Affiliate Disclosure
How we earn money, and why it never changes what we write.
WellNarrated is reader-supported. Some of the links on this site are affiliate links, which means that if you click one and start a free trial, subscribe, or make a purchase, we may earn a small commission — at no extra cost to you. The price you pay is exactly the same whether you use our link or not.
Who We Partner With
We participate in the Amazon Associates Program and its audiobook services, including Audible. When we link to a title with wording like "hear it free with an Audible trial" or "listen on Audible," that is an affiliate link. If you sign up or buy through it, we may receive a referral commission or bounty.
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Why This Does Not Affect Our Reviews
This is the part that matters most, so we want to be completely clear about it.
Our affiliate income does not depend on what we say about a book — only on whether you find a title worth trying. A review we write is exactly as honest whether we are praising a book or warning you away from it, and the affiliate links are identical either way. We earn nothing extra for a positive review, and we lose nothing for a critical one.
Because of that, we have no incentive to inflate a rating or hide a flaw. In fact, our entire value to you depends on the opposite: if our reviews were not honest, you would stop trusting our recommendations, and the affiliate model would collapse. Telling you the truth — including which audiobooks are not worth your credit — is not just our editorial principle; it is also the only version of this site that works.
What We Never Do
We do not accept payment from authors, publishers, narrators, or retailers in exchange for a review, a positive review, or a higher rating. We do not let affiliate relationships decide which books we cover or how we score them. And we do not disguise advertising as editorial content.
How Links Are Marked
Affiliate links on book pages are accompanied by a short note — "Affiliate link — we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you" — so you always know when a link supports the site. Our outbound affiliate links also use the appropriate technical tags recommended for sponsored links.
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For more on how we work, read our Editorial Policy and Review Methodology.