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• Discussion Board Guidelines
• Search Suggestion Guidelines
  

Amazon.com wants your voice to be heard! These your Profile and Community Guidelines ("Guidelines") describe the proper kinds of conduct and prohibited uses of your Profile and related services (the "Service"). These Guidelines are not exhaustive. We reserve the right to modify these Guidelines at any time, effective upon posting.

By accessing your Profile and using our Service, you agree to abide by these Guidelines as modified from time to time. Any violation of these Guidelines could result in the suspension or termination of your account or such other action as we deem appropriate. If you want to report any violations of these Guidelines, please e-mail us.

1. Your General Responsibilities

As a passive conduit, our Service enables people to share information about themselves and their personal tastes, and their opinions regarding various products and services. We cannot and do not warrant, verify, or guarantee the quality, accuracy, or integrity of information that you may access. You understand that you shall remain solely liable for any and all information, text, images, photographs, graphics, e-mail addresses, Web pages, reviews, discussion board postings, and other materials ("Content") that you upload, download, or transmit to our Service.

2. Prohibited Content or Activities

Our Service may be used only for lawful purposes. We reserve the right to restrict or remove any and all uses or Content that we determine in our sole discretion is harmful to our systems, network, reputation, or goodwill, to other Amazon.com customers, or to any third party. The following non-exhaustive list details the kinds of conduct or Content that is prohibited:

• The upload, download, or transmission of any Content that would violate, or would facilitate the violation of, any applicable law, regulation, or Amazon.com rule or policy
• The upload, download, or transmission of any Content that infringes the intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights of others, including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, or trade secrets
• The upload, download, or transmission of any Content that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, harassing, threatening, harmful, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable
• The upload, download, or transmission of any harmful Content, including, without limitation, viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other computer programming routines that may damage, interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, program, data, or personal information
• The upload, download, or transmission of any Content offering or disseminating fraudulent goods, services, schemes, or promotions (e.g., make-money-fast schemes, chain letters, pyramid schemes)
• The upload, download, or transmission of any domain names, URLs, or hyperlinks
• The use of the Service for commercial purposes such as advertising, promotion, or solicitation
• The impersonation of any person or entity or forging of any e-mail communication or any part of a message

The recommended length is 75 to 300 words.

Your comments should focus on the product. You must also include a valid e-mail address, but you can opt not to display your e-mail address if you do not want others to have access to it. The best reviews include not only whether you liked or disliked a product, but also why. Feel free to mention other products that you consider similar and how this product rates in comparison to them. Comments that are not specific to the product or that violate our guidelines in any way, may be removed from the Amazon.com Web site at any time, at our discretion. Please limit yourself to one comment per item.

Amazon.com wants to know about your product safety issues. If you have safety concerns about the product you are reviewing, please e-mail us at product-safety@amazon.com. Please make sure to include all information about the product (product title, and ASIN or manufacturer's SKU) and the details of the incident.

Amazon.com is proud to provide this forum for you to air your opinions on your favorite (or not-so-favorite) products. While we appreciate your time and comments, we respectfully request that you refrain from including the following in your review:

• Comments on other reviews or features visible on the page. (This information, and its position on the page, is subject to change without notice.)
• Notification that our catalog has typos in it. If you'd like to tell us about a specific problem, please e-mail us.
• Profanity, obscenities, or spiteful remarks
• Time-sensitive material (e.g., promotional tours, seminars, lectures, etc.)
• Single-word reviews. We want to know why you liked or disliked the product.
• Comments focusing solely on the actors, directors, authors, or artists.
• No spoilers! Please don't reveal crucial plot elements.
• Phone numbers, mail addresses.
• More than one URL.
• Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information.
• Solicitations for helpful votes.

Any review in violation of these guidelines might not be posted or could be removed from the Amazon.com Web site at any time.

Amazon.com Listmania and So You'd Like To . . . Guides are free services that enable you to make a list of products that have really made a difference in your life. Maybe there's a short stack of books you always keep at your bedside, albums you'd want to take to a desert island, items you need to embark on a safari adventure, or a kit of various things--manuals, computer peripherals, instructional videos--that helped you start a home business. You needn't have purchased these items from Amazon.com. Each list can cover all kinds of categories, and can be as specific ("Dorm Room Essentials for Every Freshman") or as general ("The Best Novels of 2000") as you like.

What not to include:

• Profanity, obscenities, or spiteful remarks
• Phone numbers, mail addresses, URLs
• Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information
• Solicitations for external Web sites or contests, or other solicitations

A Listmania list or So You'd Like To... guide is not an appropriate place to tell us if you need help with an order or site feature. If youd like to tell us about a specific problem, please e-mail us.

Amazon.com Discussion Boards are a free service to enable you to share comments about certain products and services available on our site.

The Discussion Board service is available only to individuals older than 13 years of age. If you use the Amazon.com Discussion Boards, you are certifying that you are old enough to participate in the boards.

What to include:

• Your posts should focus on the specific topic of the board and thread.
• The best posts include not only whether you liked or disliked an item or topic, but also why. Feel free to mention related items and how this item or topic compares to them.

What not to include.

Amazon.com is proud to provide this forum for you to air your opinions on the topics and items we feature. While we appreciate your time and comments, we respectfully request that you refrain from including the following in your comments:

• Profanity, obscenities, or spiteful remarks
• Single-word posts. We want to know why you liked or disliked an item or topic.
• Phone numbers, mail addresses, URLs
• Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information
• Solicitations for external Web sites or contests, or other solicitations
• Threads that do not relate to the topic of the board

A Discussion Board post is not an appropriate place to tell us if you need help with an order or site feature. If you'd like to tell us about a specific problem, please e-mail us..

Product Safety: If your post is about a product you think might be unsafe, please report this information to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) or contact Amazon directly at product-safety@amazon.com.

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A tag for Amazon search allows you to specify the search for which you think the item should appear, along with you explanation of why it is relevant. Once approved, we'll show your suggestion in Amazon search to everyone.

When creating a tag for search, please keep in mind that search suggestions should help others to find that item on Amazon.com. Once in live search, your search suggestions and their position in search results are subject to change without notice.

We appreciate your time and work, and respectfully request that you refrain from the following in your Search Suggestions:

• Profanity, obscenities, or spiteful remarks
• Commenting on other tags for Amazon search
• Entering a common misspelling as a search suggestion keyword
• Phone numbers, mail addresses, URLs
• Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information
• Time-sensitive material (i.e. concerts, interviews etc.)
• Tags for Amazon search which may be controversial, politically or otherwise
• Using the names of other items, authors, actors or musicians in the search phrase except where there is a very strong reason why the search phrase is relevant. For example, 'this is a book about the Harry Potter series' may be appropriate but 'people who enjoyed Harry Potter might also like this book' is not.
• Submitting more than 10 search suggestions for the same item.

Any Tag in violation of these guidelines will not be posted. If you want to report any violations of these Tag for Search Guidelines, please e-mail us at tags-feedback@amazon.com.