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“It seems wrong that this seller is allowed to do this. Is there anything I can do about it?” YEP!!!
Once I was alerted, I started reading and I could NOT STOP! I sent the link (see below) to my employees, and told them to fire up the microwave popcorn. It is THAT LONG and THAT BAD!!
Over the past dozen years, I’ve done at least thirty presentations where I have sold my books to attendees. And, I also get paid to speak! How do I do it? Keep reading!
“One of the groups I mentioned in the show wants to license my book and include their name on it…”
Check out the signature at the end, along with the links about that person. Of course, that person is NOT who sent this email…
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The only thing these companies are good at is emptying authors’ wallets.
It made no sense to any of us in the industry why Amazon (through Book Depository) would charge more for books.
Author responses that made my eyeballs roll back in my head…
