Here is what I’ve been reading from February 4th through March 14th.

• Save Millions: E-Commerce Best Practices: Magic of Free Shipping – (March 14th)
• Chief Promises a ‘New EBay’ and Talks Up PayPal – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com – (March 11th)
• Google Checkout fees are chaging – (March 11th)
• Vendable » Blog Archive » Customizing the Vendio Platform – Some helpful info on customizing the new Vendio stores (March 10th)
• How to use Twitter to promote your e-book or paper book—and build professional and personal relationships, perhaps the biggest benefit | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home – (March 9th)
• The Kindle App for the iPhone–It's a winner for authors and buyers alike. | PublishandSell.com – That's what I said! (March 8th)
• Just another reason I don't like checks and money orders | The Collectors Site – This one I am sharing for the comedy factor. I think any of us that take money orders feel poor Cliff on this one. (March 8th)
• World of Good now available on the US Program – This is cool news. You can direct buyers to World of Good and make money doing it. It's a nice way to direct people towards doing some good and getting some cold hard cash in return. (March 8th)
• Introducing the eBay Green Team | eBay Ink – (March 8th)
• Take a Tip. Share a Tip. – Google Moderator – Tip Jar is a collection of money saving tips submitted and ranked by the web community. (Oh and powered by Google) (March 8th)
• WordPress › Plugin Wonderful « WordPress Plugins – A wordpress plugin for adding Project Wonderful to your blog without having to edit the code! (March 8th)
• Get off the Small Business Roller Coaster : Bizzia – (March 5th)
• March 2009 eBay Seller News – Dutch Auctions being retired for good, free shipping advantages are being extended and some revamping coming to reporting for sellers (March 5th)
• Kindle for iPhone review – (March 4th)
• Vendio Not Just For eBay Any More | Red Ink Diary – (March 4th)
• Will Google Buy Twitter in 3 Weeks? – (March 4th)
• Hey eBay, Say Hello to Bonanzle – BusinessWeek – (March 3rd)
• WWdN: In Exile: a few self-publishing resources – (March 3rd)
• How will Auctiva Commerce be different? – Topic Powered by Eve For Enterprise – (March 3rd)
• Adjix: Adjix2Twitter Embed Ads – Adjix decides to be more like Magpie. They make me sad. (March 3rd)
• Conversation Agent: Top 10 Reasons Why Your Customers are Being Difficult – A good read for anyone running a business! (March 2nd)
• Response to Email Asking About Selling on Bonanzle | The Collectors Site – (March 2nd)
• Do You Do Business on eBay? Top eBay Twitter People You Should Follow NOW! – John from colderICE covers the top 12 people (13 if you count him) people that you should be following on Twitter if you sell on eBay (March 1st)
• EBay, German Police Battle Fakes as Court Fights Loom – (February 27th)
• EXCLUSIVE!!! Lesson Learned: AUCTIVA Calls ColderICE & Puts Out The FIRES!!! – Great interview with Auctiva by ColderICE (February 26th)
• Philadelphia e-Commerce Examiner: Part Three eBay Alternatives: Don't believe the hype! – More on the Bonanzle Action Club (but this time not mentioning them by name) (February 23rd)
• Part One eBay Alternatives: Don't believe the hype! – In light of all the Bonanzle Action Club debate this week, this is an important read! (February 19th)
• I Do NOT Negotiate With Terrorist: Dealing With Feedback Extortion on eBay – This is really a fantastic, short, sweet and to the point about dealing with feedback extortion but in the end its an important message about customer service in general (February 18th)
• eBay: Pictures Fee Changes 2009 – eBay: Unlimited free pictures in Collectibles, Art, Antiques and Pottery & Glass categories starts 2/18 (February 12th)
• FOX Sports on MSN – MLB – Fresno woman's rare baseball card nets $64,073 – Remember that woman with the rare baseball card? She sold it on eBay after all and got a pretty penny! (February 12th)
• My Blog Utopia!: Half.com Comes to eBay! – (February 12th)
• The Swivet: Self-promotion or, Warning: being a published author means you are entering a whine-free zone. – Great article for writer, self-published or not. Stop whining and PROMOTE your work! (February 4th)

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Here is what I’ve been reading from January 27th through February 2nd.

