“Amazon Won’t Remove My Book! Are They Violating My Copyright?”

“Amazon Won’t Remove My Book! Are They Violating My Copyright?”

Anybody with an Ingram account (like the resellers listing it on Amazon) can pick up Ingram’s feed, and can list the book for sale on Amazon, or anywhere else, including sites like ebay. By the way, I checked and your book IS for sale on Ebay as well.

Many of those resellers have thousands of books for sale and they really don’t care if a book is later inactivated. They also don’t appear to care about the accuracy of their listings since there are countless errors appearing on Amazon.

I Whatsapp-ed My Boss, and Got My First $500 Writing Contract! by Elizabeth Wangare

I Whatsapp-ed My Boss, and Got My First $500 Writing Contract! by Elizabeth Wangare

Roughly one year ago, I officially left employment to engage in personal pursuits. As a multi-potentialite, I often find myself doing everything and this is how I started. However, within a few months, I started getting requests from my friends for writing work and eventually decided to focus on freelance writing. On the 2nd of […]

REWRITING EXECUTIVE PROFILES?! LinkedIn’s Largely Untapped Goldmine! By Kevin MacConkey

REWRITING EXECUTIVE PROFILES?! LinkedIn’s Largely Untapped Goldmine! By Kevin MacConkey

Take one look through your LinkedIn connections and their profiles and it becomes increasingly clear how bad some people are in the English language. Someone should help these folks and straighten out their grammar and their, they’re, there’s.
What I’ve figured out through some inquisition and experimentation, is that most business people would gladly pay to have us professional writers rewrite their profiles and even ghostwrite their published posts for them.

WritersWeekly Trivia Contest Question for 10/13/2016

WritersWeekly Trivia Contest Question for 10/13/2016

Question for 10/13/2016: According to last week’s issue of WritersWeekly.com, what was Mason wondering if it was legal to eat?  Send your answer through the contact form here. You must be a WritersWeekly.com subscriber to participate in the weekly contests. Subscribe (it’s free!). NOTE: ONLY ONE WINNER PER HOUSEHOLD PER CALENDAR QUARTER, PLEASE. THIS WEEK’S […]

We’re OUTTA Here! Trekking To Tennessee In Search Of Fall!

We’re OUTTA Here! Trekking To Tennessee In Search Of Fall!

Each year, we grow weary of the Florida heat, and get homesick for a real fall. We are departing early Saturday morning, and will not return for two weeks. And, this year, we’re not only taking our dog, Coco, but we’re taking our cat, Rambo, as well. Nobody was available for kitty-sitting and we would […]

From Backpacker To Travel Writer By Sue King

From Backpacker To Travel Writer By Sue King

Travel has been a lifelong passion of mine. I have worked at a variety of jobs from cleaning houses to office administration to save up for my backpacking adventures. On return from my travels, I found myself applying for the same dead end jobs. I took on mundane work in order to squirrel away enough […]

BookLocker Was My Gateway For Landing A Traditional Contract WITH an Advance! – By Michael Brian Murphy

BookLocker Was My Gateway For Landing A Traditional Contract WITH an Advance! – By Michael Brian Murphy

Fortunately, I found BookLocker, who published NLD From the Inside Out in both POD and ebook formats, with a generous royalty rate. Angela and Richard and their whole team provided excellent customer service: helping me navigate all the pitfalls of a novice author, and even went to bat for me when Amazon.com started causing problems for publishers