This is the introduction in what will be a series of posts on making money hod about books and ebooks. My intent is to do about ten posts covering starting a blog, building traffic, and earning money through affiliate programs and selling advertising. The e-publishing revolution is making this a great time to be a book blogger. That said, you can certainly apply these tactics to a personal blog where you only mention books some of the time. Ultimately, though, what kind of blog you want is up to you. Affiliate marketing is essentially the internet version of working on commission. A tracking ID is embedded in the links, so you get credit for any sales that originate from your blog.