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Luc · 2014-10-01 · Original thread
> (It would be nice if Amazon could offer cleaner URLs for sharing.)

I do this a lot by cleaning up the URL by hand. Use dp/ followed by the ISBN number, like so:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1405345101

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