Earn up to 20% recommending books you actually love.
HANDS runs a grassroots affiliate program for book reviewers, bookstagrammers, BookTok creators, bloggers, and anyone with an audience that trusts their reading recommendations. Word-of-mouth is how books find their readers — and we pay for it accordingly.
Earn 10% on every sale you refer through your affiliate link — on any book in the HANDS catalog, from day one.
Earn 20% on select books when you’re an active affiliate — meaning you review at least one book per month and maintain your participation in the program.
Amazon pays book affiliates 4% at best — and often less. If you’re already recommending books to your audience and linking to Amazon, you’re leaving the majority of your referral value on the table. HANDS pays 5 to 10 times more per sale on the same recommendation.
Pick books you want to read
Browse over 40 titles across science fiction, crime fiction, paranormal horror, westerns with romantic elements, and more at handsdp.com/shop.
Get any book at no cost
As an affiliate, you receive complimentary copies of any titles you choose to review. Read or listen for free before you recommend anything to your audience.
Share your honest opinion
Post your review on Goodreads, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, your blog — wherever your audience is. Negative feedback goes directly to the author for improvement; positive feedback goes public.
Get paid on every referral
Share your unique affiliate link. When a reader buys through it, you earn 10% — or 20% if you’re active. No minimum threshold, tracked automatically.
40+ books across four genres.
Every book in the HANDS catalog is human-written and human-narrated. You can read or listen to the entire catalog in your preferred genres — free, as part of your affiliate membership.
Browse the full selection at handsdp.com/shop
Staying active in the program.
- One review per month minimum — on any book of your choice, in any format.
- Positive reviews go to your platform of choice — Goodreads, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, your blog, or anywhere your audience follows you.
- Negative feedback is sent directly to the author — not posted publicly. It’s genuinely useful for improving the book and completely valid participation.
- No minimum audience size — we care about genuine recommendations, not follower counts. A trusted voice in a small community is worth more than a hollow post to millions.
- Active affiliates earn 20%. Let your review cadence slip below one per month and you revert to the 10% base rate until you’re active again.
This is word-of-mouth at scale. HANDS is a grassroots effort to compete with the marketing infrastructure of Amazon — the same company that uses book profits to send wealthy tourists to space. If you recommend books and you’d rather your referrals support human authors and narrators directly, this is for you.
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Ready to start earning?
Read the terms, browse the catalog, and apply. If your audience trusts your recommendations, this is for you.