Ask HN: how can a small book suggestion site make money?

[vain]

I made a site this weekend, foxblot.com that recommends amazon books based on tweets. The obvious extension is to make it a facebook app too. But what are ways I can make this profitable? I am looking for suggestions that do not involve a lot of work, as I can only dedicate time on weekends.

related post with functional details: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4212994

[Natsu]

The most obvious approach would be affiliate links. I'm not sure that it would be the best, however.

[vain → Natsu]

foxblot does use amazon affiliate links

[petercooper]

The creator of http://anynewbooks.com/ is an HN regular - so hopefully he'll comment - and that service is similar to yours. I'm pretty sure he only uses Amazon affiliate links to make it pay.

[aristus]

Check out http://hn-books.com/ created by this forum's own DanielBMarkham

[vain]

have spent some time tweaking the algorithm for relevancy.

the thing that i find most annoying at this point is the slow speed