Affiliate Links in Ebooks

[knubbl]

Originally Posted by ChickenFreak

Well, if it has ads, it's not really free.

But that's not the main point. The main point is that something that I download onto my computer needs to be something that I completely trust. And when people insert ads into something that doesn't normally have ads, I don't trust it any more. I don't know what other conventions or expectations they'll violate.

That may be unreasonable, but the question wasn't whether I _should_ object to ads, it was whether I would. And I would.

Alright actually all I wanted to know was why you wouldn't keep a useful ebooks with affiliate links in it. But now I know it and I can completely understand it. I just feel that affiliate links are not so much advertising as long as you provide useful information. You know what I mean?

I don't want to annoy you I just want to see how people think about affiliate links on web sites as well as ebooks.

[jamessol]

guess its ok as long as its with relevant to the content.
specially if reader will benefit from it

[Betsyanne]

I think that an affiliate link COULD be something a reader could be interested in. But I would be sure to let that person (the reader) know what he or she was clicking on.

An ebook can have a link to the author or his or her website at the end of it, and this is also kind of like an advertisement, really. But it is more accepted.

I think if you have a paid ebook you are selling, an affiliate link may not fit in it as much. Just my two cents.