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The Best Italian Pasta Books

2008-06-13T21:49:00.001-07:00

A good English language pasta book is hard to find. Sounds silly doesn't it, after all there are so many of them on the market.
Ten years of living in Italy and being married to a wonderful Italian chef (also a great lady) has helped me to realize that most of the pasta cook books on the market are not at all "authentic."
The pasta dishes in Italy are just so wonderful and so varied but so few cook books reflect this. Something is always missing or the recipes have been changed greatly from the real Italian original. To illustrate my point, did you know the Pasta Alfredo does not even exist in Italy and neither does deep pan pizza.
Well getting back on track, my wife and I have kind of developed a pet project. We have vetted a whole bunch of books to find those that truly capture the real Italian cuisine. Many of these books reflect Italian cooking in general (see the link at the bottom of the page for details) and not just pasta. But when it comes to great English language books exclusively about pasta there is one that all pasta lovers should have handy in the kitchen. No doubt you already have it if you love cooking pasta, it is a real classic. The book is: Everyday Pasta.
Very well written and presented, our edition of this book is so well used that it is now very dog-eared. The recipes are ideal for that quick dinner or light lunch. They are easy to follow, very simple and yet they are really delicious. Some are very slightly changed from the original Italian recipes but most are 100% authentic. I love the Capellini Piemontese and the Fried Zucchini but there are many many more great dishes.
Everyday Pasta will sort you out with a good deal of pasta recipes but there is so much more to Italian cooking and my next article will be about a really special book with hundreds of quite magnificent recipes.
If you would rather not wait you can visit:
http://www.my-italy-piedmont-marche-and-more.com/italian-food-books.html
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Which Are The Best Books on Italy?

2008-06-13T21:48:00.002-07:00

I have read literally thousands of books about Italy. I moved to Italy ten years ago, both before and since moving here I have been a voracious reader of all things Italian.
Since I moved to Italy many of my friends and family, not living in Italy, have asked me for tips on which books I would recommend they read. I have noticed people normally tend to ask me for advice on three types of book in particular. These are as follows:
1) Good travel guides for an upcoming vacation to Italy.
2) Eating like an Italian - which books really share the authentic recipes and cuisine of Italy.
3) The best travelogues, books in which you feel that you are right there in Italy.
One important caveat is that many books I read before moving to Italy do not reflect the reality of Italy. Many of the cook books don't reflect authentic Italian cooking, many of the travel books don't reflect the real Italian lifestyle.
The books I have selected are the real thing. Page after page you will find yourself transported into another world. A celebration of the extraordinary quality of life in Italy. I can assure you that the Italy you will experience in these books is little known but it is 100% genuine.
This is my first article on the subject and my first pick is the book:
The Lead Goat Veered Off
Definitely my best book about Sardinia, travel or otherwise. If you read just one book about Sardinia read this one. The book tells a very humorous tale of a three month bicycle trip around the island. Very successful at conveying a real taste of life on Sardinia - I really laughed myself silly.
If you would like to see my other picks visit:
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What You Need To Know About The Weight Watcher Complete Cook Book!

2008-06-13T21:48:00.001-07:00

If you are a considering both your weight and nutritional health then the Weight Watcher Complete Cook Book (s) can be a very valuable tool. Weight Watcher Complete Cook Books have had numerous version released over the years, with changes in recipes and the changes to match their Weight Watcher Diet Programs. This article will offer an objective review of the Weight Watcher Complete Cook Books, detailing its advantages and disadvantages and whether or not it will be useful to you.
As mentioned in the introduction there are several version of Weight Watcher Complete Cook Books available, some even date back far enough to be currently out of print. They generally come in the form of a significant number of recipes (500, give or take), which are often based in handy loose-leaf binder. The recipes you will find in the Weight Watcher Complete Cook Book, no matter what version you are using, are extremely varied and cover a whole gamut of sauces, breads, soups, meats, chicken, fish, and vegetarian entrees, pasta, vegetable, grain, and potato side dishes, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, deserts. The meals and recipes in the book are based around healthy and nutritional principles, however they are not so different from many of the favourite foods you may already enjoy as part of your diet. The inclusion of familiar foods in the Weight Watcher Complete Cook Book includes; Pizza, Oven “Fried” Chicken, Beef Stew, Tuna Noodle Casserole, Chocolate Cake and much more. There is also a great number of incredible International inspired recipes that have been adored by customers worldwide. Thus the Weight Watcher Complete Cook Book’s certainly have quality and quantity in terms of recipes, however it is the nutritional focus that differentiates it from your everyday cookbook.
The best feature of the Weight Watcher Complete Cook Book’s, and all Weight Watcher Cook Books, is the nutritional breakdown that is provided with each recipe. Used generally as the basis for the Weight Watcher Program (particularly the Weight Watcher Points Plan), the Weight Watcher Complete Cook Book focuses on recipes that a tasty and nutritional by giving the dieter a review of the nutritional elements in each recipe (inc. the total Weight Watcher Point Value of the meal). The breakdown in the Weight Watchers Complete Cook Books includes details of the calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrate, fibre, protein, and calcium, as well as the Weight Watcher Points. The Weight Watchers Cook Book’s are extremely balanced providing recipes for all types of dieters, whether you are a busy single professional who only has time for a quick after-work meal, or a house-wife (husband) who wants to prepare a nutritional dinner for the a family of four, this book has it all.
In addition to the bulk quality of the Weight Watcher Complete Cook Book’s there are also several little features that are very beneficial:
- handy tips for use of leftovers
- the inside scoop on how Weight Watchers tamed calories and fat, while maintaining tasty meals
- helpful hints for getting meals on the table faster
- basics of related Weight Watcher Plans
Now some of the negatives for the Weight Watcher Complete Cook Book. While the nutritional breakdown is extremely useful for dieters, the Weight Watcher Point Values will only be relevant if you have an understanding of the points, and generally if you are taking part of a Weight Watcher Point System plan. Furthermore many of the older versions of the Weight Watcher Complete Cook Books are now outdated due to changes that have occurred in the points system employed by Weight Watchers as the plans have changed. If you are planning on purchasing a Weight Watcher Complete Cook Book as a supplement to your Weight Watcher Plan it is recommended you ensure that it relates to the current plan you are on.
Therefore if you are after a Weight Watchers Complete Cook Book it is certainly a choice that will provide your cooking with a variety and taste equal of any cook book on the market, while also looking after your weight and health. However if you are using the Weight Watcher Complete Cook Book to supplement your Weight Watcher Plan then it is very important to ensure the version you purchase matches the plan you are currently under.
Tobius Whitman is an expert in the feild of Health & Nutrition with a special focus on Weight Loss. He has an extensive knowledge and experience with the Weight Watcher Program, particularly the Weight Watcher Point Calculator and as a result has produced several detailed reviews regarding the products Weight Watchers offer.
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New News From Old Cook Books

2008-06-13T21:47:00.000-07:00

Vintage cook books are catching the eyes - and dollars - of customers. For some, vintage cook books are a trip down memory lane, a chance to recreate childhood recipes. Other customers are interested in food history. Avid cook book collectors may buy a cook book for one recipe only.
Old cook books, the ones our mothers and grandmothers used, have things to tell us. "The Victory Cook Book," published in 1943, is a good example. The title page tells you instantly what the book is about. "Wartime Edition," the page declares, "With Victory Substitutes and Economical Recipes for Delicious Wartime Meals."
The key words for Americans in the thoes of a war were "substitutes" and "economical." This cook book told them how prepare store food and home grown food. Cooks were told how to render the fat from meat, which was put in cans and turned in to local butcher shops. Hard as it is to believe, this fat was made into explosives.
A large section of the book is devoted to menu planning. Doughnuts, cookies, and pancakes were to be eaten only after you had eaten "wholesome foods." Meat was eaten in small amounts. Sweets were to be eaten in moderation and "The Victory Cook Book" recommends eating salad for dessert.
Meat was scarce during World War II the chapter on meatless meals must have been very helpful. Just reading a dinner menu can make you feel full. A sample dinner menu includes chilled fruit, stuffed tomatoes, parsley potatoes, creamed asparagus, pumpkin pie, and milk. If that didn't fill you up nothing would.
School cafeteria menus continued the fruit and vegetable theme. A sample lunch menu menu includes brown bread sandwiches filled with cottage cheese, a thermos of cocoa, applesauce, and graham crackers. Today's kids would probably strike if their school cafeteria served this food.
The point is, there's no mention of a double cheeseburger, giant order of fries, or supersized soda pop. What is the "new" news in this old cook book? It's eating fruit and vegetables, things that can help us to feel fit and live longer lives. This news could help to reverse the obesity trend.
According to government statistics 65% of Americans are overweight. Many Americans are eating double or triple servings of food and it shows. Go to a mall and you'll see people who are waddling, not walking, people who are at risk for heart disease and diabetes. Some Americans are literally eating themelves to death.
Maybe it's time to return to the foods recommended in "The Victory Cook Book." We can plan meals around fresh fruit, vegetables, whole grains, small servings of meat, and few sweets. The best news of all is that fresh vegetables and fruit taste really good.
The next time you go to a used book store or are on the Internet, look for vintage cook books. Find books that feature fresh fruits, vegetables, and vegetarian meals. Look for brand name cook books and booklets, too. You may be surprised at their "new" and healthy news.
Copyright 2006 by Harriet Hodgson
http://www.harriethodgson.com
Harriet Hodgson has been a nonfiction writer for 27 years and is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. Before she became a health writer she was a food writer for the former "Rochester Magazine" in her hometown of Rochester, MN. Her 24th book, "Smiling Through Your Tears: Anticipating Grief," written with Lois Krahn, MD is available from http://www.amazon.com A five-star review of the book is also posted on Amazon. You'll find another review on The Ameican Hospice Foundation website under the "School Corner" heading.
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Let Your Imagination Run Wild - Try to Read Science Fiction Books

2008-06-11T23:18:00.001-07:00

I never really thought of my dad as a science fiction buff, but if you go into his house you will notice that almost all of the books he has are science-fiction books. He has a few on the history of Egypt, and some on geology and world history, but most of them are science-fiction. Though most people did not get into the Lord of the Rings series until just recently with the release of the movies, these books have been favorites of my fathers since I was young. In fact, I remember him trying to get me to read these books when I was 12 years old.
I have personally never had a huge interest in science fiction books. This is not because I do not like science fiction, it is because most of the time I just prefer to read something else. I am more of a romance reader. Though many say that romance is not exactly intelligent reading material, I really don't care. I get enjoyment out of them and that is all that matters. Romance is not the only thing I read, and I will admit that there are a few science fiction books in my house. However, they tend to be something that I read once and put away. I may have enjoyed the story very much, but they are not something that I choose to read over and over again like many of my romance books.
The great thing about science fiction books is that they are possibly the most open type of reading you can do. Other genres rely on facts and reality. Though you can run your imagination in many different directions when you are writing fiction, you have to keep things based in some sort of reality. When you write science fiction books the sky is the limit. Anything that you can imagine can be done within that type of book. Perhaps this is part of the appeal of this type of story.
When you are teaching your children to read and to enjoy books, I would suggest that you urge them to read a few science fiction books along the way. I would also urge you to introduce them to almost every type of book out there. The wider their selection of reading when they are younger, the better off they are going to be later on. Most people cannot appreciate something until they have tried it. If your children have to read science fiction books for book reports, they are going to enjoy the experience all the more because you have encouraged them to keep an open mind while reading.
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Understanding Nazi Germany - Why it Happened

2008-06-11T23:17:00.000-07:00

If you would like to have more than a cursory understanding of Nazi Germany and why it happened I recommend the following course of action.
For starters read a history of Germany starting from medieval times to WWI. Learn about such people as Frederick the Great, Bismarck, and the German philosophers. Try and get an understanding of the German mindset. Don't forget to read about German 19th and early 20th century royalty. Learn how they are related to the British royal family.
Read books on WWI. Gain an understanding on why Germany was defeated.
You are now ready to read a biography on Adolf Hitler, try John Tolland's two volume book. You may want to read about some of the other Nazi leaders. You might want to read Mein Kampf although so many find this book boring you can learn about what Hitler was planning.
Read The Rise and fall of the Third Reich or some later books on the same subject. Learn how the Nazis came to power. Try and find out what was happening in Germany to allow the National Socialists to come to power and launch the world into WWII.
There is no shortage of books written about the Nazi era. Try and find some books written by Germans as to what happened. Get their viewpoint. Why did many Germans think that Hitler was the solution for Germany's problems?The events leading up to WWII are a sad but interesting time of the 20th Century. History does not repeat itself but there are many parallels.
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How To Look For Baby Books

