Your List
Your list is a feature that allows you to read our articles while saving and displaying the details of any books that interest you beside the article you are looking at. Once you have got a list of books together, you can then add them to your Amazon shopping basket (either Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk) by clicking a single button wherever you are on our site.
Your list is just that, a list of items you might want to purchase or request at a later date. The feature uses Amazon's remote cart technology, and adds them to your existing Amazon cart only when you decide to click through to Amazon.
Adding Items
There are two ways to add items to your list, dependant on wether or not the item is presented individually or as part of a suggested list. Either way, each method adds a single copy of each selected item to your list, if you require more then please use the "Edit Your List" link that appears in the menu when you have items in your list.
- Individual Items:- click on the "Add to List" button next to the item.
- Multiple Items:- check the add to list checkbox beside all items you want to save and then click the "Add to Your List" button found at the bottom of the suggested group of items.
Completing a form will reload your current page after updating the XML file relating to the cart ID stored in a cookie on your computer. NB: if you have disabled cookies, or limited them to the current browser session you may find you have trouble using this feature.
Once you have items stored in Your List, the most recent items appear in the navigation bar to the right. Here you will see an overview of each item (a book cover and abbreviated title) alongside the quantity and price. At the bottom of the list you will find an estimated price for all the items on the list, as well as links to help you manage the contents of your list.
Don't forget that you are not commited to buying any item that you have added to your list!
Buying from Amazon without using Your List
If you would rather not use the list feature we provide but would still like to purchase items from Amazon as a result of seeing it on our site, then you may do so by using the "Buy from Amazon" button that appears near to the top of all product detail pages. These add to cart buttons should continue to work even if you have disabled cookies and therefore the functionality of Your List.
International Lists
Because we use Amazon Web Services to provide you with data from more than one Amazon database, the contents of your list will depend on your preference for your Amazon site. For example, if you add items to your list when using the Amazon.com datafeed, they will not appear in your list while you are viewing the Amazon.co.uk datafeed and vice versa.
Buttons to change your Amazon preference appear on each page that utilises Amazon Web Services, often near any items we recommend or list as being related to site content. Please be aware that switching between Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk datafeeds will automatically clear any items you may have saved.
Getting the most from Your List
Once you have added an item to your list, the details of the item added, along with the details of any books already stored in your list, will be saved on our servers for a typical period of 90 days. However, should you delete your cookies or change your Amazon website preference your list will be reset.
You can use Your List to collect together items of interest and get an estimated total cost without having to add it directly to your Amazon shopping cart.
Cookies
The Your List feature relies heavily on cookies, so users must have cookies enabled to purchase books and other items through this feature. For more information about exactly what type of information is stored in the site cookie, please refer to our privacy policy.
Your List "forgets" items when I hit the back Button
If you add or update an item to Your list and hit the "back" button on your browser, it may appear as if the Your List feature has "forgotten" or lost the change you just made. What happened is that your browser has called the previous page from memory (its cache), and so it looks like it did when you most recently viewed it. To see your correct changes, either refresh the current page, or click any link to navigate through the site.
