[alexott]

please, generate it yourself (without looking into this list) and track how much time you need to do this...

I've compiled this list long time ago as an article for Russian FP journal, and it takes relatively much time to track new books, obtain them (paying myself or get through Safari Online), read or at least briefly go through it, and write a short review...

P.S. regarding the referral money - don't think that it generates a ton of money - it's barely enough to buy one inexpensive book per year...

[jacques_chester]

I'll second this. I review books on my blog[1] and set it up so that visitors can choose whether or not to follow the referral link or a non-referral link.

About 2/3rds of people follow the referral link.

Out of the several thousand pageviews and several hundred clickthroughs, I've accrued a grand total of about $60.

Unless you have thousands of clickthroughs, or you spruik products with high impulse value, Amazon referral links are not very lucrative.

[1] http://chester.id.au/book-reviews/

[eru]

You can get review copies for free from most publishers. (Though, if you are making decent money as a programmer, that's probably more effort than just buying the books.)

[alexott]

Yes, I sometimes receive the books from publishers, but the main resource is time :-(