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Originally Posted by Nyssa
Although the thought did cross my mind as I read Harry's response, I can not see myself forgoing links altogether. I keep Amazon open in a tab when I'm online at home. I will just have to make sure that it is the tab I opened, and not one that was opened by a link I chose to click. It does mean, however, that any books I reference will most likely come directly from Amazon. I do prefer to get series info from B&N, as Amazon does not always include it, so I might link that as well. *shrug* I just don't like the added pressure of responsibility. I'm an honest person, who volunteers at my kid's school all day, every (school) day and likes to read. I don't make money from anything I do, but I like to be helpful when I can.
Anyway, it is what it is and I will do my best to follow the rules as I've always done.
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How come it's OK for us all to shill for Amazon, or BN, or Kobo, or whichever bookstore by posting a link to the store, but it's not OK for us to shill for an intermediary--i.e., an affiliate--by posting a link with an affiliate tag, even accidentally?
I get that some people might feel it's somehow wrong or distasteful for a person to have a financial interest, however slight, by posting his or her own affiliate link. But when the poster has NO financial stake in the link, why does it matter if that link is to Amazon, etc. directly, or includes a tag from an intermediary site?
What is the fundamental difference here?