2008-06-11T23:16:00.001-07:00

Look for Books! The books that you pick to read with your child is very important. If you aren't sure of what books are right for your child, ask a librarian to help you choose titles.
Introduce your child to books when she or he is a baby. Let her/him hold and play with books made just for babies: board books with study cardboard covers and thick pages; cloth books that are soft and washable, touch-and-feel books, or lift-the-flap books that contain surprises for your baby to discover. Choose books with covers that have big, simple pictures of things that she/he sees every day. Don't be upset if at first your child chews or throws a book. Be patient. Cuddling with the child as you point to and talk with great excitement about the book's pictures will soon capture her interest. When your baby becomes a toddler, she will enjoy helping to choose books for you to read to her.
As your child grows into a preschooler and kindergartner, the two of you can look for books that have longer stories and more words on the pages. Also look for books that have repeating words and phrases that she can begin to read or recognize when she sees them. By early first grade, add to this mix some books designed for beginning readers, including some books that have chapters and some books that show photographs and provide true information rather than make-believe stories.
Keep in mind that young children most often enjoy books about people, places, and things that are like those they know. The books can be about where you live or about parts of your culture, such as your religion, your holidays, or the way that you dress. If your child has special interests, such as dinosaurs or ballerinas, look for books about those interests.
From your child's toddler years through early first grade, you also should look for books of poems and rhymes. Remember when your baby heard your talking sounds and tried to imitate them? Rhymes are an extension of that language skill. By hearing and saying rhymes, along with repeated words and phrases, your child learns about spoken sounds and about words. Rhymes also spark a child's excitement about what comes next, which adds fun and adventure to reading.
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Do You Read at Home with Your Children? 10 Ways to Make It Better

2008-06-11T23:15:00.001-07:00

When you read at home with your children you are building a foundation that will help them throughout their lives. Here are 10 suggestions to get you started on the right foot:
1. As soon as you bring that little one through your door you can start to read at home. Pick books that have simple pictures and bright or high contrast colors. Make sure that they can handle being eaten as well.
2. When you read at home with your baby or child, cuddle up. Sit them in your lap or by your side so that they will feel close to you and comfortable. This makes reading even more enjoyable.
3. Once your child is old enough to choose, let them pick which books you read at home-even if it is the same book every night-a familiar book makes them feel secure.
4. Put your child’s books where they can reach them easily. This is one reason the books should be sturdy. If your child feels free to handle the books they will be more likely to want to read at home-and other places as well.
5. You should read at home in front of your child. Read books, magazines, newspapers and any other material. This will set the example that reading is enjoyable and important to you.
6. Read out loud during everyday activities. When you are reading a recipe, when you are reading instructions for a game, or when you are reading a funny comic strip in the paper-this gives your child another example of reading and its usefulness.
7. Continue to read at home no matter how old your children are. It not only gives you time to share with your child; it models correct reading style and how to use your voice when you read. Let them read to you as well.
8. Include the whole family when you read. Have family discussions about books and other reading material. You can also have one on one reading time.
9. Make it fun. Use funny voices and gestures to bring the characters in a book to life.
10. Make a plan. You should schedule time for family reading every day. Children love routine and they will quickly make this an important part of their daily routine. It doesn’t matter when you do it, it only matters that you do it.
Give your children the gift of reading.
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Would You Prefer Heavy Or Light?

2008-06-11T23:14:00.001-07:00

Have you often set aside a book to read on a plane or on Holidays? And when you finally finish it, you enjoyed it so much you want to keep it. So then you have to lug-it all the way home again. This has just happened to me recently over the Christmas holidays, so I really know how it feels.
Every Christmas it is a tradition in our family to give books as “Santa Clause” presents along with a box of Chocolates. So we all have something to read while still enjoying everyone’s company. This has certain drawbacks though if you are the one travelling.
The alternative of not having a book at all to read when travelling strikes me with fear of total boredom. This is a worse scenario than having to haul a heavy book around.
So now I have found a ‘light’ book. In fact, the books are so light they are carried in my MP3 player. What a relief!
My MP3 player is usually with me anyway since the day I bought it. It weighs very little and can ‘carry’ a wide assortment of music and books of different genres that interest me. I download teleseminars and audio books so I’m never without something to ‘read’ by listening.
This is such a time-saver and weight saver that I can’t thank Samsung and books-that-talk enough. My shoulders thank them, my brain thanks them and the security personnel at airports thank them.
Now I never have to take a long time separating my goods and chattels to be cleared through security checkpoints at Airports. I breeze through while others are still re-packing bags and books.
And there are no “beeeeeps”!
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Audio Books - 10 Frequently Asked Questions - Part 1

2008-06-11T23:13:00.001-07:00

My friends and colleagues consider me as the audio books expert. They tell their friends that they know an audio books expert and the outcome is that I keep getting dozens of audio books questions and inquiries each day. I have decided to gather the most frequently asked questions for everyone’s benefit.
Here are the top five frequently asked questions about audio books (and the answers of course):
1. Are there free audio books? How do I get them?
In one word: NO. In two words: Not exactly. Depends of the type of audio book you are looking for (downloadable audio book are cheaper than the other types), and the audio book title (new audio books cost more), you could find low cost audio books.
I believe that one should pay for each product or service he gets. Yet, you could find free audio books mostly by signing up for the free trials most of the online audio book services give you.
2. What is better – Audio books rental or audio books buying?
I personally prefer audio books rental. Mostly because of the price – I read a lot of audio books and it will simply cost too much to buy them all. However, audio books that I really like, Ones that I want to listen to time after time, I buy and keep them on my audio books library.
Yet, I have friends who are more possessive – they are not willing to rent audio books and they must hold a remarkable huge audio book library.
3. What do you suggest – downloadable audio books, audio books on CD or books on tape?
Well, that’s a tough question. Basically, I believe that the most worthy audio books format nowadays is downloadable audio books. You must own a media player (e.g. Ipod) to listen to it. Yet, it costs less than the others and has a better quality.
However, the widest collection of audio books could be found on the audio books on CD format. If you want to listen to old books you will find them only on CDs. I do not recommend getting books on tape (also known as audio books on cassettes). They are expensive, low quality and not user friendly.
4. When can I read audio books?
The answer is - Anytime and anywhere. Here are a few examples: While cooking, cleaning the house, exercising, running, walking, driving, flying, before going to sleep, commuting, working etc.
5. Are audio books expensive?
Audio books are not expensive at all. In fact, Downloadable audio books are very cheap – they cost much less than real books and renting them is the most worthy deal. Audio books on CD cost about the same as real books and books on tape are the most expensive ones.
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Let's Read! The Benefits of Reading to Your Children

2008-06-11T23:12:00.001-07:00

Parents, when you help your children learn to read, you help them open the door to a big, exciting world. As a parent, you can begin an endless learning chain like this: You read to your children, they develop a love of stories and poems, they want to read on their own, they practice reading, and finally, they read for their own information or pleasure. When children become readers, their world is forever wider and richer.
Studies have shown that children that are read to on a consistent basis begin to develop both communication and thinking skills at a much younger age than children that aren’t read to on a consistent basis. In addition, those skills continue to progress and develop much more rapidly in children that are read to consistently. This progression of skills will continue as long as you spend quality time reading with them.
Children appreciate the quality time you spend with them reading books and enjoy good stories as well!
Here are some things you can do to make sure you get your daily readings with your children:
Read aloud to your children: books, newspaper and magazine articles, the back of the cereal box, labels on cans, or directions – anything with appropriate printed material on it is
Read poems aloud together to learn about rhythm and repeated sounds in language.
Point to the words on the page when you read. Move your finger from left to right.
Listen to your children read homework or favorite stories to you every day.
Go to the library together and check out books. Be sure to ask the librarian for good books or to help you find what you need.
Have books, magazines, and papers around the house, and let your child see that you like to read, too.
Encourage older children to read to younger children.
Help experienced readers talk and write about what they read.
Develop a quality nighttime ritual of reading a few books with your children.
Remember, giving your children a head start in life requires spending time with them – and part of that time should be spent with a good book!
(some information for this article provided by FDA Consumer Magazine)
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Hurricanes a Good Time to Read a Book

2008-06-11T23:10:00.002-07:00

Do you have a stack of books to read but between the job and all the other factors in life you just cannot seem to find time to read? Well consider if you will reading by candle light when the power is out for 4-6 weeks with nothing to do? Consider the aftermath of a large Category Hurricane comes thru your town?
Consider a massive Hurricane Season like the 2005 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season where the authorities call for mandatory evacuation every other week? Well with the water off and power and some dried food, no not Pop Tarts only. I mean real food, you might be able to stick it out with one-gallon of water a day and figure a maximum of 4-6 weeks. How many books could you read in that amount of time?
Well your entire stack and then some I bet? How is that for a fast way to catch up on all your writing? Hurricanes are a Good Time to Read a Book or a Library for that matter? Consider possibly having a stack of books to keep you from going stir crazy during the next Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season.
You may want to pick just one author and read their whole series back to back that is one way to do it? Or perhaps you have several favorite authors and you can simply read them in a certain order? Either way having a stack of books to read to prevent being bored or going insane might just be what you need. Think on this in 2006.
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Should You Read "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson?

2008-06-11T23:10:00.001-07:00

Does it make sense to read books by the top Internet Entrepreneurs of the World? Well if you are an Internet Entrepreneur or you make money online then sure it does. I too am a fan of the fluidity of information flow that the Internet provides. The Internet is one of the greatest communication tools ever created for the Human Race.
I believe this is a very apropos book for any Founder of an Internet Company or small online businessperson to read. I will pick up a copy myself, because this is a very good recommendation of a book to read and it provides a glimpse of the direction of information flow.
It makes sense to see into the minds of the Google folks to anticipate the Road Ahead, which is another great book to read. I think if someone is serious about the Internet and running a successful business then they need to read all the books of all the Leading Companies that survived the .Com bust and just kept going.
There are some great books out their from the founders and Presidents of Ebay, Amazon, Cisco Systems, Oracle, IBM, Intel, AMD, Microsoft, HP, Apple, Dell, etc. and I have learned a lot and found pearls of wisdom in all of them. I therefore recommend that you do read Chris Anderson's book; The Long Tail at your earliest convenience. Consider all this in 2006.
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Winning

2008-06-05T02:17:00.001-07:00

Product Description
Jack Welch knows how to win. During his forty-year career at General Electric, he led the company to year-after-year success around the globe, in multiple markets, against brutal competition. His honest, be-the-best style of management became the gold standard in business, with his relentless focus on people, teamwork, and profits.
Since Welch retired in 2001 as chairman and chief executive officer of GE, he has traveled the world, speaking to more than 250,000 people and answering their questions on dozens of wide-ranging topics.
Inspired by his audiences and their hunger for straightforward guidance, Welch has written both a philosophical and pragmatic book, which is destined to become the bible of business for generations to come. It clearly lays out the answers to the most difficult questions people face both on and off the job.
Welch's objective is to speak to people at every level of an organization, in companies large and small. His audience is everyone from line workers to MBAs, from project managers to senior executives. His goal is to help everyone who has a passion for success.
Welch begins Winning with an introductory section called "Underneath It All," which describes his business philosophy. He explores the importance of values, candor, differentiation, and voice and dignity for all.
The core of Winning is devoted to the real "stuff" of work. This main part of the book is split into three sections. The first looks inside the company, from leadership to picking winners to making change happen. The second section looks outside, at the competition, with chapters on strategy, mergers, and Six Sigma, to name just three. The next section of the book is about managing your career—from finding the right job to achieving work-life balance.
Welch's optimistic, no excuses, get-it-done mind-set is riveting. Packed with personal anecdotes and written in Jack's distinctive no b.s. voice, Winning offers deep insights, original thinking, and solutions to nuts-and-bolts problems that will change the way people think about work.

