Err....I don't even have an affiliate account.

That link was NOT an affiliate link.

How about checking before slandering?

You're right, Im sorry. I thought that refs in the query string were used for affiliate links.

Two questions - what DO affiliate links look like, or how can I tell? Also, can I delete that comment or edit it?

You have a window to edit or delete the comment before it is locked in. To be fair, I also thought the "ref" portion of the URL might be an affiliate link, but decided to assume the best case scenario.

Not that we need proof that this book is going to sell like crazy, but the current Amazon rankings for it are:

  Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2 in Books
  #1 in Books > Business & Investing > Industries & Professions > High-Tech
  #1 in Books > Business & Investing > Biography & History
  #1 in Books > Computers & Internet > Business & Culture > Biographies

What's more interesting than that is the rise:

http://i.imgur.com/agfbF.png

21,300% in the last 24 hours. As predicted :)

There's no referral code in the link. The `ref` parameter in Amazon URLs is something internal. Amazon referral IDs get passed in the `tag` parameter.