WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can I add a section for readers to be able to purchase the books reviewed? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-add-a-section-for-readers-to-be-able-to-purchase-the-books-reviewed WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can I add a section for readers to be able to purchase the books reviewed? en Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Can I add a section for readers to be able to purchase the books reviewed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-add-a-section-for-readers-to-be-able-to-purchase-the-books-reviewed#post-1057660 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:03:15 +0000 timethief 1057660@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Best wishes with your blog.

]]> arielturner on "Can I add a section for readers to be able to purchase the books reviewed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-add-a-section-for-readers-to-be-able-to-purchase-the-books-reviewed#post-1057658 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:02:18 +0000 arielturner 1057658@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Okay. Thank you. I kept finding bits and pieces of information in my searches and was having trouble piecing them together. Thank you all for clarifying.

]]> timethief on "Can I add a section for readers to be able to purchase the books reviewed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-add-a-section-for-readers-to-be-able-to-purchase-the-books-reviewed#post-1057651 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:58:09 +0000 timethief 1057651@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I provided the link above for you to the support doc that contains the only exception. See the italicized section below:

Affiliate marketing blogs: Blogs with the primary purpose of driving traffic to affiliate programs and get-rich-quick schemes (“Make six figures from home!!”, “20 easy steps to top profits!!”, etc). This includes multi-level marketing (MLM) blogs and pyramid schemes. To be clear, people writing their own original book, movie or game reviews and linking them to Amazon, or people linking to their own products on Etsy do NOT fall into this category. Here is a thread in the support forums that talks more about which affiliate links are OK or not OK. http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/

]]> raincoaster on "Can I add a section for readers to be able to purchase the books reviewed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-add-a-section-for-readers-to-be-able-to-purchase-the-books-reviewed#post-1057644 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:53:54 +0000 raincoaster 1057644@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, you can do that as long as they're not affiliate links in a Store section. So non-affiliate links in a Buy It Here section should be fine, or affiliate links in the actual reviews might also be acceptable.

]]> arielturner on "Can I add a section for readers to be able to purchase the books reviewed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-add-a-section-for-readers-to-be-able-to-purchase-the-books-reviewed#post-1057641 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:50:50 +0000 arielturner 1057641@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ But I dont want to advertise or host an online store. I just want to provide links to the books we are discussing so people may find them easier.

]]> timethief on "Can I add a section for readers to be able to purchase the books reviewed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-add-a-section-for-readers-to-be-able-to-purchase-the-books-reviewed#post-1057442 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:30:58 +0000 timethief 1057442@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No blogger initiated advertising and online stores are allowed on free hosted WordPress.com blogs.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/

]]> arielturner on "Can I add a section for readers to be able to purchase the books reviewed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-add-a-section-for-readers-to-be-able-to-purchase-the-books-reviewed#post-1057441 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:27:50 +0000 arielturner 1057441@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My blog is primarily for reviewing books, as well as an online book club to connect readers. I would like to add a section of books that include links to purchase the books being reviewed and the books being read in book club for convenience to my readers. Is this allowed?
Blog url: http://whimsicalreader.wordpress.com/

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