This is so sad, but not at all unexpected
What the media aren’t telling you about Jamal Khashoggi
“He had become the darling of western commentators on the Middle East. With almost two million Twitter followers, he was the most famous political pundit in the Arab world and a regular guest on the major TV news networks in Britain and the United States…”

Journalists are courageous. And, sometimes that costs them their lives.
Bulgarian journalist who reported on EU corruption, found raped and murdered
“Marinova had worked at the Ruse-based TV station TVN as a reporter. She had hosted a recently-launched program, interviewing investigative journalists about alleged corruption between businessmen and politicians
involving EU funds.”

Jeff can afford it…but YOU will end up paying in the end
The Post Office wants to raise the fees it charges Amazon and other shippers
“The U.S. Postal Service has proposed a 9 to 12 percent increase to the shipping service used by Amazon.com.”

Is a reckoning coming for the Walmart of the Internet?
Break up Amazon before it does any more damage to America
“When did we become The United States of Amazon?”

7.625 STRATEGIES IN EVERY BEST-SELLER - Revised and Expanded Edition

At this moment, thousands of would-be authors are slaving away on their keyboards, dreaming of literary success. But their efforts won’t count for much. Of all those manuscripts, trade book editors will sign up only a slim fraction.

And of those titles--ones that that editors paid thousands of dollars to contract, print and publicize--an unhealthy percentage never sell enough copies to earn back their advances. Two years later, most will be out of print!

Acquisition Editor Tam Mossman shares seven essentials every book needs to stay in print, and sell!

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