Amazon links are how the site earns
Right now, Amazon affiliate links are the only way BookendsAI earns money. If the site helps and you are going to buy one of these books anyway, using our link is an easy way to support it.
How BookendsAI earns and handles reader data.
BookendsAI is meant to stay calm, useful, and free to browse. This page explains the affiliate links that support the work and the deliberately small amount of reader data the site keeps.
Recommendations still come first
Affiliate links do not decide which books we recommend. The page still has to be useful, specific, and honest about who a book is for.
The required note
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. We also aim to place short, clear disclosures near buy links when they appear.
Reader data, kept deliberately small
BookendsAI does not need an account or a behavioral profile to help you choose a book.
No account required
You can browse guides and the Atlas without creating a profile or handing over an email address.
No email, cookie, or visitor ID
We collect bounded page and search signals to find broken results and missing guides. The Worker removes email addresses and URLs from search text, and an optional reply email is excluded from analytics entirely.
Contact for 30 days, note for 180
A note you intentionally send is stored as editorial input. Optional email is removed after 30 days and the full note after 180 days through a scheduled cleanup.