Dossier Thriller is a participant in the Amazon Associates Program, an affiliate program run by Amazon.com. This page explains what that means for readers, how the links work and why they do not shape the content of the site.

The Amazon Associates Program

Some pages of the catalog include links to Amazon.com for the books they discuss. When a visitor follows one of these links and makes a qualifying purchase, Amazon pays the site a commission. That commission is how the archive covers its costs: hosting, the time spent checking bibliographic data against publisher sources and the work needed to keep reading orders current as new books come out.

The statement required by the program, reported word for word, is:

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

The Price Does Not Change

The commission is paid by Amazon, not by the reader. A book bought through a link on this site costs exactly what it would cost by going to Amazon directly. The site never sees the identity of buyers or their payment details: Amazon reports only aggregated figures, such as the number of clicks and of qualifying items ordered.

Editorial Independence

Editorial judgment does not depend on commissions. A book is included because it belongs in the catalog, and a series is described in the same way whether or not a page carries links. The presence of an affiliate link does not change the position of a book in a list, the choice of a title to start with or any recommendation. No publisher, author or agent pays to appear on the site, to move up a list or to be described more favorably.

The links themselves are restricted. They lead only to books: the site does not link to weapons, knives, watches, replicas or tactical equipment, even when a novel features them. Some pages carry no links at all, by editorial choice.

How Affiliate Links Are Marked

Every page that contains affiliate links shows a short, visible notice before the links, using the statement above. The links are grouped in a single block, separate from the text, so that they can never be mistaken for an editorial reference. They are search links to Amazon.com for the title and author of a book, and they are marked as sponsored in the code of the page, as search engines require.

Only on the Website

Affiliate links appear only on the pages of this website. They are never placed in emails, newsletters, PDF files or any offline material, as the program’s rules require. When a page is printed, the block of links and its notice are left out of the printed version.

Related Pages

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