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Originally Posted by Blossom
I know you were barely making less than pennies. I don't think it was so much active members that made them change that rule. I think it was we use to get alot of people posting just to make money.
You have proven that you aren't here just to make money and are a active member of this site posting like any other member. The others I can't say as much as they either disappeared or never post outside their threads.
I have no problems with people using their blogs to make a little extra. I follow yours and a few others who I give pennies to every now and then when I see a good deal.  |
And I do appreciate it (I do make a bit more than pennies on the blog, just for full disclosure).
I was a bit stunned at how many free books were bought with my links when Amazon revealed the numbers (only a few days before their punishment began). I did make drastic changes on the blog and stopped the links here (and took the link out of my signature, as the freebies continued from here for a few days after I stopped posting freebies with links). I know some sites went under or had big shakeups (and have noticed the many fewer people posting here, as well). I saw one site post that their readers (a rather large following) were buying 50K free books A DAY! I'm sure they were making quite a bit of actual cash, as well, before they had to change their site (just from the sheer volume, unless they had freebie hunters only as readers).
I had to stop even using affiliate links for B&N (and have gradually not posted their links, most of the time, as it's just work for no reward), as they charged me for people using them (they deducted any coupons used against earnings, but paid zero on ebooks, so effectively charged me for referrals).