The Work Shelf 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.
In plain language
When you click a book link on this site and buy something, Amazon pays me a small percentage. You pay exactly the same price you would have paid otherwise.
Amazon’s cookie lasts 24 hours, which means if you click a link here and then buy something completely unrelated within a day, I may earn a commission on that too. You should know that; most sites don’t mention it.
Where the disclosure appears
Every article containing affiliate links carries a disclosure above the first link — not buried in the footer. That’s an FTC requirement, and it’s also just the honest place to put it.
What it does not buy
No publisher, author or retailer pays for placement here, and none has ever seen a review before publication. Book commissions are roughly the same percentage across titles, so there is no financial reason to favour one book over another — which is exactly why the incentive structure is worth stating instead of just promising good faith.
The site also displays advertising through Google AdSense. Advertisers have no influence over editorial content and no advance knowledge of it.
Questions
If anything here is unclear, ask me directly.