• Podcasting Your Novel: Publishing's Next Wave? – TIME – (February 2nd)
• SEOmoz | The Best Spam Submission Ever – I think every eBay seller past or present will get a big laugh out of this one! (January 30th)
• Publishing in the 21st Century: No, I Haven't Read Your Book, But I've Seen the Video – (January 29th)
• Post Office May Drop Delivery One Day Per Week — GenuineSeller – I know this will cause a lot of problems but this is not the worst idea, especially if it keeps costs low (January 28th)
• eBay UK to Launch New DSR Reports and Pay-Per-Click Ad Program – (January 28th)
• The Definition of a Twitter Snob – Jayson T Cote : Jayson T Cote – Are you a Twitter Snob? (January 27th)
• Auction site count, Keep track of the number of listings on auction sites – Ever wonder how many users are on eBay and the eBay alternatives? A really handy chart. (January 27th)

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Here is what I’ve been reading from January 22nd through January 26th.

• eBay Makes FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” Ranking for 2nd year in a row » eBay Ink – (January 26th)
• My Blog Utopia!: Bonanzle Closing in on 1 Million Listings – (January 26th)
• Limits for Beauty and Pleasure – Bonanzle – (January 26th)
• ***FAQ and User Guide Available for My eBay*** – For those of you having trouble, this may help! (January 25th)
• My Blog Utopia!: Change is in the Air at ChannelAdvisor – (January 25th)
• How to Track Twitter Clicks and Get Conversion Data – (January 22nd)

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Here is what I’ve been reading from January 8th through January 20th.

• VintageMeld.com – (January 20th)
• Twitter May Have Found Its Business Model – ReadWriteWeb – (January 15th)
• Amazon Payments Blog: You spoke, we listened – Callback API is now live with Checkout by Amazon! – (January 15th)
• Written any good e-books lately? Smashwords can help : News-Record.com : Greensboro, North Carolina – (January 15th)
• Amazon New Claims Process Encourages Communication with Sellers – (January 14th)
• Twitter Author List! – Wondering if your favorite write/author is on Twitter? Here is a list of them broken down by genre. (January 14th)
• Consumer sued for negative online review | Marketing/Ecommerce Research – "What I intensely dislike is when consumers air their grievances without first communicating with the merchant (properly) or embellish the severity of the situation to the point of downright lies. These people can do massive harm to a business. The pen, digital or otherwise, can indeed be mightier than the sword." (January 13th)
• Day in the Life of An American Woman in Business: Is it YOUR Business? – I couldn't agree more! Enough with the negativity! If your business isn't working it's not eBay, Bonanzle or Amazon's fault. Look at what you are doing and adjust, its YOUR business! (January 13th)
• Facebook vs Twitter – (January 12th)
• Yahoo, you are going to do what? – Online Marketing at John W Ellis .com – (January 12th)
• Dawdle Blog: You Have No God-Given Right To Your Business Model – This article is really a must read for any writer or blogger (January 12th)
• 10 Great Implementations of Facebook Connect – (January 12th)
• Small Box Blog- Web Design and Internet Marketing: What Went Wrong With Digg? – Has Digg jumped the shark? (January 11th)
• eBay's CEO Makes Naughty List – Auctiva Learning Center – Nobody like John Donahoe. No, really! There are like facts and stuff to back it up! (January 9th)
• Jigsaw is a Really, Really Bad Idea – Yeah so Jigsaw is one of the spam email harvesters but, legal. Creepy! (January 8th)

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Here is what I’ve been reading from December 23rd through December 30th.

• Novelists Inc, or Ninc, Proposes Fee On Used Book Sales; Bad For Authors, Bad For U.S. Economy | Matthew Wayne Selznick – Even as a writer I have to oppose this one! (December 30th)
• Micro Persuasion: Re-Tweets Comprise Two Percent of All Twitter Volume – (December 30th)
• Twitter as a Terrorist's Tool? – Washington Post Investigations – (December 30th)
• Twitter / Tips, News & Status: ☼ WHO'S HERE? Twitter stat … – My brother told me that he pictures Twitter as a bunch of geeky middle aged men and me. Who knew he was right? (December 30th)
• Project Wonderful Talk – Unofficial Project Wonderful Bidding Engine – Want to make the most of Project Wonderful? Download this free bidding assistant to Auto-Bid on inexpensive ads whenever they are made available. (December 23rd)

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Here is what I’ve been reading from December 18th through December 21st.