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High on the "Stories from Utopia" bookshelf This is a pleasant to read book that unfortunately has (almost) nothing to do with corporate reality. A better title for it would have been "Winning in Utopia". Admittedly, I don't have 40 years experience but I changed tack a couple of times yet never found a corporation where Jack's word come even close to describing how it works. Reasoning in "game theory" terms makes me think the vast majority of companies are very, very unlike what Jack describes. Jack himself inadvertently gives this away when recounting the story of the Q&A session with about 5000 HR professionals. In Utopia, the Chief HR sits right next the CEO, but when asked about their companies, only a few out of 5000 Real World Chief HR officers rise their hands acknowledging to having such a privileged position. I am most willing to admit that GE is an exception (that's probably part of why it's one of the most valuable companies in the world). In the Real World, "candor" gets you stabbed and killed. Because most aspiring leaders know that, nobody takes the risk. Perfoming solidly might earn you "chits" but you can easily squander a year of solid performance by candidly speaking out one truth that proves inconvenient to your boss. On the other hand, sucking up to your boss consistently earns you large amounts of chits with less risk. Bosses are human too, they can't help but be pleased when flattered. In big organizations from the real world, middle managers feel like small cogs, the interests of their immediate boss are much closer to them than those of the distant and fuzzy concept of "Acme, Corp.", the company they are working for and which pays their salaries. Moreover, bosses have bosses too, so promoting "energetic, energizing, edge, execute, passionate" people would involve needless risks. Much better to promote their chums, guys that "get it", made in their image, loyal as they themselves are loyal to their own bosses. When you think of it, this is a proven system, it was called "feudalism" and thrived for several centuries. In our modern world it's the system that makes the various mobs (Cosa Nostra, Camorra, N'drangheta, etc.) compete so successfully. Admittedly, it doesn't work so well when there's fierce competition, but then you can still call on the politicians to protect your industry, which is what happens most of the time ... So, read this book but for your own sake, make sure you are working for an Utopian company before trying to apply any of Jack's recommendations, or else you're a dead man and you won't be able to sue Jack for it ...
Clarifying Business This book can be largely digested by most people out there. You don't need an MBA to pick up on the points that Jack makes. His abrupt, simple-but-thoughtful and clear advice is refreshing and relevant. Very thought provoking and motivating.
Exceptional Business Advice This is exceptional business advice from a legendary executive. The content is straight forward and sensible, yet profound. Welch takes what can be hard-to-grasp concepts and translates them to layman's terms. It's sound advice for business professionals on all levels, from the manager running a department to the small business owner to the executive running a Fortune 500 company. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it to all managers, whether they're looking to improve themselves, their team or their company, or looking to take the next step in their career. -James Moreno San Fernando (Los Angeles), CA

Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

2008-06-05T02:09:00.000-07:00

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Now in its Fourth Edition, Kimmel, Weygandt, and Kieso's Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making has been tested and approved in the classroom. Whether you measure classroom success by improved grades, students who are better prepared for the Intermediate course and their future careers, or by student evaluations at the end of the semester, Financial Accounting delivers real results."If you are teaching a debit/credit centered financial accounting principles class there is not a better written or organized text. Believe me I have looked. The supporting materials for instructors [are] also terrific."--Nancy Snow, University of Toledo"The textbook is well written with good examples and homework problems. This book is easy to understand, but is rigorous in its coverage of accounting issues."--Paul Brazina, La Salle University, Philadelphia"Best presentation of material in the industry. In addition, Financial, Managerial and Intermediate all flow together for greater coverage and comprehension."--Vince Enslein, Clinton Community CollegeKey Features* WileyPLUS gives instructors the technology they need to create an environment where students can reach their full potential and experience academic success. www.wiley.com/college/wileyplus* New Accounting Across the Organization features place accounting issues within the context of students' majors.* Updated with expanded content on Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate Governance.* New Comprehensive Problems combine concepts across chapters.* A new Continuing Cookie Chronicle problem traces the growth of an entrepreneurial venture and enables students to apply their newly acquired accounting skills.* Identifies the tools students will need to make real business decisions.* Provides balanced coverage of the accounting cycle at a level that is appropriate to what students need in the business world.* Emphasizes the accounting experiences of real high-profile companies, such as Tootsie Roll, Microsoft, Nike, and Intel.

Customer Reviews
Excellent Book This is an excellent book. Each chapter starts with a real life example of the learning objectives that will be covered in the chapter. The concepts are explained in terms that are easy to understand and grasp. There are a variety of problems at the end of each chapter to reinforce the learning objectives. I would recommend this book to anybody who has little knowledge of accounting or someone who needs a refresher in the accounting principles.
No Code Included With Purchse Of "New" Text From Amazon Potential Buyers, If you are a student who is taking an accounting course and your instructor requires you to use the accompanying Wiley Plus website, do not expect to get a Wiley Plus, registration code with this product. I purchased the text "new" directly from Amazon for an accounting class I am taking and I assumed that I would recieve the registration code I needed; I assumed wrong as there was no registration code included with my book. If you do need the code for class and you do choose to buy this book from Amazon, you'll be best off buying the cheapest, used edition and going to the Wiley Plus site directly to get a standard registration code for around $60 dollars. Of Course keep in mind shipping costs may eat up any savings you'd get buying from Amazon in the first place! The 1 star review actually reflects my dissatisfaction with the description of this product on Amazon's site, and not the quality of the text. Happy Shopping!
accounting the book arrived a little later than i expected; but, it's a very helpful book if you want to go for accounting. the book's website is extremely useful.

The Key: The Missing Secret for Attracting Anything You Want

2008-06-05T02:08:00.000-07:00

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The secret key to unlocking our full potential-from Joe Vitale, high-profile contributor to The SecretThe Key reveals the ultimate secret of attracting wealth, health, success, happiness, or anything else that we want from life. From author and self-help guru Joe Vitale, The Key builds on his bestselling book The Attractor Factor, and goes beyond the mega-hit book and movie The Secret, which features Vitale.The Key shows how a person must first rid themselves of unconscious self-limiting beliefs if they want to reach their full potential and attain the things they say they want from life. Inside every person are "counter-intentions" that actually attract the things they don't want and prevent them from getting those things they do. The Key reveals ten proven ways to remedy the situation and end self-sabotage forever. For anyone who knows they can achieve more but doesn't know why it isn't working for them, The Key reveals the psychological and unconscious limitations that are holding them back. Like all of Joe Vitale's other bestselling books, The Key offers real, practical wisdom for anyone who wants to get more out of life.Joe Vitale (Wimberley, TX) is President of Hypnotic Marketing, Inc., a marketing consulting firm. He has been called the "The Buddha of the Internet" for his combination of spirituality and marketing acumen. His professional clients include the Red Cross, PBS, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, and many other small and large businesses. His other books include The Attractor Factor (0-470-00980-2), There's a Customer Born Every Minute (0-471-78462-1) and Life's Missing Instruction Manual (0-471-76849-9), all from Wiley.

Customer Reviews
inspirational Very inspirational book, I want this to work for me! Easy reading, definately explains more about the secret. Opens up self awareness.
Continuation of The Secret I agree with so many of the other reviewers that this is the next step up from The Secret. It delves more into the ideas and gives you numerous exercises to work on. Another book which gives you numerous exercises(recipes) and a great background on the Law of Attraction (The Secret) is [ASIN:1419674609 Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook]]. I especially enjoyed this for its easy reading written by a school teacher of 30 years. The way she writes is inspiring and I really feel I am being taught and I thoroughly understand the principles.
Some great clarifications and concepts If you are a fan of The Secret but have ever found yourself frustrated because you don't feel like you quite get the results you hope for -- this is a great follow-up book. Providing some further insights and answers to questions Joe Vitale is asked regularly, I had some definite "ah ha" moments while reading his answers. Other concepts are covered as well in an easy to read writing style -- I'd recommend it! Tara Reed, [...]

Economics

2008-06-05T02:07:00.001-07:00

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McConnell and Brue’s Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies is the leading Principles of Economics textbook because it is innovative and teaches students in a clear, unbiased way. The 17th Edition builds upon the tradition of leadership with three main goals: help the beginning student master the principles essential for understanding the economizing problem, specific economic issues, and the policy alternatives; help the student understand and apply the economic perspective and reason accurately and objectively about economic matters; and promote a lasting student interest in economics and the economy.

Customer Reviews
Great! Recieved the book as promised in the appropriate condition and was also shipped quickly too so I had it in time for my first class. VERY important! Thanks!
misssing book never received book; and never received feedback on several attempts. I will not conduct transactions with dagamemania44 in the future
Economics 17th edition I used this text in an Econ class last semester (my first in a few years) and this book was great. The summaries were helpful, there are several in each chapter instead of one at the end, that's very handy when you're looking for specific information. There are lots of charts to help with the formulas. My favorite areas included the chapters on Antitrust Policy and Regulation, Agriculture, Income Inequality, and the Costs of Production. Economics can be pretty dry subject matter, luckily I also had a lively instructor. Obviously as a student you don't get much say in which text you use, but this is a good one.

Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More

2008-06-05T02:00:00.001-07:00

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Praise For Zero Limits
"This riveting book can awaken humanity. It reveals the simple power of four phrases to transform your life. It's all based in love by an author spreading love. You should get ten copies of it——one for you and nine to give away. It's that good."—— Debbie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Light Chasers
"I love this book! I feel it will be the definitive personal-change/self-help book for at least a generation and viewed as a watershed event by historians. There is real potential for this book to start a movement that will end war, poverty, and the environmental devastation of our beloved planet."—— Marc Gitterle, MD, www.CardioSecret.com
"This book is like a stick of dynamite, and the moment you start reading, the fuse is lit.
It blows away all the complex and confusing success paradigms of the past and reveals a refreshing and clear path to transform your life with just one simple step. As you explore Zero Limits with Vitale, be prepared for a journey that is both challenging and inspiring beyond anything you've imagined."—— Craig Perrine, www.MaverickMarketer.com
"There are more than 6 billion different manifestations of human existence on the planet?and only one of us here. In Zero Limits, Vitale has captured the truth that all great spiritual, scientific, and psychological principles teach at the most fundamental level. Boil it all down to the basics and the keys are quite simple—— the answer to all life's challenges is profound love and gratitude. Read this book; it's a reminder of the truth and ability you already possess."—— James Arthur Ray, philosopher and bestselling author of Practical Spirituality and The Science of Success
"Wow! This is the best and most important book Vitale has ever written!"—— Cindy Cashman, www.FirstSpaceWedding.com
"I couldn't put it down. This book elegantly sketches what I've learned and learned about in twenty-one years of personal study, and then it takes it to the next level. If you're looking for true peace along with 'the good stuff,' then this book is for you."—— David Garfinkel, author of Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich
"Zero Limits is Vitale's adventure into the most mind-altering reading experience of your life."—— Joseph Sugarman, President, BluBlocker Sunglasses, Inc.

Guerrilla Marketing, 4th edition: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your SmallBusiness

2008-06-05T01:58:00.000-07:00

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When Guerrilla Marketing was first published in 1983, Jay Levinson revolutionized marketing strategies for the small-business owner with his take-no-prisoners approach to finding clients. Based on hundreds of solid ideas that really work, Levinson's philosophy has given birth to a new way of learning about market share and how to gain it. In this completely updated and expanded fourth edition, Levinson offers a new arsenal of weaponry for small-business success including* strategies for marketing on the Internet (explaining when and precisely how to use it)* tips for using new technology, such as podcasting and automated marketing * programs for targeting prospects and cultivating repeat and referral business* management lessons in the age of telecommuting and freelance employeesGuerrilla Marketing is the entrepreneur's marketing bible -- and the book every small-business owner should have on his or her shelf.

