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Content and media

Kindle book browsing site with affiliate links

Built a better way to browse Kindle books and earns affiliate fees when visitors buy.

At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
Category
Content and media
85% sure
x
Earns from
Affiliate
96% sure
x
Startup cost (estimate)
Under $100Low confidence
48% sure
x
Time it takes (estimate)
Hands-off
81% sure
x
Where
Online
99% sure
x
Coding
Needs coding
95% sure
x
Source
Hacker NewsComment by Bravais in “Ask HN: Are you working on any side projects that make "small/passive" income?”, March 24, 2011

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