Thread: IMPORTANT: Rules for posting affiliate links in this forum
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Old 09-29-2011, 05:17 PM   #230
murraypaul
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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak View Post
Let's try to break this down into manageable components:

1. Advertising is not allowed on MobileRead. That's what the rules say and that's standard for pretty much any forum community out there.

2. An affiliate link is a form of advertising, since clicking on it give the person posting it a small amount of money. Just like if someone was to post Google Ads on their blog, when you click on those ads, the blogger gets a small amount of money.

3. Logically then, based on 1 and 2, affiliate links are not allowed on MR anymore than any other form of advertising is.
So authors shouldn't be able to list the books they are selling in their descriptions? Or have covers shown as their avatars? That is advertising.
Some forms of advertising are allowed.
Last edited by murraypaul; 09-29-2011 at 06:24 PM.
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