About the Author Jay Conrad Levinson is the author of more than a dozen books in the Guerrilla Marketing series. A former vice president and creative director at J. Walter Thompson Advertising and Leo Burnett Advertising, he is the chairman of Guerrilla Marketing International, a consulting firm serving large and small businesses worldwide.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. What Is Guerrilla Marketing Today?Marketing is every bit of contact your company has with anyone in the outside world. Every bit of contact. That means a lot of marketing opportunities. It does not mean investing a lot of money.The meaning is clear: Marketing includes the name of your business; the determination of whether you will be selling a product or a service; the method of manufacture or servicing; the color, size, and shape of your product; the packaging; the location of your business; the advertising, public relations, Web site, branding, e-mail signature, voicemail message on your machine, and sales presentation; the telephone inquiries; the sales training; the problem solving; the growth plan and the referral plan; and the people who represent you, you, and your follow-up. Marketing includes your idea for your brand, your service, your attitude, and the passion you bring to your business. If you gather from this that marketing is a complex process, you're right.Marketing is the art of getting people to change their minds — or to maintain their mindsets if they're already inclined to do business with you. People must either switch brands or purchase a type of product or service that has never existed before. That's asking a lot of them. Every little thing you do and show and say — not only your advertising or your Web site — is going to affect people's perceptions of you.That's probably not going to happen in a flash. Or a month. Or even a year. And that's why it's crucial for you to know that marketing is a process, not an event. Marketing may be a series of events, but if you're a guerrilla marketer, marketing has a beginning and a middle but not an ending.By the way, when I write the word marketing, I'm thinking of your prospects and your current customers. Nothing personal, but when you read the word marketing, you're probably thinking of prospects only. Don't make that mistake. More than half your marketing time should be devoted to your existing customers. A cornerstone of guerrilla marketing is customer follow-up. Without it, all that you've invested into getting those customers is like dust in the wind.Marketing is also the truth made fascinating.When you view marketing from the vantage point of the guerrilla, you realize that it's your opportunity to help your prospects and customers succeed. They want to succeed at earning more money, building their company, losing weight, attracting a mate, becoming more fit, or quitting smoking. You can help them. You can show them how to achieve their goal. Marketing is not about you. It's about them. I hope you never forget that.Marketing, if you go about things in the right way, is also a circle. The circle begins with your idea for bringing revenue into your life. Marketing becomes a circle when you have the blessed patronage of repeat and referral customers. The better able you are to view marketing as a circle, the more you'll concentrate on those repeat and referral people. A pleasant side effect of that perspective is that you'll invest less money in marketing, but your profits will consistently climb.Marketing is more of a science every day as we learn new ways to measure and predict behavior, influence people, and test and quantify marketing It's more of a science as psychologists tell us more and more about human behavior.Marketing is also unquestionably an art form because writing is an art, drawing is an art, photography is an art, dancing is an art, music is an art, editing is an art, and acting is an art. Put them all together, and they spell marketing — probably the most eclectic art form the world has ever known.But for now, brush aside those notions that marketing is a science and an art form. Drill into your mind the idea that at its core, marketing is a business. And the purpose of a business is to earn profits. If science and art help a business earn those profits, they're probably being masterminded by a guerrilla marketer — the kind of business owner who seeks conventional goals, such as profits and joy, but achieves them using unconventional means.A bookstore owner had the misfortune of being located between two enormous bookselling competitors. One day, this bookstore owner came to work to see that the competitor on his right had unfurled a huge banner: "Monster Anniversary Sale! Prices slashed 50%!" The banner was larger than his entire storefront. Worse yet, the competitor to the left of his store had unveiled an even larger banner: "Gigantic Clearance Sale! Prices reduced by 60%!" Again, the banner dwarfed his storefront. What was the owner of the little bookstore in the middle to do? Being a guerrilla marketer, he created his own banner and hung it out front, simply saying "Main Entrance."Guerrilla marketers do not rely on the brute force of an outsized marketing budget. Instead, they rely on the brute force of a vivid imagination. Today, they are different from traditional marketers in twenty ways. I used to compare guerrilla marketing with textbook marketing, but now that this book is a textbook in so many universities, I must compare it with traditional marketing.If you were to analyze the ways that marketing has changed in the twenty-first century, you'd discover that it has changed in the same twenty ways that guerrilla marketing differs from the old-fashioned brand of marketing.1. Traditional marketing has always maintained that to market properly, you must invest money. Guerrilla marketing maintains that if you want to invest money, you can — but you don't have to if you are willing to invest time, energy, imagination, and information.2. Traditional marketing is so enshrouded by mystique that it intimidates many business owners, who aren't sure whether marketing includes sales or a Web site or PR. Because they are so intimidated and worried about making mistakes, they simply don't do it. Guerrilla marketing completely removes the mystique and exposes marketing for exactly what it really is — a process that you control — rather than the other way around.3. Traditional marketing is geared toward big business. Before I wrote the original Guerrilla Marketing in 1984, I couldn't find any books on marketing for companies that invested less than $300,000 monthly. Although it is now true that many Fortune 500 companies buy Guerrilla Marketing by the caseload to distribute to their sales and marketing people, the essence of guerrilla marketing — the soul and the spirit of guerrilla marketing — is small business: companies with big dreams but tiny budgets.4. Traditional marketing measures its performance by sales or responses to an offer, hits on a Web site, or store traffic. Those are the wrong numbers to focus on. Guerrilla marketing reminds you that the main number that merits your attention is the size of your profits. I've seen many companies break their sales records while losing money in the process. Profits are the only numbers that tell you the truth you should be seeking and striving for. If it doesn't earn a profit for you, it's probably not guerrilla marketing.5. Traditional marketing is based on experience and judgment, which is a fancy way of saying "guesswork." But guerrilla marketers cannot afford wrong guesses, so it is based as much as possible on psychology — laws of human behavior. For example, 90 percent of all purchase decisions are made in the unconscious mind, that inner deeper part of your brain. We now know a slam-dunk manner of accessing that unconscious mind: repetition. Think it over a moment, and you'll begin to have an inkling of how the process of guerrilla marketing works. Repetition is paramount.6. Traditional marketing suggests that you grow your business and then diversify. That kind of thinking gets many companies into hot water because it leads them away from their core competency. Guerrilla marketing suggests that you grow your business, if growth is what you want, but be sure to maintain your focus — for it's that focus that got you to where you are in the first place.7. Traditional marketing says that you should grow your business linearly by adding new customers one at a time. But that's a slow and expensive way to grow. So guerrilla marketing says that the way to grow a business is geometrically — by enlarging the size of each transaction, engaging in more transactions per sales cycle with each customer, tapping the enormous referral power of each customer, and growing the old-fashioned way at the same time. If you're growing your business in four different directions at once, it's tough not to show a tidy profit.8. Traditional marketing puts all its effort on making the sale, under the false notion that marketing ends once that sale is made. Guerrilla marketing reminds you that 68 percent of all business lost is lost owing to apathy after the sale — ignoring customers after they've made the purchase. For this reason, guerrilla marketing preaches fervent follow- up — continually staying in touch with customers — and listening to them. Guerrillas never lose customers because of inattention to them.9. Traditional marketing advises you to scan the horizon to determine which competitors you ought to obliterate. Guerrilla marketing advises you to scan that same horizon to determine which businesses have the same kind of prospects and standards as you do — so that you can cooperate with them
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. What Is Guerrilla Marketing Today?Marketing is every bit of contact your company has with anyone in the outside world. Every bit of contact. That means a lot of marketing opportunities. It does not mean investing a lot of money.The meaning is clear: Marketing includes the name of your business; the determination of whether you will be selling a product or a service; the method of manufacture or servicing; the color, size, and shape of your product; the packaging; the location of your business; the advertising, public relations, Web site, branding, e-mail signature, voicemail message on your machine, and sales presentation; the telephone inquiries; the sales training; the problem solving; the growth plan and the referral plan; and the people who represent you, you, and your follow-up. Marketing includes your idea for your brand, your service, your attitude, and the passion you bring to your business. If you gather from this that marketing is a complex process, you're right.Marketing is the art of getting people to change their minds — or to maintain their mindsets if they're already inclined to do business with you. People must either switch brands or purchase a type of product or service that has never existed before. That's asking a lot of them. Every little thing you do and show and say — not only your advertising or your Web site — is going to affect people's perceptions of you.That's probably not going to happen in a flash. Or a month. Or even a year. And that's why it's crucial for you to know that marketing is a process, not an event. Marketing may be a series of events, but if you're a guerrilla marketer, marketing has a beginning and a middle but not an ending.By the way, when I write the word marketing, I'm thinking of your prospects and your current customers. Nothing personal, but when you read the word marketing, you're probably thinking of prospects only. Don't make that mistake. More than half your marketing time should be devoted to your existing customers. A cornerstone of guerrilla marketing is customer follow-up. Without it, all that you've invested into getting those customers is like dust in the wind.Marketing is also the truth made fascinating.When you view marketing from the vantage point of the guerrilla, you realize that it's your opportunity to help your prospects and customers succeed. They want to succeed at earning more money, building their company, losing weight, attracting a mate, becoming more fit, or quitting smoking. You can help them. You can show them how to achieve their goal. Marketing is not about you. It's about them. I hope you never forget that.Marketing, if you go about things in the right way, is also a circle. The circle begins with your idea for bringing revenue into your life. Marketing becomes a circle when you have the blessed patronage of repeat and referral customers. The better able you are to view marketing as a circle, the more you'll concentrate on those repeat and referral people. A pleasant side effect of that perspective is that you'll invest less money in marketing, but your profits will consistently climb.Marketing is more of a science every day as we learn new ways to measure and predict behavior, influence people, and test and quantify marketing It's more of a science as psychologists tell us more and more about human behavior.Marketing is also unquestionably an art form because writing is an art, drawing is an art, photography is an art, dancing is an art, music is an art, editing is an art, and acting is an art. Put them all together, and they spell marketing — probably the most eclectic art form the world has ever known.But for now, brush aside those notions that marketing is a science and an art form. Drill into your mind the idea that at its core, marketing is a business. And the purpose of a business is to earn profits. If science and art help a business earn those profits, they're probably being masterminded by a guerrilla marketer — the kind of business owner who seeks conventional goals, such as profits and joy, but achieves them using unconventional means.A bookstore owner had the misfortune of being located between two enormous bookselling competitors. One day, this bookstore owner came to work to see that the competitor on his right had unfurled a huge banner: "Monster Anniversary Sale! Prices slashed 50%!" The banner was larger than his entire storefront. Worse yet, the competitor to the left of his store had unveiled an even larger banner: "Gigantic Clearance Sale! Prices reduced by 60%!" Again, the banner dwarfed his storefront. What was the owner of the little bookstore in the middle to do? Being a guerrilla marketer, he created his own banner and hung it out front, simply saying "Main Entrance."Guerrilla marketers do not rely on the brute force of an outsized marketing budget. Instead, they rely on the brute force of a vivid imagination. Today, they are different from traditional marketers in twenty ways. I used to compare guerrilla marketing with textbook marketing, but now that this book is a textbook in so many universities, I must compare it with traditional marketing.If you were to analyze the ways that marketing has changed in the twenty-first century, you'd discover that it has changed in the same twenty ways that guerrilla marketing differs from the old-fashioned brand of marketing.1. Traditional marketing has always maintained that to market properly, you must invest money. Guerrilla marketing maintains that if you want to invest money, you can — but you don't have to if you are willing to invest time, energy, imagination, and information.2. Traditional marketing is so enshrouded by mystique that it intimidates many business owners, who aren't sure whether marketing includes sales or a Web site or PR. Because they are so intimidated and worried about making mistakes, they simply don't do it. Guerrilla marketing completely removes the mystique and exposes marketing for exactly what it really is — a process that you control — rather than the other way around.3. Traditional marketing is geared toward big business. Before I wrote the original Guerrilla Marketing in 1984, I couldn't find any books on marketing for companies that invested less than $300,000 monthly. Although it is now true that many Fortune 500 companies buy Guerrilla Marketing by the caseload to distribute to their sales and marketing people, the essence of guerrilla marketing — the soul and the spirit of guerrilla marketing — is small business: companies with big dreams but tiny budgets.4. Traditional marketing measures its performance by sales or responses to an offer, hits on a Web site, or store traffic. Those are the wrong numbers to focus on. Guerrilla marketing reminds you that the main number that merits your attention is the size of your profits. I've seen many companies break their sales records while losing money in the process. Profits are the only numbers that tell you the truth you should be seeking and striving for. If it doesn't earn a profit for you, it's probably not guerrilla marketing.5. Traditional marketing is based on experience and judgment, which is a fancy way of saying "guesswork." But guerrilla marketers cannot afford wrong guesses, so it is based as much as possible on psychology — laws of human behavior. For example, 90 percent of all purchase decisions are made in the unconscious mind, that inner deeper part of your brain. We now know a slam-dunk manner of accessing that unconscious mind: repetition. Think it over a moment, and you'll begin to have an inkling of how the process of guerrilla marketing works. Repetition is paramount.6. Traditional marketing suggests that you grow your business and then diversify. That kind of thinking gets many companies into hot water because it leads them away from their core competency. Guerrilla marketing suggests that you grow your business, if growth is what you want, but be sure to maintain your focus — for it's that focus that got you to where you are in the first place.7. Traditional marketing says that you should grow your business linearly by adding new customers one at a time. But that's a slow and expensive way to grow. So guerrilla marketing says that the way to grow a business is geometrically — by enlarging the size of each transaction, engaging in more transactions per sales cycle with each customer, tapping the enormous referral power of each customer, and growing the old-fashioned way at the same time. If you're growing your business in four different directions at once, it's tough not to show a tidy profit.8. Traditional marketing puts all its effort on making the sale, under the false notion that marketing ends once that sale is made. Guerrilla marketing reminds you that 68 percent of all business lost is lost owing to apathy after the sale — ignoring customers after they've made the purchase. For this reason, guerrilla marketing preaches fervent follow- up — continually staying in touch with customers — and listening to them. Guerrillas never lose customers because of inattention to them.9. Traditional marketing advises you to scan the horizon to determine which competitors you ought to obliterate. Guerrilla marketing advises you to scan that same horizon to determine which businesses have the same kind of prospects and standards as you do — so that you can cooperate with them

Multi-Family Millions: How Anyone Can Reposition Apartments for Big Profits

2008-06-05T01:56:00.000-07:00

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Discover why apartment houses are the best investment in today's real estate market
The key to making big profits in real estate is to go against the traditional wisdom. When the masses are buying, it's often time to sell. When everyone is selling, there are huge bargains to be found. In Multi-Family Millions, contrarian real estate investor Dave Lindahl shows you how to read the market cycle, and explains why now is a great time to get started investing in apartment houses—even if it's your first time investing in real estate and you have no money for a down payment.
With a simple two- to five-unit multi-family property, or a thirty-unit apartment building, you can implement the same strategies Lindahl used in over 500 deals to build his own real estate fortune:
How to reposition a multi-family property for maximum profit
Where to get the money for your first deal
How to own an apartment house and never deal with tenants
Ten bad mistakes rehabbers make
Three proven principles for attracting great deals on multi-family properties
When and how to resell for huge profits
Conventional wisdom says real estate investors should start with single-family houses. Discover why it's easier and much more profitable to invest in multi-families!

