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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
It's against the rules. Apparently some people view them as ads and/or don't want to give any part of their purchase to someone who is an affiliate. So it hasn't been allowed for a long time. I try to mention books I really love and/or the big sales, but some of the auto-generated links are hard to parse to get the associate link out or I get lazy and just don't bother. Me, lazy. Who would have guessed???  |
I do know about the rule; I recall when the issue came up and the rule was instituted. I thought it was dumb then, and still do.
I rarely bother to post links either, because heaven forbid I should leave in someone's affiliate link. Oh, the horror!
Who exactly benefits from the absence of an affiliate link? Amazon and BN and whoever else doesn't have to pay the affiliate. Gee, I'm glad the rule here is helping them increase their profit.