Awe…. First Carnival!
We took Max to his first carnival / fair last night. He could NOT stop talking about the “rowrrrr coaster!”
Response to Amazon.com Best Seller Program / John Kremer Series of Articles
After we ran last week’s article, we received a record number of letters from readers…
Letters To The Editor For August 10th
This Week:
- Record Number of Letters Received About the Amazon.com Best Seller Program!
- Victoria’s Press Release Class
- Kudos
One-time, Low, Low Introductory Rate! By Pamela White
Each weekday brings a pack of mail from banks offering me and mine low introductory rates that are meant to pull us in so we’ll commit ourselves, right before the rates go up.
Need Co-authoring Contract
I was recently contacted by an agent concerning my first book that I have written. I wrote the book but did receive ideas, comments and critiques from one of my friends during weekly brain storming sessions. We have a friendship agreement to split any profits 50/50, minus expenses, I have but I feel like I need some type of contract signed before I send out my proposal to the agent later this week. I was wondering if there was a website with example contracts I can pull from and get this taken care of.
A Dream Come True By Penny A. Zeller
“Please get your shoes on, Girlies. Mommy has a mail drop to make before 5:00!” I help my two small daughters put on their tennis shoes, grab my stack of manila envelopes, and head out the door.
Whispers and Warnings For August 10th
This Week:
- Anonymous posters to a blog operated by Independent Newspapers Inc. – Sued for libel
- “Inside Edition” / Viacom Inc. – Wins anti-wiretapping, fraud and trespass lawsuit over hidden camera
- Rocky Mountain News Deputy Editorial Page Editor – resigns after allegedly lifting passages from a website
- The Lawrence Journal-World – Settles With Woman Who Got Robbed After Error in Ad
- Random House / Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code – Win plagiarism lawsuit
Getting Ready To Head Out Again!
We’ve finalized our itinerary for our next big RV trip. We’re once again taking our family and business on the road. We’ll be running our business from campgrounds that offer wireless Internet access and have plans to visit most of our relatives and many old friends along the way on this trip. We’re leaving Maine on August 19th. It usually starts cooling off in Maine in late August so we’ll be heading west and south in just the niche of time!
Amazon.com Best Seller? Ha! – Part II
Ah, but what a kettle of controversy we stirred up with last week’s article. In case you missed it, we came out publicly against those so-called “Amazon.com Best Seller” programs, which are very good at taking money from hopeful authors while teaching them how to manipulate the Amazon.com best seller database, thus giving the false impression that their book is any good and is selling in great numbers. Basically, these programs teach you how to get a bunch of people to buy your book on the same day, around the same time, making your book, albeit for just a few minutes or hours, an Amazon.com Best Seller in a certain category. You then get to say your book is an “Amazon.com Best Seller.”
Letters To The Editor For August 3rd
This Week:
- No Social Security Number Until Contract Offered!
- Amazon.com Best Seller? Ha!
- From A Friend In Argentina