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How about then giving the user a list of works by that author via amazon? If the users really do want to read more of that writer's stuff, this might be a good

How about then giving the user a list of works by that author via amazon? If the users really do want to read more of that writer's stuff, this might be a good way to get some affiliate business. You could possibly even point to specific works that they "write like". You might also take a look at the goodreads api (http://www.goodreads.com/api http://www.goodreads.com/api) for some possible social networking aspects? Maybe you could show people reading things they write like via goodreads or something along those lines.

dchest 16y ago
I thought about Amazon affiliate program, but I'm outside the US, and it's a huge hassle to deal with checks here. Thanks for suggestions!
- jonafato 16y ago
  How about trying to sell ads directly to booksellers? Even if affiliate programs won't work, you could offer users up the same kind of book list as sort of a customized banner ad. Being able to serve up that many impressions must be worth something, even if only for a short time. Even sites that don't directly sell books, but are related (back to goodreads, because its the only one I have really used) would probably be interested in this. Hope you get something off the ground.
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago
  I presume you mean cheques of money sent you from Amazon? If it's too much hassle to cash potentially huge affiliate checks then you're rich enough, give the site to someone else that wants more money. Seriously FB has 400Million active uniques. If you capture one-hundreth of a percent of those and then of those 1% convert and you make $1 on each conversion that's $400. Even if it took me a whole day to organise cashing the cheque that would be worth it. For Amazon though the problem is that they fragment their affiliate scheme (to create less opportunity for small sites to break the cash-out threshold presumably) so AdWords or whatever might be better.
  - dchest 16y ago
    I'm in a new country (Montenegro), haven't got residence permit here yet, don't have a permanent address, and don't speak the local language to figure out how to cash checks. Anyway, I've added Amazon affiliate links now, maybe I'll cash out with gift certificates.
    - Yaggo 16y ago
      Can anybody confirm it's possible to join Amazon Associates outside "Amazon" countries? (US/UK/FR/DE/JP/CA) Spent 5 minutes on Googling but didn't find the information.
      - dchest 16y ago
        Yes, it's possible. Just sign up here http://affiliate-program.amazon.com/join/getstarted http://affiliate-program.amazon.com/join/getstarted
    - pbhjpbhj 16y ago
      Perhaps you have a friend or family member in the US that would take the money and pay you ...
- hcho 16y ago
  Check skimlinks, they can pay you via PayPal, too.
  - dchest 16y ago
    PayPal is also not an option here :/ But I have a workaround for this, so I will check it out.
AmberShah 16y ago
I second this just because the first thing I did was go search for books by that author on Amazon.

dchest 16y ago

I thought about Amazon affiliate program, but I'm outside the US, and it's a huge hassle to deal with checks here. Thanks for suggestions!

jonafato 16y ago
How about trying to sell ads directly to booksellers? Even if affiliate programs won't work, you could offer users up the same kind of book list as sort of a customized banner ad. Being able to serve up that many impressions must be worth something, even if only for a short time. Even sites that don't directly sell books, but are related (back to goodreads, because its the only one I have really used) would probably be interested in this. Hope you get something off the ground.
pbhjpbhj 16y ago
I presume you mean cheques of money sent you from Amazon? If it's too much hassle to cash potentially huge affiliate checks then you're rich enough, give the site to someone else that wants more money. Seriously FB has 400Million active uniques. If you capture one-hundreth of a percent of those and then of those 1% convert and you make $1 on each conversion that's $400. Even if it took me a whole day to organise cashing the cheque that would be worth it. For Amazon though the problem is that they fragment their affiliate scheme (to create less opportunity for small sites to break the cash-out threshold presumably) so AdWords or whatever might be better.
- dchest 16y ago
  I'm in a new country (Montenegro), haven't got residence permit here yet, don't have a permanent address, and don't speak the local language to figure out how to cash checks. Anyway, I've added Amazon affiliate links now, maybe I'll cash out with gift certificates.
  - Yaggo 16y ago
    Can anybody confirm it's possible to join Amazon Associates outside "Amazon" countries? (US/UK/FR/DE/JP/CA) Spent 5 minutes on Googling but didn't find the information.
    - dchest 16y ago
      Yes, it's possible. Just sign up here http://affiliate-program.amazon.com/join/getstarted http://affiliate-program.amazon.com/join/getstarted
  - pbhjpbhj 16y ago
    Perhaps you have a friend or family member in the US that would take the money and pay you ...
hcho 16y ago
Check skimlinks, they can pay you via PayPal, too.
- dchest 16y ago
  PayPal is also not an option here :/ But I have a workaround for this, so I will check it out.

AmberShah 16y ago

I second this just because the first thing I did was go search for books by that author on Amazon.