then fall deeply in love. Just like in real life... pffft.

I wouldn't have minded if it had lived up to the promise of the wisecracking along the way but it just didn't.

If you've read anything by Sarah Bird then that was what I was expecting - an edgy, stomach-punchingly witty heroine with enough darkness to her character to keep me engaged.

Paige has no edge at all. This is a cosy, curl-up, warm bath book.

It's not the worst book I've read, it was OK as a diversion once I'd lowered my expectations.

These gals have got the best marketing team ever - Sex and the City, how on earth did they get anybody to use that as a comparison on the cover. There's no swearing in sight in this book, or open discussions about sex or anything else. And if the perfect father threw his head back to 'laugh deeply' one more time I was ready to throw up.

And there were glaring inconsistencies in the story - at one point the guy arranged to come round at 7pm the next day, then in the following chapter he turned up at '6pm on the dot'.

I'd pass this book on, but I'm keeping it for purely cosmetic reasons - it has such a cute cover. All dressed up and nowhere to go.

My Heart May Be Broken, But My Hair Still Looks Great.......2007-01-11

Good, fun read for the down-time after Christmas when you don't want anything too challenging! The two ladies who write as Dixie Cash know their Texas stuff!

Funny, Adventurous & Quick Read.......2007-01-06

I just finished this book after finding it on the Bestseller List at our library. I read it over the holidays and once I got into it could not put it down-_I read it from start to finish in one day. It was very interesting right from the start--you don't really seem to get into the storyline until the first few chapters but once the plot settles in Salt Lick it really takes off. THe characters are all very colorful and there's unexpected events but it flows quite smoothly, keeping you in suspense to the very end.
I am always looking for a good book to read and I am looking forward to checking into more books by Dixie Cash.

Don't read this if you haven't read the book!.......2006-10-03

DON'T READ THIS REVIEW IF YOU ARE GOING TO READ THE BOOK!
I was so disappointed. I absolutley loved the authors first book but this one was like they got tired of writing and just slapped it together. Maybe they were on a tight deadline. The characters were so underdeveloped we couldn't warm up to them. Then the inconsistences are so numerous I kept back reading thinking I must have misread the first time only to find out I didn't. One was Paige telling Spur she was busy and not to come over and then Spur is telling his sister he's going to see Paige. Lester...what can I say. He actually gropes her on the job but when they are alone in her house they sit down and talk and he doesn't even make a move of any kind on her. Then we end up with some guy who wasn't in the book until the very end. I could go on but what would be the point. Did I laugh? A couple of time which is the only reason I gave this book 3 stars. I really hope the next book these sisters write will be better put together than this one.

Too Crass for Me.......2006-03-26

I am saddened by how far popular culture has sunk in recent years. I disliked the crassness of this book. It was trashy and it disappointed me.

My Heart May Be Broken But My Hair Still Looks Great

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Much Fun!!!

My Heart May Be Broken But My Hair Still Looks Great

Manufacturer: William Morrow
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Fans of Mary Kay Andrews, Fannie Flagg, and the Sweet Potato Queens won't miss this sensational novel from the author of Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash. Picking up where they left off, Debbie Sue Overstreet and her pal, Edwina, are running the Styling Station and their detective agency the Domestic Equalizers. For them, there's no crime or heartbreak that a little hairspray and a little poking around can't solve! But when Paige McBride comes to town-a little bit spoiled and a whole lot rich the three soon find themselves knee deep in the muck of a horse-thievin' and husband-cheatin' escapade that sets the town of Saltlick, TX, on its ear. By the end, hair will be styled, casseroles will burn, and creeps will be brought to justice if Equalizers have their way. And love will, of course, conquer all.

Customer Reviews:

Much Fun!!!.......2006-06-03

Paige McBride has always been a pampered child. Daddy McBride has raised Paige in a lifestyle she has found success in, until one day Daddy tells her she is on her own. Needless to say, Paige has no idea what to do or how to get a job. Paige spent six years stumbling from colege to college but never came away with a college degree. Daddy steps in for one of the final times and helps Paige find a job she could only dream of having. She is offered a job as an assistant to a horse cutter. The catch is she has to move to a town, Salt Lick, Texas, in the middle of nowhere.

Spur Atwater finds himself nearly penniless and crossing his fingers and hoping his loan comes through so he can fulfill his dream of being a vet. New to Salt Lick, Texas as well, being single and sexy poses for an interesting welcome.

Paige meets 2 interesting ladies, Debbie Sue Overstreet and Edwinda Perkins-Martin, near her first day in town and they become fast friends. Debbie Sue and Edwina, hair dressers by day, private investigators by night, find themselves embroiled in a plan to thrwart a horse stealing ring. Paige is enlisted in the plan, but her relationship with Spur hangs in the balance. Can their love survive her attempts to help her friends and save the horses which are so dear to her?

Paige and Spur get themselves entangled with each other in more ways than one throughout this fun read.

Add in some interesting Texas characters, misunderstandings, good food, and a lock in in a convenience store cooler and you have a hillarious story which reads quickly and leaves you wanting more when the story ends.

I initially got this book because the title intrigued me but I found this book to be an great read. I read through it so fast I was surprised when it was over. I will look for her first book.

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