I’ve had the [Store](http://johnaugust.com/store) sitting in the sidebar for a few months now, with Amazon links for DVDs of movies I’ve written. To my surprise, people do actually buy some of these — I made a whopping $16.43 in referrals last quarter. That almost covers, oh, half of the hosting fees for this site. But still, thanks for shopping.
In particular, I’d like to thank the reader who bought [Chemistry: The Central Science (10th Edition)](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131096869/103-3950287-6831863/johnaugustcom-20), which retails at $145.66, netting me $5.83. Sweet.
Amazon recently started a system called aStore, which allows for much slickness in setting up off-site storefronts, complete with shopping carts. So, looking to avoid the actual work for which I get paid, I set one up to replace the pathetic Store here on the site. You can check it out in the sidebar. Basically, everything in the center of the screen is really a page on Amazon’s servers, embedded inside my own. The shopping cart lives at Amazon.
Mostly, the new version is an opportunity for me to make snarky comments about various books and movies, but if it gets one more reader to check out [The God Delusion](http://astore.amazon.com/johnaugustcom-20/detail/0618680004/103-3950287-6831863) or [The Book of Bunny Suicides](http://astore.amazon.com/johnaugustcom-20/detail/0452285186/103-3950287-6831863), I’ll consider it worth it.