Dave Lindahl was a broke landscaper when he used a cash advance on his credit card to buy his first three-unit apartment house—and immediately reaped a $972 per month positive cash flow. Twelve months later he owned eleven multi-family buildings and had $10,000 per month in extra income. Today, he controls over $140 million in real estate. In Multi-Family Millions, Lindahl shows you how anyone can get started investing in small apartment houses and make great money doing it. You can do it on a part-time basis, and best of all, you never need to deal with tenants.
Compared with single-family homes, multi-family properties hold much greater profit potential and allow you to earn more money on each deal you complete. There is also far less competition in the multi-family market. In addition, having more units under a single roof reduces your investment risk and offers higher long-term profits. The rewards of multi-family investing are obvious, but how can you benefit when you have very little time or money?
Multi-Family Millions is the step-by-step guide that shows you how to get into the multi-family game—and get out with big profits. It provides expert coverage of the most effective investing strategies and gives you guidance on every stage of the process—from finding properties with great profit potential to buying, renovating, and reselling them for big money.
With Lindahl's expert help, you'll discover how to:
Identify troubled multi-family properties that are ripe for repositioning
Negotiate great purchase prices for target properties
Flip properties for fast cash or improve them with affordable, value-adding repairs
Resell properties at maximum value with minimum hassle
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

2008-06-05T01:53:00.000-07:00

Product Description
"The best way to understand the dramatic transformation of unknown books into bestsellers, or the rise of teenage smoking, or the phenomena of word of mouth or any number of the other mysterious changes that mark everyday life," writes Malcolm Gladwell, "is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do." Although anyone familiar with the theory of memetics will recognize this concept, Gladwell's The Tipping Point has quite a few interesting twists on the subject.For example, Paul Revere was able to galvanize the forces of resistance so effectively in part because he was what Gladwell calls a "Connector": he knew just about everybody, particularly the revolutionary leaders in each of the towns that he rode through. But Revere "wasn't just the man with the biggest Rolodex in colonial Boston," he was also a "Maven" who gathered extensive information about the British. He knew what was going on and he knew exactly whom to tell. The phenomenon continues to this day--think of how often you've received information in an e-mail message that had been forwarded at least half a dozen times before reaching you.Gladwell develops these and other concepts (such as the "stickiness" of ideas or the effect of population size on information dispersal) through simple, clear explanations and entertainingly illustrative anecdotes, such as comparing the pedagogical methods of Sesame Street and Blue's Clues, or explaining why it would be even easier to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon with the actor Rod Steiger. Although some readers may find the transitional passages between chapters hold their hands a little too tightly, and Gladwell's closing invocation of the possibilities of social engineering sketchy, even chilling, The Tipping Point is one of the most effective books on science for a general audience in ages. It seems inevitable that "tipping point," like "future shock" or "chaos theory," will soon become one of those ideas that everybody knows--or at least knows by name. --Ron Hogan

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com "The best way to understand the dramatic transformation of unknown books into bestsellers, or the rise of teenage smoking, or the phenomena of word of mouth or any number of the other mysterious changes that mark everyday life," writes Malcolm Gladwell, "is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do." Although anyone familiar with the theory of memetics will recognize this concept, Gladwell's The Tipping Point has quite a few interesting twists on the subject.
For example, Paul Revere was able to galvanize the forces of resistance so effectively in part because he was what Gladwell calls a "Connector": he knew just about everybody, particularly the revolutionary leaders in each of the towns that he rode through. But Revere "wasn't just the man with the biggest Rolodex in colonial Boston," he was also a "Maven" who gathered extensive information about the British. He knew what was going on and he knew exactly whom to tell. The phenomenon continues to this day--think of how often you've received information in an e-mail message that had been forwarded at least half a dozen times before reaching you.
Gladwell develops these and other concepts (such as the "stickiness" of ideas or the effect of population size on information dispersal) through simple, clear explanations and entertainingly illustrative anecdotes, such as comparing the pedagogical methods of Sesame Street and Blue's Clues, or explaining why it would be even easier to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon with the actor Rod Steiger. Although some readers may find the transitional passages between chapters hold their hands a little too tightly, and Gladwell's closing invocation of the possibilities of social engineering sketchy, even chilling, The Tipping Point is one of the most effective books on science for a general audience in ages. It seems inevitable that "tipping point," like "future shock" or "chaos theory," will soon become one of those ideas that everybody knows--or at least knows by name. --Ron Hogan
From Publishers Weekly The premise of this facile piece of pop sociology has built-in appeal: little changes can have big effects; when small numbers of people start behaving differently, that behavior can ripple outward until a critical mass or "tipping point" is reached, changing the world. Gladwell's thesis that ideas, products, messages and behaviors "spread just like viruses do" remains a metaphor as he follows the growth of "word-of-mouth epidemics" triggered with the help of three pivotal types. These are Connectors, sociable personalities who bring people together; Mavens, who like to pass along knowledge; and Salesmen, adept at persuading the unenlightened. (Paul Revere, for example, was a Maven and a Connector). Gladwell's applications of his "tipping point" concept to current phenomena--such as the drop in violent crime in New York, the rebirth of Hush Puppies suede shoes as a suburban mall favorite, teenage suicide patterns and the efficiency of small work units--may arouse controversy. For example, many parents may be alarmed at his advice on drugs: since teenagers' experimentation with drugs, including cocaine, seldom leads to hardcore use, he contends, "We have to stop fighting this kind of experimentation. We have to accept it and even embrace it." While it offers a smorgasbord of intriguing snippets summarizing research on topics such as conversational patterns, infants' crib talk, judging other people's character, cheating habits in schoolchildren, memory sharing among families or couples, and the dehumanizing effects of prisons, this volume betrays its roots as a series of articles for the New Yorker, where Gladwell is a staff writer: his trendy material feels bloated and insubstantial in book form. Agent, Tina Bennett of Janklow & Nesbit. Major ad/promo. (Mar.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal This genial book by New Yorker contributor Gladwell considers the elements needed to make a particular idea take hold. The "tipping point" (not a new phrase) occurs when something that began small (e.g., a few funky kids in New York's East Village wearing Hush Puppies) turns into something very large indeed (millions of Hush Puppies are sold). It depends on three rules: the Law of the Few, the Stickiness Factor, and the Power of Context. Episodes subjected to this paradigm here include Paul Revere's ride, the creation of the children's TV program Sesame Street, and the influence of subway shooter Bernie Goetz. The book has something of a pieced-together feel (reflecting, perhaps, the author's experience writing shorter pieces) and is definitely not the stuff of deep sociological thought. It is, however, an entertaining read that promises to be well publicized. Recommended for public libraries.-Ellen Gilbert, Rutgers Univ. Lib., New Brunswick, NJ Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

The Instruction: Living the Life Your Soul Intended (Hardcover)

2008-06-04T10:21:00.001-07:00

merliannews.com, Sept. 11, 2007"You find yourself finding more of yourself with the turn of every page." Book DescriptionHave you ever sensed that your life has a deeper, more meaningful purpose--but don't know what it is? If so, you're not alone. To help you and the millions like you, psychic Ainslie MacLeod's spirit guides have given him a systematic approach to uncovering who you really are--and the life your soul has planned for you. They call it The Instruction. Now, for the first time, this unique teaching is off ered as a step-by-step program for realizing personal fulfillment The Instruction will take you through ten "doorways" to unveil the life plan your soul created before you were even born, including:
· Your Soul Age: Determining how it shapes your beliefs and behaviors
· Your Soul Type: Are you a Hunter? Thinker? Creator? What your Soul Type reveals about your true self
· Your Powers: Connecting fully and permanently with your spirit guides to create your destiny
· Your Talents: Using your past lives to enhance the present

The Abs Diet for Women: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Belly and Firm Up Your Body for Life (Paperback)

2008-06-04T10:17:00.000-07:00

Product Description
In survey after survey, men and women say that a flat abdomen is the ultimate symbol of sex appeal. And in study after study, researchers found that getting a firm belly is the single most significant step anyone can take to stay healthy for life. Now available in paperback, The Abs Diet for Women shows the most effective way to a flat belly, a firm body, and a much better life. Packed with information developed exclusively for women, the book includes: -information on how the Abs Diet can prevent joint pain, improve female sexual response, and give a woman the flat belly she craves in just six weeks -Abs Diet adaptations to tailor the diet to each woman’s individual needs -psychological strategies for dealing with obstacles and changing moods -3 weeks’ worth of all-new meal plans -tips on managing menopausal symptoms without hormone replacement therapy -new and super-effective moves that incorporate yoga and Pilates to strenghten the core, stretch the body, and relieve stress—plus a postpartum workout to help moms lose the baby weight Easy to follow and more satisfying than a great-fitting pair of jeans, The Abs Diet for Women is the most effective way for a woman to change her health, her size, and her body for good. About the Author
DAVID ZINCZENKO, editor-in-chief of Men’s Health magazine, is one of America’s leading experts on health and fitness. He lives in New York City and Allentown, Pennsylvania. TED SPIKER, assistant professor of journalism at the University of Florida and a contributing editor to Men’s Health, resides in Gainesville, Florida.

Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel (Hardcover)

2008-06-04T10:15:00.000-07:00

From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In this enthralling debut, psychiatrist Dr. Leo Liebenstein sets off to find his wife, Rema, who he believes has been replaced by a simulacrum. Also missing is one of Leo's patients, Harvey, who is convinced he receives coded messages (via Page Six in the New York Post) from the Royal Academy of Meteorology to control the weather. At Rema's urging, Leo pretends during his sessions with Harvey to be a Royal Academy agent (she thinks the fib could help break through to Harvey), and once Re- ma and Leo disappear, Leo turns to actual Royal Academy member Tzvi Gal-Chen's meteorological work to guide him in his search for his wife. Leo's quest takes him through Buenos Aires and Patagonia, and as he becomes increasingly delusional and erratic, Galchen adeptly reveals the actual situation to readers, including Rema's anguish and anger at her husband. Leo's devotion to the real Rema is heartbreaking and maddening; he cannot see that the woman he seeks has been with him all along. Don't be surprised if this gives you a Crying of Lot 49 nostalgia hit. (June) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Everything is other than it appears to be in Galchen's assured debut--an intricate puzzle powered by urgently beating heart . . . A superb first novel."

