We believe in being fully transparent about how PorchReads operates and how we earn revenue. Please read this page to understand our affiliate relationships and advertising practices.
PorchReads is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
When you see a link to a book or product on Amazon anywhere on PorchReads, that link may be an affiliate link. If you click the link and purchase the item, PorchReads may receive a small commission. The price you pay is exactly the same whether you use our affiliate link or go directly to Amazon.
All affiliate links are clearly marked. We only link to books and products that we genuinely believe are relevant and useful to our readers. Our editorial decisions — including book recommendations, ratings and reviews — are made independently and are never influenced by affiliate relationships.
PorchReads uses Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service provided by Google LLC, to display advertisements on some pages of this website.
Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other sites on the internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies by visiting www.networkadvertising.org.
Advertisements displayed on PorchReads are clearly marked. We do not control the content of third-party advertisements and they do not constitute an endorsement by PorchReads of any advertiser's product or service.
PorchReads may participate in other affiliate programs in addition to Amazon Associates. In all cases, our policy is the same:
We only recommend books and products we believe are genuinely useful. Affiliate relationships do not influence which books appear in our catalogue, how books are rated, or what content our community creates. User reviews and ratings are entirely independent.
When affiliate links appear on PorchReads — for example, links to purchase a book — they may earn us a small commission if you choose to buy through that link. This commission comes from the retailer, not from you, and does not add to your cost in any way.
The existence of affiliate relationships does not affect the information, recommendations, or opinions expressed on this site. Our primary purpose is to help readers track, discover and discuss books they love.
PorchReads is first and foremost a book tracking community. Our catalogue, community reviews, ratings, reading lists and all other user-generated content are entirely independent of any commercial relationships.
No publisher, author, or advertiser can pay to have a book added to the catalogue, improve a book's rating, or influence the community reviews displayed on this site. Books appear in our catalogue because readers add them — not because of any commercial arrangement.
If this policy ever changes, we will update this page and notify our users clearly.
If you have any questions about our affiliate relationships, advertising practices, or anything else on this page, please don't hesitate to reach out.
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