Why partner with us?

With thousands of independent booksellers worldwide selling millions of books, visitors can easily find the books they want. Whether you’re adding links to a price comparison site, shopping portal, blog or personal site, you can make extra revenue by referring buyers to new, used, and rare books from around the world with the AbeBooks.com affiliate program.

We offer:

  • 5% commission rate
  • 90 day cookie tracking
  • API availability
  • Committed account management
  • Access to more books than any other marketplace

Program Terms:

Commission rate is 5% and is paid on all book purchases up to $500. For example, if a book is sold through an affiliate link for $700, we pay the affiliate their commission percentage for the first $500 of that purchase. A premium partner commission is available for high performance affiliates with proven sales.


If you are a new AbeBooks affiliate, please check out our short PowerPoint presentation on all the linking options and tools available to you.

Introduction to AbeBooks' Affiliate Tools