• 7 Things to Do with your Blog when you take a Vacation – This is a really helpful (and timely) article! (December 21st)
• MySpace v. Facebook Advertising Showdown. Which Platform Is Better? – (December 21st)
• The Daily Follow — Because who you read is as important as who you know – This is a cool blog. Each day they feature someone that you should be following on Twitter, kind of like a personality profile. (December 18th)

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Here is what I’ve been reading from December 8th through December 13th.

• HarperCollins puts books on the Nintendo DS — Boing Boing Offworld – Boing Boing – Some really cool potential for publishers and writers here! (December 13th)
• eBay, VeRO and the Scientologists – Tom Cruise and the Scientologists are trying to block the sale of e-meters on eBay? This sounds like something out of science fiction! (December 11th)
• Fast-Fingered Domain Squatters Flip Bush Library URL For $35K – Is it wrong that when I read this article I felt nothing but admiration for the people who turned the quick profit? (December 11th)
• The Complete Guide to Creating Effective Square Banner Ads – This article is basically recommended reading for anyone who advertises online. In addition to giving you lots of examples of what works and doesn't work in banner advertising, it also review some common ads to see how they could be improved. Really useful stuff! (December 10th)
• Read Wikipedia offline install on windows desktop | Blog Solute – This is a really interesting idea, though I am not sure that I would personally have a use for it as I am always "plugged in" but a small download allows you to read Wikipedia without have access to the internet (December 9th)
• E-Commerce News: E-Commerce: Amazon: Armed to Beat the Recession – (December 9th)
• Chispa's Shorts – 10 Reasons to be Antisocial – This list is like the curmudgeon's guide to social marketing. Here are reasons to NOT engage in social media. (December 9th)
• Stand Out! « The BrandBuilder Blog – This is a really great blog post that is a must read no matter what you do. On the web, mediocrity kills! Make yourself stand out in some way or you'll never make it. Great stuff! (December 8th)
• Driving Traffic to Your Websites – Some of these strategies sound a little shady (correct broken links to other sites with your own link?) but some are decent (December 8th)
• Hot Products this Holiday Season – Unlike my more general list last week, here is a list of exact products (December 8th)
• Nine Big Things in ‘09 – If blogging is supposed to be dead, how come it made this list, hmmm? (December 8th)

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Here is what I’ve been reading from December 2nd through December 7th.

• Preoccupations – In Hard Times, Fear Can Impair Decision-Making – NYTimes.com – (December 7th)
• The Essential Time-Saving Guide for Busy People | Zen Habits – Some really great tips here, especially for the holidays when everyone is going nuts (December 7th)
• Cyber Monday Second-Best Day Ever for Online Retail – wooha! (December 7th)
• eBay Guides – 2008 Post Office Postal Ship Mailing Delivery Deadline – After much searching I finally found a nice, simple version of these dates. Dear USPS, why couldn't you make a page like this instead of that flash nightmare on your site? (December 7th)
• eBay Diamonds not quite sparkling : TameBay : eBay news blog and forum – Diamond sellers aren't perfect? Say it isn't so! (December 2nd)

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Here is what I’ve been reading from December 1st through December 1st.

• Northern Colorado Beer Examiner: Twitter is the new beer pub – (December 1st)
• Black Friday? Cyber Monday? Green Monday? Just Shop, Dammit, Shop! | Indecision2008 | Comedy Central – (December 1st)
• How to get the Etsy sales you want – Written for Etsy sellers, this article has some great tips no matter where you sell (December 1st)

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Here is what I’ve been reading from November 17th through November 21st.

