Ask HN: how can a small book suggestion site make money?

10 points by vain 14y ago ↗ HN

I made a site this weekend, foxblot.com that recommends amazon books based on tweets. The obvious extension is to make it a facebook app too. But what are ways I can make this profitable? I am looking for suggestions that do not involve a lot of work, as I can only dedicate time on weekends.

related post with functional details: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4212994

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Natsu 14y ago ↗

The most obvious approach would be affiliate links. I'm not sure that it would be the best, however.

vain 14y ago ↗

foxblot does use amazon affiliate links

petercooper 14y ago ↗

The creator of http://anynewbooks.com/ is an HN regular - so hopefully he'll comment - and that service is similar to yours. I'm pretty sure he only uses Amazon affiliate links to make it pay.

aristus 14y ago ↗

Check out http://hn-books.com/ created by this forum's own DanielBMarkham

vain 14y ago ↗

have spent some time tweaking the algorithm for relevancy.

the thing that i find most annoying at this point is the slow speed