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You can always bounce the links off of your server first to avoid this affiliate hijacking that Pinterest & others do. Post a link to a page on your server that has a javascript redirect to the affiliate page. This fools the Pinterest bot that follows shortened links looking for http redirects to affiliate URLs.

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I don't think this is allowed any longer on amazon and will probably get you banned. I'm not sure though

http://www.groovypost.com/news/amazon-associates-bans-url-sh...

Interesting. The bit that they are talking about is this:

"In addition, you must not use a link shortening service in a manner that makes it unclear that you are linking to an Amazon Site"

First, your own server is (arguably) not a link shortening service as long as you don't offer that service. Second, if you were really worried about it, you could register a domain for your site called, for example, forwarding-you-to-amazon.com or fantastic-amazon-deals.com, link to it, forward from there. It seems to me that this would be compliant. That couldn't be any more clear that people are going to Amazon.com.

So dumb for not doing this.

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