• eBay Page Views Drop Off Dramatically in October – (November 21st)
• ***Update: 100% New My eBay in the New Year*** – Oh, must they? Incidentally, not a great photo of Ms. Renée VonBergen (November 20th)
• 15 Tips for Writing Effective Email | ThinkSimpleNow.com – This is a really awesome email with some great tips for anyone who uses email (duh, all of us!) (November 20th)
• How to get oversized items delivered : TameBay : eBay news blog and forum – (November 17th)
• 181 Free Twitter Buttons, Badges, Widget and Counters to Help You Find Followers – This is a fantastic list of all the different Twitter toys available for your website. A lot of really great ones! (November 17th)
• Lulu Holiday Shipping Deadlines – Looking to order something from Lulu as a gift? Using Lulu to sell your content? Either way, you should look over their list of holiday deadlines to make sure that your order will get there on time. (November 17th)

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Here is what I’ve been reading from November 13th through November 17th.

• eBay Sellers: Have you considered ‘Shill Buying’? : Dan Wilson : eBay expert, social networking, online community, ecommerce, stuff – This seems like a terrible idea to me. The basis of this is to buy your own items with another account to raise your own Best Match rating. (November 17th)
• USPS News Release: Economy-Driven Mail Volume Decline Contributes to Postal Service $2.8 Billion Year-End Loss – No wonder they are rasing rates! (November 17th)
• Vendable » Blog Archive » Get Exposed – Inside the eBay Recent Sale Score – This makes my head hurt (November 13th)

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Here is what I’ve been reading from November 5th through November 7th.

• Lulu Site Highlights | Lulu Blog – Price changes, publisher grade paper, new Bulk prices and more! (November 7th)
• Value Based Pricing Starting November 1st for All Publishers (eBay Parnter Network) – (November 7th)
• WordPress › Twitterdoodle « WordPress Plugins – This is a really interesting plugin. Create posts or pages on your WordPress blog based on keyword searches in Twitter. For instance, everyone talking about eBay today or everyone talking about movie posters (November 7th)
• How to Improve Your Blog When You Don’t Have Computer Access – This is really handy for long bus rides or other trips when you have no computer. Just because you aren't plugged in, doesn't mean you can't work on your blog! (November 7th)
• Obama Stimulus Plan in Effect | Indecision2008 | Comedy Central – A little comedy. The daily show's take on the Obama papers selling for big bucks on eBay (November 7th)
• Amazon Seller Support Blog – (November 6th)
• Upcoming eBay Holiday Marketing Promotions – Coupons and cashbacks and LiveSearch, Oh My! (November 6th)
• Vendable » Blog Archive » eBay Announcements can be hit and miss – I find this as well. Sometimes they overexplain something simple to death and then fail to tell us that something major is broken. (November 6th)
• Conversation vs Broadcasting on TWitter – There are some great tips here for using Twitter as a networking tool. Specifically, talk with rather than at people. (November 6th)
• Small-Business Owners Lobby to Cut Credit Card Fees – NYTimes.com – I wouldn't mind lower fees a lot of places but, for us, the credit card is only for earning points. We don't carry a balance and, as such, don't even get charged any fees. But for some of you, this may be of interest. (November 6th)
• Doing Business on eBay Alternative for a Buck a Month – Sell for only a dollar a month? Sounds great but are there buyers? That's the deciding factor for me. (November 6th)
• Schedule Future-Dated Twitter Tweets » TweetLater.com – Want to Tweet even when away from your computer? Tweet Later is here to help! (Frankly, I'm surprised someone took so long to create something like this. (November 6th)
• eBay Strips out Descriptions on Listings Sent to Google – Hmm, maybe its worth the extra hassle of using the Google Store Connector afterall! (November 5th)
• The Savvy Seller – Online Auction Education: Branding & Marketing Tips with Debbie Levitt, CEO of As Was – If you have a chance, this is one podcast you don't want to miss! (November 5th)
• Something Smells Bad with eBay's PayPal eCheck Glitch – Uh Oh! Haven't experienced this yet myself but it sounds bad! (November 5th)

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Here is what I’ve been reading from October 27th through October 31st.

