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Lend an eBook to a friend with Amazon’s Kindle Book Lending Program (Writer, Reader & Retailer Perspectives)

by T. W. Seller | Jan 4, 2011 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews | 2 |

Some really exciting news out of Amazon in the last few days: You can now let a friend borrow one...

Amazon lets Associates get referral credits when they advertise Kindle books. . . again.

by T. W. Seller | May 3, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Social Networking and Blogging | 1 |

So the Kindle is big news so you’d think that Amazon Associates members would be raking in...

Changes to eBay Bucks reward program: variable earning rate for big retailers?

by T. W. Seller | Mar 22, 2010 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 4 |

I am a member of the eBay Bucks reward program and I am a big fan of it as a member and as a...

On the heels of banning Twitter, eBay Partner Network says no to Facebook referral links

by T. W. Seller | Feb 11, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Social Networking and Blogging | 2 |

The problem with Facebook ads has long been that there isn’t a good way to track conversions so I was using an eBay Partner Network link on a specific Facebook Ads campaign specifically so I could see how many conversions...

Seller Circle Scrolling eBay Gallery Widget is no longer free

by T. W. Seller | Feb 2, 2010 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 1 |

In the highly competitive world of free scrolling gallery widgets for the bottom of your eBay listings, I had earlier expressed my preference for Seller Circle. They used to offer several slick choices all of which were free and...

eBay Store Referral Credit to be discontinued after March 30, 2010

by T. W. Seller | Jan 26, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 4 |

eBay announced a lot of big changes today and I covered most of them here. But they snuck in something else that was easy to miss as it was buried in the FAQ on another page. Will the Store Referral Credit continue after these...

Amazon ups the royalty rate for Kindle publishers to 70%

by T. W. Seller | Jan 21, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 0 |

This goes out to all those people who sit there on the Amazon forums and complain about how...

Is being busy just a state of mind?

by T. W. Seller | Dec 9, 2009 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 5 |

This happens very often to me. I call a friend I haven’t talked to in ages and the friend immediately apologizes for not having called me first as she/he has been “so busy.” Heck, I am busy too so I never...