Browsing the blog archives for May, 2009

5 reasons why I’m leaving your blog or website and not coming back

The title of your blog post was catchy enough that I clicked on the link. But as soon as I get to your page, I immediately leave after only a few seconds, never click on another of your links and sometimes even unfollow you on Twitter.
Here’s why:

Your website is talking to me or playing [...]

Publishing on the Amazon Kindle: easier and faster than I could have ever imagined

While I have done some coverage about publishing on the Amazon Kindle before, I had very little personal experience with it as I neither own a Kindle nor had I published anything on their platform.
Well I had to take the plunge recently with my newest book and I am pleased to say that publishing on [...]

I would’ve prefered my book hadn’t been selected for listing on Amazon.com’s Marketplace, Lulu

In the musical The Producers, there is a very funny part when a choir of obnoxious sounding old ladies start to sing over-the-top back up to what Nathan Lane is singing and he turns to them in despair and pleas as only Nathan Lane can, “Don’t help me.”
That is exactly how I felt when [...]

Sellers: How do you deal with overpayments?

One of the things I have always found to be a bit of a sticky subject is overpayments. A buyer buys several items from me and the shipping calculator gives them a combined shipping quote that is far more than actual shipping costs.
Now, I have a warning on nearly all of my listings saying, [...]