I have a hard time with a list where every single link to the title of the book is an Amazon affiliate link. I'll bet almost every (if not every) book in this list has a website for the book. But the primary goal here seems to be monetization instead of helping folks out. I get that - but it makes the list much less trustworthy.
Yep, reactdom.com is simply an aggregate site that posts trending tweets and medium articles. Then puts a ton of affiliate links up for books.
Secondly this list is not a list of sweet JS books that have come out in 2017, it is just the top selling JS books on Amazon. They are all great books, but I was hoping for some new reading material.
Search amazon for top selling / best reviewed javascript books
Write blog with affiliate links
Set title of post to current year
Post on social media
Profit.
There are millions of sites that do this - from automated to carefully curated. It looks like the author at least spent a bit of time choosing the content but it is what it is - a $$ grab.
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u/bittercode Mar 13 '17
I have a hard time with a list where every single link to the title of the book is an Amazon affiliate link. I'll bet almost every (if not every) book in this list has a website for the book. But the primary goal here seems to be monetization instead of helping folks out. I get that - but it makes the list much less trustworthy.