I have long resisted monetizing any of my blogs, mostly because the ads seemed to make the blogs look cheap and crappy. However, tonight I did a little bit more exploration and realized that I could link to Amazon for books and films I am already talking about on my blog and get a 4% commission from any book bought by clicking through my blog (as long as it was bought within 24 hours). As I am in the last agonizing year of my dissertation and on a tight budget, the idea of getting a little income for something I already do, whether blogging or freelance seems like a good idea to me. I've added what I find to be a rather attractive slideshow of some of my favourite books/movies/music at the top and bottom of this blog, as well as a "my favourites" widget. If you find the slideshow to be annoying, you can just click on pause and it will stop scrolling. And as I have time, I might go through and put in amazon links to books and films that I've reviewed in previous posts. (Update: I've also started working on a "
bookshelf", that shows off some of my favourite books and provides links to them.)
I also run a wordpress blog, which i post on more often, but they don't allow advertising, so I might have to start posting more often here on this long neglected one!
Anyway, dear reader--if there are any dear readers left--I hope the monetization of the blog doesn't annoy you, and if you do see a book you have been wanting to read displayed here, clicking through and buying on Amazon will give me 4% of what you pay!
Cheers, T-C
5 comments:
hello, what i am about ask you is big. see i grew up in nigeria there was this one book we had to read in JSS 1 0r was it 2 but anyway it was set in the north part of the country. see i am Yoruba but that book was the best we read in that class. i forgot the name of it but summary it about a girl making a journey from her village to go to school is she follow by two other girls who are related to her. on the way the meet three boy each having a sort romance with them. the journey that make was on truck. you know one of those cow trunk that see traveling on interstate highways in Nigeria. well except this one is full of people and there is accident. and the boy the main character likes get the scale of head removed. i am desperate i looking for this book because i was my true first exposure to good writing and it remain in my mind. but it been a while so i forgot the name and i have for almost 9years and i am twenty now. pls help if you know what i am talking about. thank u god bless
hi, i grew up in Nigeria too. i was wondering if can help me. there was this book which we had to read in JSS 1 or 2. it was set in the north Nigeria. it is about a girl who traveling from her village to go to school in place far away. following her is two girl relate to her on their on one of those cow trunk that one sees on interstate highways Nigeria but instead of cow it people. they three boys who that sort have a romance with. there is an accident where the boy the main character as a crush get his scale blow off. i can not remember the name of the book but i remember the story. this story introduced to good writing and complex characters. it has a special place in my heart and i am desperate to find it. if know please let me know. thank you god bless
hi, i grew up in Nigeria too. i was wondering if can help me. there was this book which we had to read in JSS 1 or 2. it was set in the north Nigeria. it is about a girl who traveling from her village to go to school in place far away. following her is two girl relate to her on their on one of those cow trunk that one sees on interstate highways Nigeria but instead of cow it people. they three boys who that sort have a romance with. there is an accident where the boy the main character as a crush get his scale blow off. i can not remember the name of the book but i remember the story. this story introduced to good writing and complex characters. it has a special place in my heart and i am desperate to find it. if know please let me know. thank you god bless
hi, i grew up in Nigeria too. pls help it was set in the north Nigeria. it is about a girl who traveling a trunk from her village to go to school in place far away. following her is two girl relate to her. they three boys who that sort have a romance with.there is an accident where the boy the main character as a crush get his scale blow off. i can not remember the name of the book but i remember the story. this story introduced to good writing and complex characters. it has a special place in my heart and i am desperate to find it. if know please let me know. thank you god bless
Tobi, I think the book you are talking about is The Virtuous Woman by Zainab Alkali, and I love that book!! It's my favourite of the Zainab Alkali novels I've read I believe it was published by Longman (?) I could be wrong, but I bought a bunch of copies as gifts a few years ago at Modern bookshop in Jos or Castro Bookshop across the street. It should be available elsewhere too.
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