I would find a follow-up post discussing the numbers re: Amazon Affiliate click-through and purchase rates from a story hitting the front page of HN more interesting than yet another "here is a list of books that you should read" post, or is that a little too meta?
https://plus.google.com/112493031290529814667/posts/LvhVwngP...
(this link is from a story that just recently made the frontpage on hacker news)
Eric, how's the affiliate marketing going?