On Chesil Beach (Paperback)

2008-06-04T10:13:00.000-07:00

Amazon.comSuch is Ian McEwan's genius that, despite rambling nature walks and the naming of birds, his subject matter remains hermetically sealed in the hearts of two people.
It is 1962 when Edward and Florence, 23 and 22 respectively, marry and repair to a hotel on the Dorset coast for their honeymoon. They are both virgins, both apprehensive about what's next and in Florence's case, utterly and blindly terrified and repelled by the little she knows. Through a tense dinner in their room, because Florence has decided that the weather is not fine enough to dine on the terrace, they are attended by two local boys acting as waiters. The cameo appearances of the boys and Edward and Florence's parents and siblings serve only to underline the emotional isolation of the two principals. Florence says of herself: "...she lacked some simple mental trick that everyone else had, a mechanism so ordinary that no one ever mentioned it, an immediate sensual connection to people and events, and to her own needs and desires...."
They are on the cusp of a rather ordinary marital undertaking in differing states of readiness, willingness and ardor. McEwan says: "Where he merely suffered conventional first-night nerves, she experienced a visceral dread, a helpless disgust as palpable as seasickness." Edward, having denied himself even the release of self-pleasuring for a week, in order to be tip-top for Florence, is mentally pawing the ground. His sensitivity keeps him from being obvious, but he is getting anxious. Florence, on the other hand, knows that she is not capable of the kind of arousal that will make any of this easy. She has held Edward off for a year, and now the reckoning is upon her.
McEwan is the master of the defining moment, that place and time when, once it has taken place, nothing will ever be the same after it. It does not go well and Florence flees the room. "As she understood it, there were no words to name what had happened, there existed no shared language in which two sane adults could describe such events to each other." Edward eventually follows her and they have a poignant and painful conversation where accusations are made, ugly things are said and roads are taken from which, in the case of these two, the way back cannot be found. Late in Edward's life he realizes: "Love and patience--if only he had them both at once--would surely have seen them both through." This beautifully told sad story could have been conceived and written only by Ian McEwan. --Valerie Ryan --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. It should not come as a surprise that Florence and Edward, newlyweds who cannot discuss their previous sexual experiences (or lack thereof), do not communicate out loud with one another until all their emotions boil over at the conclusion of the first night of their honeymoon. That their lives are constructed as narratives and memories makes this novella a particularly good choice for McEwan to perform his own work. McEwan provides a deft sense of cadence, timing and emphasis. McEwan reads this poignant, sad and occasionally amusing gem with entrancing skill, precision and perfect pace. In short, McEwan's performance is mesmerizing. An excellent addition to the recording is a thoughtful interview with the author. The conversation provides insight into McEwan's choice of setting, time period (1962) and characters. McEwan reveals that he tries out his works in progress on audiences, a technique that pays off beautifully. This author-read work is outstanding. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Hardcover)

2008-06-04T10:10:00.000-07:00

Amazon.comAmazon Best of the Month, June 2008: It's gutsy for a debut novelist to offer a modern take on Hamlet set in rural Wisconsin--particularly one in which the young hero, born mute, communicates with people, dogs, andthe occasional ghost through his own mix of sign and body language. But David Wroblewski's extraordinary way with language in The Story of Edgar Sawtelle immerses readers in a living, breathing world that is both fantastic and utterly believable. In selecting for temperament and a special intelligence, Edgar's grandfather started a line of unusual dogs--the Sawtelles--and his sons carried on his work. But among human families, undesirable traits aren't so easily predicted, and clashes can erupt with tragic force. Edgar's tale takes you to the extremes of what humans must endure, and when you're finally released, you will come back to yourself feeling wiser, and flush with gratitude. And you will have remembered what magnificent alchemy a finely wrought novel can work. --Mari Malcolm From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. A literary thriller with commercial legs, this stunning debut is bound to be a bestseller. In the backwoods of Wisconsin, the Sawtelle family—Gar, Trudy and their young son, Edgar—carry on the family business of breeding and training dogs. Edgar, born mute, has developed a special relationship and a unique means of communicating with Almondine, one of the Sawtelle dogs, a fictional breed distinguished by personality, temperament and the dogs' ability to intuit commands and to make decisions. Raising them is an arduous life, but a satisfying one for the family until Gar's brother, Claude, a mystifying mixture of charm and menace, arrives. When Gar unexpectedly dies, mute Edgar cannot summon help via the telephone. His guilt and grief give way to the realization that his father was murdered; here, the resemblance to Hamlet resonates. After another gut-wrenching tragedy, Edgar goes on the run, accompanied by three loyal dogs. His quest for safety and succor provides a classic coming-of-age story with an ironic twist. Sustained by a momentum that has the crushing inevitability of fate, the propulsive narrative will have readers sucked in all the way through the breathtaking final scenes. (June) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)

2008-06-04T10:09:00.000-07:00

Amazon.comAt the height of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1930s, Zora Neale Hurston was the preeminent black woman writer in the United States. She was a sometime-collaborator with Langston Hughes and a fierce rival of Richard Wright. Her stories appeared in major magazines, she consulted on Hollywood screenplays, and she penned four novels, an autobiography, countless essays, and two books on black mythology. Yet by the late 1950s, Hurston was living in obscurity, working as a maid in a Florida hotel. She died in 1960 in a Welfare home, was buried in an unmarked grave, and quickly faded from literary consciousness until 1975 when Alice Walker almost single-handedly revived interest in her work.
Of Hurston's fiction, Their Eyes Were Watching God is arguably the best-known and perhaps the most controversial. The novel follows the fortunes of Janie Crawford, a woman living in the black town of Eaton, Florida. Hurston sets up her characters and her locale in the first chapter, which, along with the last, acts as a framing device for the story of Janie's life. Unlike Wright and Ralph Ellison, Hurston does not write explicitly about black people in the context of a white world--a fact that earned her scathing criticism from the social realists--but she doesn't ignore the impact of black-white relations either:
It was the time for sitting on porches beside the road. It was the time to hear things and talk. These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless conveniences all day long. Mules and other brutes had occupied their skins. But now, the sun and the bossman were gone, so the skins felt powerful and human. They became lords of sounds and lesser things. They passed nations through their mouths. They sat in judgment. One person the citizens of Eaton are inclined to judge is Janie Crawford, who has married three men and been tried for the murder of one of them. Janie feels no compulsion to justify herself to the town, but she does explain herself to her friend, Phoeby, with the implicit understanding that Phoeby can "tell 'em what Ah say if you wants to. Dat's just de same as me 'cause mah tongue is in mah friend's mouf."
Hurston's use of dialect enraged other African American writers such as Wright, who accused her of pandering to white readers by giving them the black stereotypes they expected. Decades later, however, outrage has been replaced by admiration for her depictions of black life, and especially the lives of black women. In Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston breathes humanity into both her men and women, and allows them to speak in their own voices. --Alix Wilber --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From AudioFileNora Zeale Hurston's notable story comes to life through Ruby Dee's fine interpretation. The story of Janie Crawford, her strength and gentleness, was written to be heard. Dee's deep, melodic tones enliven Hurston's evocative prose and powerful images. The colorful characters, Janie's three husbands, Mr. Killicks, Mayor Starks and Tea Cake, her friend Phoeby, and so many others emerge through Dee's strong command of dialogue and her mastery of dialect. She conveys Hurston's sense of drama and spiritual strength in a dynamic program. For readers who know Hurston's work, this program will be a joy, for those who are lucky and wise enough to discover her here, it will be an exceptional experience. R.F.W. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. See all Editorial Reviews

Sail (Hardcover)

2008-06-04T10:08:00.001-07:00

Product DescriptionSince the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her three children have struggled in every way. In a last ditch effort to save the family, Anne plans an elaborate sailing vacation to bring everyone together once again. But only an hour out of port, everything is going wrong. The teenage daughter, Carrie, is planning to drown herself. The teenage son, Mark, is high on drugs and ten-year-old Ernie is nearly catatonic. This is the worst vacation ever.Anne manages to pull things together bit by bit, but just as they begin feeling like a family again, something catastrophic happens. Survival may be the least of their concerns. Written with the blistering pace and shocking twists that only James Patterson can master, SAIL takes "Lost" and "Survivor" to a new level of terror.About the AuthorJames Patterson's most recent bestseller is Double Cross. He is one of the best known and best selling authors of all time. He lives in Florida.

Love the One You're With (Hardcover)

2008-06-04T10:06:00.000-07:00

Product DescriptionHow do you know if you’ve found the one? Can you really love the one you’re with when you can’t forget the one who got away? Emily Giffin, author of the New York Times bestselling novels Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and Baby Proof, poses these questions—and many more—with her highly anticipated, thought-provoking new novel Love the One You’re With. Ellen and Andy’s first year of marriage doesn’t just seem perfect, it is perfect. There is no question how deep their devotion is, and how naturally they bring out the best in each other. But one fateful afternoon, Ellen runs into Leo for the first time in eight years. Leo, the one who brought out the worst in her. Leo, the one who left her heartbroken with no explanation. Leo, the one she could never quite forget. When his reappearance ignites long-dormant emotions, Ellen begins to question whether the life she’s living is the one she’s meant to live. At once heartbreaking and funny, Love the One You’re With is a tale of lost loves and found fortunes—and will resonate with anyone who has ever wondered what if.

Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 14) (Hardcover)

2008-06-04T10:02:00.001-07:00

Product Description
Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.
The Crime: Armed robbery to the tune of nine million dollars
Dom Rizzi robbed a bank, stashed the money, and did the time. His family couldn’t be more proud. He always was the smart one.
The Cousin: Joe Morelli
Joe Morelli, Dom Rizzi, and Dom’s sister, Loretta, are cousins. Morelli is a cop, Rizzi robs banks, and Loretta is a single mother waiting tables at the firehouse. The all-American family.
The Complications: Murder, kidnapping, destruction of personal property, and acid reflux
Less than a week after Dom’s release from prison, Joe Morelli has shadowy figures breaking into his house and dying in his basement. He’s getting threatening messages, Loretta is kidnapped, and Dom is missing.
The Catastrophe: Moonman
Morelli hires Walter “Mooner” Dunphy, stoner and “inventor” turned crime fighter, to protect his house. Morelli can’t afford a lot on a cop’s salary, and Mooner will work for potatoes.
The Cupcake: Stephanie Plum
Stephanie and Morelli have a long-standing relationship that involves sex, affection, and driving each other nuts. She’s a bond enforcement agent with more luck than talent, and she’s involved in this bank-robbery-gone-bad disaster from day one.
The Crisis: A favor for Ranger
Security expert Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, has a job for Stephanie that will involve night work. Morelli has his own ideas regarding Stephanie’s evening activities.
The Conclusion: Only the fearless should read Fourteen.
Thrills, chills, and incontinence may result.

Little Brother (Hardcover)

2008-06-04T10:01:00.001-07:00

Product Description
Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they’re mercilessly interrogated for days.When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.

The Monster of Florence (Hardcover)

2008-06-04T09:59:00.001-07:00

Product DescriptionIn the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt ("Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil") and Erik Larson ("The Devil in the White City"), New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence, Italy.In 2000, Douglas Preston fulfilled a dream to move his family to Italy. Then he discovered that the olive grove in front of their 14th century farmhouse had been the scene of the most infamous double-murders in Italian history, committed by a serial killer known as the Monster of Florence. Preston, intrigued, meets Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to learn more. This is the true story of their search for--and identification of--the man they believe committed the crimes, and their chilling interview with him. And then, in a strange twist of fate, Preston and Spezi themselves become targets of the police investigation. Preston has his phone tapped, is interrogated, and told to leave the country. Spezi fares worse: he is thrown into Italy's grim Capanne prison, accused of being the Monster of Florence himself. Like one of Preston's thrillers, The Monster Of Florence, tells a remarkable and harrowing story involving murder, mutilation, and suicide-and at the center of it, Preston and Spezi, caught in a bizarre prosecutorial vendetta. About the AuthorDouglas Preston worked for the American Museum of Natural History as managing editor of Curator magazine. He's also written articles for The New Yorker, Natural History, Travel & Leisure, Reader's Digest, National Geographic, Harper's, Smithsonian, and Atlantic. Mario Spezi is an Italian journalist who has been investigating the Monster of Florence case since the first murders in 1974.

Key Techniques For Self Publishing Your Books Using Blogs

2008-05-10T07:11:00.000-07:00

Using blogs, one can very effectively accomplish the task of self publishing their books for profit or fame.

It is useful to start off by ensuring that we understand why using blogs for self publishing books usually works out so well. To understand this truth we must focus for a moment on the most successful bookstore on earth, Amazon.com. Founder Jeff Bezos came up with a fascinating way of having readers review books they had read for others. It was a fresh interesting new way of selling books that thrived on reader comments and opinions on various books they had read.

All these are key factors that can easily be replicated when using blogs to sell the books that you are self publishing. In fact blogs tend to make reader comments the easiest thing on earth. So it is easy to start your very own miniature Amazon.com, only that in this case you will be covering only books that you will be self publishing. Visitors to your blog can the comment on your books that they have read. Make sure that you allow critical comments with the same enthusiasm that you welcome positive comments. Always remember that it is a lot more convincing when potential clients learn about both the weaknesses and strengths of something before they commit themselves to a purchase.

Using blogs to market and sell the books that you are self publishing is one of the most effective book selling techniques on earth.

Visit the author's self publishing book strategy blog for more amazing tips, details and valuable resources.

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Free Audio Books Vs. The Old Fashioned Books

2008-05-10T07:08:00.000-07:00

In the last two decades a new concept has arisen - The concept of listening to a book instead of reading it. The audio book technology is still developing but audio books are getting more and more popular. However, the old fashioned book is still the much more common than any other method. In this article we will elaborate on the differences between these two book methods:

1. Size and Weight – The audio book does not have the limitation of the the size and the amount of the printing words. The technology advance imposes the size of the audio book. The newest audio books could be stored as an audio file in mobile electronic devices as Ipod or Palm pilot.

2. Convenience - The audio book has the limitation of listening only from certain predefined points or from the exact point one stopped listening the last time. Reading an old fashioned book is much more flexible of course. If you only want to go through a book without reading it from start to end, do not even consider getting an audio book.

3. Listening to an audio book could be done anywhere anytime – while exercising in the gym, driving through the heavy traffic to work etc. It helps you make the most of your time. Reading the old fashioned book requires certain conditions like concentration and quiet and relaxed surroundings.

4. Price – Surprisingly, in general the old fashioned books costs less than audio books. Depending on the different titles and different methods of audio books it can vary. Among the audio books, audio books on MP3 files are the less expensive ones.

