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Its sad I've looked up old books on Amazon and come to discover via the reviews that there are counterfeit e-books on their platform. I would of thought that if I wanted an e-book of all places to look Amazon would be a pretty safe bet. I never did find the book I wanted on there. This is why I've sort of sought other alternatives. I enjoy my Kindle for reading when my iPad is just too much (laying in bed at night for example, I don't need all of my iPad if a Kindle suffices).

So I applaud any efforts towards improving online book purchases since, Amazon which is a tech behemoth built on top of online book sales cannot do its original task very well.



I don't have ebooks on the platform quite yet but I should have them running before the end of next week, alongside the "No Amazon" filter that will ignore Amazon and any subsidiaries from searches.


I mean, even a text book was a nightmare for me to look up on Amazon, because they let you self publish anything too... So I appreciate anybody trying to build something like this up.

Curious, since I didn't look are you hoping to (or are you already) earn some side income to fund this going forward via affiliate links?

I say this knowing full well, maybe some of the results wont get you any income, but the ones that do might be worth keeping in results. Side projects eventually burn a hole in your wallet.


Yes, I've inputted affiliate links already, I don't expect to make a heap of profit but if it's enough to cover my expenses I'll be happy with the result.




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