A note about something that’s been in the works. I’ve joined the affiliate programs of two established Christian retailers, which means that before long, the work pages in the research catalog will link out to editions you can actually buy — sitting right alongside the free public-domain texts.

Two partners are lined up. Christianbook.com, one of the largest Christian booksellers around, for general titles across nearly every tradition. And ChurchSource, good for study editions and church resources. I’m waiting on approval for both.

I continue to build toward an inventory of great books will be available directly from exchanged.store. But until then, I have decided to start offering links to books at other retailers. These links will live right in the research area so you can buy without moving to the store side of the website. Each work available from a partner will display a Buy button on the work card below the timeline. Clicking the Buy button will take you to the work page, and a click there will take you to the partner site to purchase. I hope this will make the process of going from “I found a book to read” to getting that book much easier for you.

Here is how that helps. When you buy a book through one of these links, exchanged.store earns a small commission — a few cents on the dollar, paid by the retailer, at no extra cost to you. That’s it. The price you pay is the same as it would be if you’d walked in the front door on your own. What the commission does is keep the lights on here while we build toward the longer goal of carrying our own inventory. Every purchase through a partner link is a quiet vote for that future, and I’m grateful for it.

None of this touches the free texts. The public-domain works we find and link to are free, they’ll stay free. The partner links are simply there for those of you like me – I just prefer a hard copy book.

I’ll let you know as the links go live across the catalog. For now, we just wanted you to know they’re coming, and why.

B.F. Adams