5. The experience – the experience of reading a book is unique and can not be the same as listening to audio books. In addition, audio books do not have drawings in them like some of the old fashioned books.

Summing up, we believe that audio books and the old fashioned books could exist together one besides the other and not one instead of the other.

911 Corp. has executed an independent research to find the best place to get audio books from. Find out the clear results and all about audio books only on the Free Audio books bible.

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Online Books Store - Books Paradise

2008-05-10T07:05:00.001-07:00

In today's hectic life, Internet has opened thousands of opportunities. Online book store is one amongst them. You can see several online sellers, thousands of interesting books by titles, authors and favourite publishers at single platform. It could be quite amazing to see huge stocks of books from different streams like humanities, travel, management, technology, medicine, etc. You can buy novels, fictions, horrors or thrillers from books store.

Considered as reader's paradise, these book stores are thriving like anything. They facilitate you with long lists of books according to subject and language. If you like to order children book, go to the children book segment and find the best book for your son/daughter. Different shopping portals categorise books by age group and popularity. If you like reading books, read reviews, latest releases, and order rare books which you always wanted to have. You can also compare price of books with others available online.

Buying latest handbooks online is quite beneficial. Offering best bargain, it comes with discounts, gifts and easy payments thereby, enabling buyers to go for it. You could also see expensive books in far less price and enjoy the hassle-free home delivery of books. Buy books from store which are slightly used and benefit greatly.

Get the best deal by surfing different stores that have top selling books, you want. Go for used book, as they are offered at low prices. If you want to buy 2-3 books then enjoy the bouquet offers and avail attractive discounts simultaneously. Visit online stores and compare prices of books with lowest quotes possible. Browse auction sites and bid on the title or author you want. Wait for stock clearance sales, festive offers or discount coupons and enjoy the convenience of ordering them from home.

Fletcher Mak is the author of this article. You can get more information about online books store and other price comparison shopping services.

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Painting Books - Drive into the World of Creativity

2008-05-10T07:04:00.002-07:00

We all like being creative. Our busy schedule hardly gives us any time to spent time with our self’s. Constant focus on work makes our life dull. One of the best ways to make your life colorful is by doing some painting in your spare time. A Painting Book consists of some beautiful and decorative paintings. If you are an artist it will definitely help your cause.

Today you can find many painting book outlets providing some wonderful painting books. If you would like to learn painting you can find a painting book that meets your cause. There are books for beginners that provide step by step guidance of different aspects of painting. These books also provide you with some useful information about color mixing. Painting books are also available for advanced artist. These painting books are highly advanced and drive the artist to new world of creativity.

Painting can be of different types. There are books designed specially for a specific type of painting. A person interested in face painting can find a book specially designed for painting a face. Similarly, a person interested in learning house painting can find a painting book as per his choice. Painting books are also available on tole painting and oil painting. These specially designed books provide various tips and guidelines and train a person into a professional artist.

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Electronic Books and Increased Sales

2008-05-10T07:04:00.001-07:00

Electronic books or e-books are delivered over the Internet almost at once when ordered.
They can contain good information that can help you increase your sales. E-books are the
"happening thing" today on the internet.

You can have great sales by including e-books as a free bonus with the sale. Anything you
sale can have a free bonus e-book which makes the sale more attractive.You can learn to
both use and sell e-books to increase your business, and be sure to have the resell rights!

There are hundreds of e-books on many subjects that are affordable and come with resell
rights. There are self-help e-books, internet guru e-books, and even cookbook e-books.
When giving away e-books to increase the attractiveness of the other product you are
selling be sure to tell the buyer the benefits of this bonus gift, and that they have the
resell rights. You may even want to offer a resell rights e-book not as a gift bonus to a
product buy to sell itself.You can lure a customer to your website by giving away an free
e-book. It can increase your traffic.

Once you purchase resell rights to a product it comes with what you need to start selling
it. Choose resell right products that match the content of your website. Visitors come to
your website for a certain type of information you have, they will want any e-book to
relate in some manner to that information they were looking for. Oh, with resell right
products, you get to keep 100 percent of the sale!

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nothing is changed or deleted, and the authors information box is included.

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Stamp Collecting Books

2008-05-10T07:03:00.001-07:00

Stamp collecting books is one of the best ways to read up more about stamps and learn more about it. You can learn about the history about the stamp and also find the minute details about the stamps.

Reading books about stamp collecting is one of the best ways to find new things about the stamps that you have in your album. This is something that keeps the stamp collector going. The stamp collector would want to find out more about the stamp and if he is lucky, he may find something new about the stamp by reading the stamp collecting books.

Most stamp collecting books can be found in the library. You can borrow them from the library. However, some books can be bought at a bookstore. It would be easier to find these books in a big bookstore and online. If you do not know the title of the book, you do not need to worry.

Firstly, all you have to do is to go on the internet. You can go to Google and type in 'stamp collecting books'. The search results should tell you what kind of books they offer and if you are interested, you can even purchase them online. It is very simple. You can have a list of your favorite books in no time.

Sometimes, you may have trouble finding stamp collecting books. Another alternative is to find stamp collecting encyclopedia. Most libraries have a large range of stamp collecting encyclopedias. It would be very easy to find one. If you are trying to locate a particular title, you should approach the librarian.

Most stamp collecting books will tell you the history of a stamp. Sometimes, they include information about rare stamps. Getting more knowledge of these stamps will further make stamp collectors appreciate the stamps and learn the value of the stamp.

If you are a serious stamp collector, you should be reading up books on stamps collecting. If you need to read up and find out more about the stamps you have collected, head down to the library or simply get on the internet to find out more about the books that are available.

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Online Book Publishing

2008-05-10T07:02:00.001-07:00

Online publishing or electronic publishing means publishing e-books and electronic articles as well as development of digital libraries by way of the Internet. Online publishing is fast becoming a popular mode of disseminating all kinds of publications. Most of the information is encapsulated as e-books, which are electronic or digital versions of printed books. The term e-book is an individual work in a digital format or a hardware device used to read books in a digital format.

Online book publishers commonly bundle information as e-books for distribution among target users. Most of the e-books contain metadata like printed books and includes details about author, title, publisher and copyright date. Online books can also be published in a variety of formats, keeping target readers in view and the type of work to be digitalized. Some of the commonly used formats are image, used mainly for distributing comic books, art books or other visual works; rich text; hyper text markup language or HTML, used mostly in web pages; PostScript or .ps is a page description language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing industry for enhancing the quality of a printed page from the actual output of bitmap file.

Other advanced formats include TeX, used as a popular academic format; Portable Document or .pdf file format, created by Adobe System to provide a standard form for storing and editing printed publishable documents; eReader, a program for viewing Palm Digital Media electronic books; DesktopAuthor, an electronic publishing suite that allows creation of digital web books with virtual turning pages. Digital web books can be written in this format, including e-brochures, e-books, digital photo albums, e-cards, digital diaries, online resumes, quizzes, exams, tests, forms and surveys.

Online books undoubtedly score over the traditional printed books as they are less cumbersome, distributed at a low cost, can be formatted and copied easily, have less margin of error and give more editorial and authorial freedom. However, online book publishing has its own share of problems, as e-books can be easily hacked or disseminated without approval from the author or publisher.

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Used Books Save You Money

2008-05-10T07:01:00.001-07:00

With the increased cost of printing and publishing, buying new books is becoming a very costly affair. However, students and researchers need not worry as they can always buy used books from any local bookstore.

Books used by students, scholars or professors do not always end up at the state library and instead end up at the local resellers. These stores work as a bridge between those who want to dispose off their old books and those who are looking to buy. Books often tend to be out of publication or are very difficult to buy owing to their scarcity. The best solution to the situation is to buy used books.

It is surprising to see the used books collection that many of these resellers have. From used text books to old magazines and journals, you are sure to get almost anything that you have been searching for. Used college books are one of the most common items that people look for. From astronomy to animal husbandry, history of Everest climbs to that of the ocean’s deepest trenches – a huge collection of used books are available at the resellers. It is highly unlikely that you will be able to get the desired college book at the first instance itself. To buy that coveted book you may have to visit a few resellers and rummage through the used books stock before you are finally able to find it.

The biggest advantage of used books is their low prices. But when you buy used books the condition of the book is the foremost thing to consider. It is advisable to check the books, especially to see that the books contain all the pages including the index. Often resellers tend to put an attractive cover to hide the book’s damages. You should also be aware of the prevalent market price of the book to ensure that the reseller is not making considerable profits by charging higher than the normal.

Not only can you buy used books but you will also be able to sell used books or exchange used books at the reseller’s. Barter of used books is a good idea, as you can always pick up something useful in exchange of books not needed anymore.

So the next time you want to add a missing edition to your National Geographic collection or buy a part of the Britannica Encyclopedia series, you know where to look.

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Audio Books - A Better Way To Know This World

2008-05-10T07:00:00.001-07:00

An audio book is a recording that is principally of the verbal words. It is often based on a recording of viably available materials on paper. However, this is not always the case, nor is this necessary to fit the meaning of an audio book. These books were not projected to be a book but it is an audio version of a book. Such books are mainly good for car rides and for people who face problems in reading or do not like to read. However, these books are also very useful for the blind people.

In the decade of 1980, major efforts have been made to attract the book merchants. With the entrance of various renowned publishers, these books become the part of every bookstore. The books mainly hold the context of a regular book but in an audible format. Various media types such as Cassettes and CDs are being used to record or store these books. These audio books could be of great advantage to the blind or illiterate people.

In the year 1931, a radio program was established by the Congress. This program was meant to help the blind adults. This program was known as Books for the Adult Blind Project. In the year 1932, The American Foundation for Blinds developed the foremost talking books. Mr. J.P. Harrington, an anthropologist, has contributed a lot in making such books a great success.

These books were mainly developed for the blind persons. However with the regular development in this field, these books are now also treated as the learning material for the people suffering from mental problems such as dyslexia. These spoken books also arrived as totally dramatised editions of the printed books. These dramatised spoken books sometimes called upon a complete cast, music and sound effects to entertain their audiences. Considering this stream of these books, Audie Awards are being given away every year during spring. These awards are given in several categories.

Audio Books are also being used for courseware for children. There are many websites available, through which the interested persons can buy their favourite books. However, a range of cheap books are also obtainable on these web portals.

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Hints on Creating Audio Books

2008-04-28T10:40:00.000-07:00

It’s already a well-known fact that listening to audio books on various subjects is of great assistance both in studying and working. The benefits of using audio books on a daily basis can hardly be enumerated. It was proved by numerous researches that even if you are listening to information in a background mode and are not paying special attention to it, the most important key facts will nevertheless stick to your memory. Then, just imagine how easy to remember some difficult material or large sets of numbers by listening to one and the same audio book several times. You will surely remember that book by heart without straining your brains and long cumbersome cramming.
Nowadays thousands of audio books are available in online magazines and if you have iPods, Mp3 players or other portable audio devices, you can listen to audio books at your convenience as long as you want. But there are some problems concerning audio book search - it is still difficult to find the very book you need or you are interested in. However, if you stumble on such a problem, there is one easy and effective solution. All you need is to use text to speech TTS technology, allowing you to convert any text document to speech and then create your own audio books in few seconds.
If you need some powerful and handy text to speech converter, which is able of reading aloud various text formats and converting speech to MP3 or Wav audio files to record your own audio books, you should no doubt try Speaking Notepad. This software permits you to create audio libraries not only of text books, but of your own speeches, reports, presentations and other documents. With this smart text to speech program, you’ll find out that it’s easy to share information in the form of podcasts with your colleagues.
Speaking Notepad supports high-quality SAPI4 and SAPI5 voices, which sound intelligible and natural and make your audio books and podcasts easy to understand and pleasant to listen to. With this software you’ll forget about long and boring searching of necessary audio books and you’ll be able to choose what to listen to on your MP3 player or iPod.
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Teaching Your Child To Read With Predictable Books

2008-04-28T10:39:00.000-07:00

Children are habitual creatures. The more that is the same, the better they can understand and learn. That is why children learn to read with predictable books.
A predictable book is one that is repetitive in the text or repetitive in the ideas. Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle is a great example of a predictable book. The repeating text of "Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?" is great for emergent readers. They can predict what each page is going to say, learning that text moves from left to right, and remembering what each of the repeating words looks like.
Many people think that a repetitive book only teaches a child to memorize. That is true. Children learn to read by memorizing what words look like, or the pattern the letters make. They also learn to read by sounding words out. By memorizing the text, a child is learning that a /B/ is the beginning of Brown and a /b/ is the beginning of the word bear. The can form a relationship to the letter and the sound and use that knowledge another time when they see the "b." The memorization is an important part of learning to read.
Repetitive ideas or themes are also a good way to help children learn to read. Series books, such as Bear About the Town, Bear at Home, Bear in the Sunshine, and Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone help children learn to read by repeating the same ideas of the bear through each book. Series' books help children form connections between different books and can help them compare and contrast what is happening to the character. All of these elements are important in learning to read.
Helping your child learn to read by providing repetitive books will give your child the confidence to read. The confidence is from the ability to predict what is coming next, even if at first they are "pretending" to read. The repeating text and ideas will help them form connections between what they see and what they hear. This is a fun way to encourage reading.
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Get The Best Deals When It Is Time To Buy Text Books