• My Blog Utopia!: Improve Your Customer Service this Holiday Season! – (October 31st)
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• Sellers Gaming eBay's New Shipping and Handling Caps – Well, you had to know this was coming. . . (October 31st)
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• My Blog Utopia!: A First Look at the eBay AdCommerce Program – (October 31st)
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• My Blog Utopia!: Interesting New Website HandMeDowns.com – (October 31st)
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• Bulk Editing a Breeze with Bonanzle Batch Editing – (October 31st)
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• Another Diamond PowerSeller Sighting in eBay's Tool Category? – (October 31st)
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• All About Etsy FAQ Series: Etsy 2008 Holiday Marketing – (October 31st)
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• Halloween at Lulu | Lulu Blog – Just for fun! The Lulu staff show off their Halloween costumes! (October 31st)
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• Magpie | Twitterer – Monetize your Twitter feed? Hmm (October 31st)
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• More than 1,000 online merchants offer eLayaway as a payment option – A great idea in today's economy! (October 30th)
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• eBay Shipping Calculator Malfunctions then Breaks Completely « TheBrewsNews – Oh brother! (October 30th)
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• My Blog Utopia!: Where the Hell is Pierre? – Randy (and a lot of people) want to know where eBay founder Pierre Omidyar is while the company makes all these changes (October 29th)
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• Introducing eBay In Demand » eBay Ink – Haven't tried this out yet but this looks really interesting. . . (October 29th)
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• Ultimate Guide to Selling Toys on Ebay | Mom2Mom Lounge – Some great advice for casual eBayers (and parents!) looking to make a few extra bucks this holiday season (October 28th)
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• eBay Strategies: eBay's new 'no paper' policy FAQs – A great overview of answers to some of the Frequently Asked Questions about the new no paper payment policy (October 28th)
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• McCain Claims Surrogate Meg Whitman 'Founded' eBay; Actual Founder Is Obama Supporter Pierre Omidyar – Pst. Um, McCain. Meg Whiman didn't found eBay, FYI (October 28th)
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• New eBay Detailed Seller Ratings (DSRs) Effective November 3 – eBay makes some changes to the much hated DSR system (October 27th)
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Here is what I’ve been reading from October 20th through October 24th.

• Home Truths for eBay Sellers : Dan Wilson : eBay expert, social networking, online community, ecommerce, stuff – I love this article. There are some hilarious quotes in it. This is like all "Why I Still Love eBay: The Smackdown Version" A great read! (October 24th)
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• The Vintage List: Surviving the New eBay – Tips for Vintage Sellers – What I like about this article is that theya re saying the same things I have been saying. Collectibles are still selling like hotcakes and use an insert to bring up your DSRs! (October 23rd)
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• John Donahoe Quotes – a Year in Review — GenuineSeller – Why does a part of me feel like this is reading a page of funny Bush quotes? (October 22nd)
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• Current Seller Promotions at a Glance – Handy! (October 20th)
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• Project Wonderful | Is It Worth Your Time & Space? | The Net Fool – If AdSense and eBay got into a bad car wreck, the result would be Project Wonderful (October 20th)
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• eBay To Institute Global Ban on Ivory Sales » eBay Ink – Love to see eBay making the right moral decision on this one! (October 20th)
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• Vendable » Blog Archive » Easy eBay DSR Fixes – it makes me feel pretty good that I am already doing nearly everything on this list. Whew! (October 20th)
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• Movie Profiles & Premiums � Blog Archive » Help! I Can't Find Anything on eBay Anymore! Okay, Here's What You Do - – How to find things on eBay (October 20th)
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• My Blog Utopia!: The eBay Pinks Have Left the Building! – Oh noes! They fired the eBay pinks! (forum moderators) (October 20th)
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• eMoviePoster.com Founder Talks about Decision to Leave eBay – PowerSeller Bruce Hershenson discusses his decision to leave eBay (October 20th)
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• eBay Competitors Take a Lesson – Traffic is king – Long Live Traffic « Trading Assistant Journal – (October 20th)
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Here is what I’ve been reading from October 17th through October 19th.

• eBay Strategies: A glimmer of hope for feedback, yet DSRs are still a shaky Jenga tower – (October 19th)
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• Save eBay and PayPal Fees – List on Kijiji and Show up for FREE on eBay « TheBrewsNews – How to circumvent eBay fees, legally! (October 17th)
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• eBay Strategies: eBay's Q3 and what it means for sellers – I of II – (October 17th)
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