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Do you like easy money? Yes! Then you need to set up your affiliate marketing links.
What is affiliate marketing? If you read the informational pamphlets for each affiliate site, they are full of jargon—performance-based channels, leveraged partnerships, pay-for-outcome alternatives—that is confusing and hard to decipher.
But the basic answer is you get paid when you refer a reader to a vendor …
Amazon
“We may also suspend your Program account at any time with or without notice to you, for any reason in our discretion.” —from Amazon Terms and Conditions
Fenella Ashworth panicked after she discovered her Amazon account had been closed, and she got only 90 minutes of sleep over the next three days. “You might think it could only happen via a staged process after lengthy discussions, but …
Most indie authors focus on selling books through the major book distributors. We study ads and agonize over how to get visibility and traction on these sites. We watch our numbers go up and down with pride and alarm.
But, as we’ve been doing that, a few pioneer authors have been forging other paths to readership:
Wattpad
Patreon
Kickstarter
Serial apps
If you find them all tempting, no worri…