2008-04-28T10:38:00.002-07:00

One the most expensive aspects of college life is the need to buy text books. I used to dread the beginning of each semester because I knew that I have to obtain textbooks to get a passing grade on all my classes.
If a student is unable to find used copies of text books, they can spend as much as $100 or more for every book. There are also other items that professors require the students to buy such as, study guides and workbooks.
Every time a student has to buy text books, it puts a huge dent in his or her budget. A decade ago when I was still in college, there were no alternatives to the campus bookstore.
There were one or three independent bookstores where students could buy textbooks, but these were usually too far and you had to compete with thousands of students. These days, on the other hand, students have a lot more options when it’s time to buy test books.
Most of these alternatives are inexpensive and more convenient then paying for text books on the campus bookstore.
Discount websites are one of the alternatives that students these days can benefit from. These websites are dedicated to supplying college textbooks, and often offer these materials for notably less than campus bookstores prices.
Students who have tried this option to buy text books have claimed to have saved up to 20 to 70 percent. These discount websites will also conveniently deliver your orders to your dormitory or home.
The drawback that comes with the option to buy text books from a website is that you will be unable to inspect the merchandise before you purchase them. The text books that will be delivered may have missing pages, misprints, and tattered covers.
You might also get the wrong title which can be really difficult to exchange for the correct book. Fortunately discount websites are generally accurate in supplying students who ordered text books from them.
If you are having problems with the expensive costs that come with having to buy text books, I recommend that you hop on the Internet and browse through several discount sites.
This can really help you save money and can make your college life more enjoyable.
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Text Books Measure Will Give College Students a Break on Text Book Prices

2008-04-28T10:38:00.001-07:00

When the US House passes a bill that is intended to give college students a break in the price of their text books, this will be a first for the senate regarding text book price legislation.
Many college universities and state colleges will implement additional measures to make sure that text book legislation is more difficult than the house proposes, but this is the first time that this has been done. Legislation was sponsored last year by a republican senator and this lead to text books being required to go through a central review committee that would give proposals for price increases and quality assurance.
There are many college students that view the price of text books as a huge burden, this causes many students that work part time to have to take on more hours just to pay for essential costs of being a student.
Among other things, the legislation would require:
• University bookstores to sell books without expensive add-on products such as CDs or study guides, whenever possible. Such bundled packages can greatly increase student costs for books.
• Faculty to submit lists of required textbooks to the university bookstore in time to make sure enough books are available for students enrolled in classes.
• Faculty to limit use of new editions of books when changes from a previous edition are minimal, thus making used books available.
The bill is now before the full Senate. Both chambers of the General Assembly have to approve each other's bill. Textbook publishers opposed the legislation. Bundled packages often save students money – that’s what publishers believe, however, this is slightly biases since they are the ones that control the prices.
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Expensive College Text Books or Course Packs Instead

2008-04-28T10:37:00.001-07:00

Every semester, I am amazed again at how expensive college text books can be. It is not that there are no ways to buy cheap text books. There absolutely are. The problem is that the professors wait for too long, order too few college text books to the stories, or order them to the wrong stores the ones that charge the highest prices. If I had time to buy every college text book online, I would never have to pay an exorbitant fee. I would be able to get a good deal on all of my reading material. As it stands, there are often not enough used text books to go around. Some classes change their reading material too frequently, while other professors are actually designing new classes every the semester. It is not fair to us poor students.
Some professors in my opinion the nice ones get around the problem of expensive college text books by using course packs instead. Course packs are much easier and cheaper alternative to text books. Because you have them printed yourself at copy shops, you can get course packs for a fraction of what college text books cost. There really is no comparison. The only problem is that course packs do not last nearly as long, and often the quality is lower. Because you are making the copies yourself, there can be small errors that slip into a college course pack. Nonetheless, I vastly prefer them to college text books. I do not care that they are more cheaply bound, or that they do not look as pretty. They have all the information that they need, and they are often more up to date than college text books.
If you do have time, you should look at the course materials ahead of time. If you plan it right, you can often get your college text books online by the second week of class. In the meantime, you can keep up on the reading by borrowing the college text books of your classmates. Although this approach can be somewhat inconvenient, it still saves you a lot of money and so is better in the long run. If you are really on the ball, you can find text books used before they run out. Used college text books are often much more affordable than new ones, and they are usually still in pretty good condition. The problem is that they are in such demand. Everyone wants one.
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Breakthrough E-Book Writing

2008-04-27T11:23:00.000-07:00

Latest Effective E-book Writing

E-books or Electronic Books are the digital equivalents of conventionally printed books. They are read either on personal computers or on dedicated hardware devices known as e-book devices or e-book readers.

E-book writing is a very profitable enterprise today. Certain tips, if kept in mind, can ensure a large audience for your e-book.

TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE E-BOOK WRITING

- Expertise or Experience – When writing an E-book, it is essential that you have expertise or experience on the subject matter you write on. Adequate research needs to go into collecting and refining material to write your E-book on.

- Interesting and Informative Copy – There are a million e-books out there. How do you differentiate yours? Make your copy interesting and informative. Make the reader WANT to read your e-book and enjoy it, so that he then recommends it to others.

- Appealing Design – Writing an e-book is similar to writing a normal book, in the sense, that design elements need to be carefully considered as well. The cover of your e-book needs to be designed carefully. Make it creative and attractive. It should appeal to the reader – that is what will make him want to read the entire e-book.

- Well-Edited – Before you finally upload your e-book, make sure that it is properly edited. Check for grammatical and spelling errors. If possible, get a professional to go through and edit the entire book, so he can give comments in an unbiased way.

- Effective Marketing – Your e-book may be the best e-book in the world, but that should be for the readers to say. The only way they will be aware of the very presence of your e-book is through effective marketing on your part. Spend enough time and effort on marketing your e-book, as that will guarantee a vast audience.

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The Influence of Title and Cover of Your Ebook

2008-04-27T11:21:00.001-07:00

To me, writing an e-book with out a professionally designed cover is just a waste of time. The power of your e-book cover can not be too stress. The cover of your e-book can be the bridge between the failure and success of sales of your e-book. If you are an e-book author and you don't sell them with professionally designed cover then you are losing a lot of money. The first point of call of a prospective buyer of your e-book is your e-book cover. An e-book with a very rich content can fail to sell merely because of its cover. Potential buyers and readers of e-book do judge it by it cover.

Your e-book cover will fuel the desires of your potential reader. It will make your potential buyer feel assured and guaranteed that he or she has found what they are searching for.

I have seen e-books with very poor content sell like wild fire just because of the cover which is very attractive.

Your e-book cover is the only thing that will catch and keep the eyes of visitor to your website websites. Don't just relax after writing an e-book. Try and back your e-book with a professional well designed cover that will be appeal and tantalizing to your potential buyer.

So if you are an e-book author that don't care about his e-book cover, you better give it a second thought. The cover of your e-book can make much more difference than you ever expected. Keep on checking for the first e-book which I am about to publish on www.vickywebworld.com.

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4 Ways to Make More Profit With E-book Writing

2008-04-27T11:20:00.001-07:00

E-book can be referred to an electronic book, which can be interpreted on electronic devices like the desktop or notepad of the computer. E-books are great because they are the novel technique of getting information. They can also be a source of profit for their writers. E-book writing has become quite a lucrative option. You can earn good profits by writing E- books.

The 4 different ways to make profit through e-book writing are as follows:

Firstly, choose the topic of the E-book with great care. Always write an E-book on a topic that is interesting to masses and is popular. Research the topic for your E-book that will fetch greater number of readers. This will help in selling of your E-book among greater number of people.

The second way to make profit with E-book writing is by using an impressive language and attractive titles to your E-book. This will help in increasing the sales of your E-book.

Thirdly, e-book stores are one of the best options to sell your e-books. There are large number of web site that offers options to sell your E-book. Making a good choice of a seller helps you to fetch more profit with E-book writing. Choose a seller that can promote your E-book properly.

The fourth way to earn more profit by E-book writing is is by adding links to your web site in your E-book. This will help in promoting your web site and increase traffic to your web site.

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Adult Book Stores

2008-04-27T11:19:00.001-07:00

Adult book stores cater to some of the needs of adults, meaning they pamper the basic instincts of sex and - in some cases - sleaze. The reality is that adult books comprise a niche market of great fascination not only to young men and women, but also to adolescents and old persons alike.

Ask an adult book store owner and he will tell you that he sells books on healthy sex for normal persons and not just for “sexual delinquents” or “dirty old men”. Besides books on sex, these adult bookstores also sell gifts, novelties, toys, videos, DVDs, used and new magazines and other sex related material for fun and entertainment. These bookstores also cater to the needs of gays, lesbians and homosexuals, and so on. Most of these adult bookstores remain open 24 hours, while some take two hours’ break for the necessary “clean-ups”. To further whet the appetite of their customers some of these stores also have small “theaters” to preview the books that the customer may intend to buy.

Entry to adult bookstores is often restricted to persons who are at least 19 years old. In some states it is obligatory to show valid ID as proof of age before entering these adult book stores.

While providing legitimate fun and entertainment should not be discouraged, some adult bookstores degenerate into promoting illegal forms of sex, which just scares the healthy fun seekers. These places are sometimes creepy and utterly revolting and tend to become dens of obscenity, prostitution and crime. Unfortunately, it is difficult to draw a line between healthy sexual entertainment and “perverted” sex. Yet, going by the number of people who visit these stores, it can only be concluded that their popularity is on the rise.

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Books - The Best Gift to Send to Whom You Love

2008-04-27T11:18:00.000-07:00

If you are not sure what type of gift to give to a young adult, try giving a young adult book. Books make wonderful gift ideas. You can purchase young adult books at any major retail bookstore. The Internet is a wonderful resource for saving money if you know where to look, and books are one of the easiest items to save on, since you never have to worry about fit or color or style. There are many sources for cheap books online, and they are especially valuable for purchasing young adult books.

Young adults outgrow reading levels and interests so quickly that it seems a shame to pay full price for books that will most likely be read once and then discarded. By locating cheap books online through new and used booksellers, you can minimize the expense of keeping up with a young adult's changing interests and provide a wide and ever-changing variety of reading material to keep your teen's interests engaged.

Young adult books are generally written for audiences between the ages of 12 and 18, and deal with themes and topics that are especially relevant to teens. They are usually short to medium length chapter books addressing things like coming of age, dating, friendship, and fitting in, and can provide a means of understanding their own experiences as well as entertainment to the teen reader.

Because young adult books are read at specific ages and then outgrown, used young adult books are abundant. Few people keep young adult books once their children have reached adulthood, and the Internet provides an easy forum for buying and selling used books. From free book swapping sites to online retailers, there are many outlets that offer cheap books online, especially if you're looking for young adult books.

Some popular sources for cheap books online are Amazon.com, Half.com and EBay. At all three, you can find used young adult books at a fraction of retail costs. If you prefer new books, don't worry. Discount retailers like Overstock.com and the online outlets of major booksellers like Barnes and Noble offer new books at a discount from list prices. Be sure to consider shipping costs when looking for cheap books online, because sometimes what appears to be the best price is actually more expensive after shipping costs. Major online retailers frequently offer free shipping for larger orders, so be sure to be aware of store policies. Sometimes buying more can cost less!

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Book Proposals - My Top 10 Secrets

2008-04-24T10:47:00.000-07:00

Joel writes books about baseball. He’s a good writer, and his angle is the psychology of sports. The only problem is that Joel is such a fanatic about getting all the science right that he seldom stops to think about the way to sell his work.

When I coached Joel, I told him my first secret: Be commercial. This doesn’t mean you need to forget the science or be crass. But it does mean you need to look at the marketplace.

And speaking of marketplace, that’s the second secret. You want your book proposal to list the markets, that is, the people who will buy the book. Third secret: Don’t just do this in one or two sentences. Devote at least a paragraph, and better yet, a whole page to it.

SECRETS OF THE PROS

The fourth secret pros use to get their book proposals accepted is to include a promotion section that has some oomph to it. By this I mean you state exactly what you will do to help sell the book: speak at conferences, go on radio and TV, mention the book on your popular Web site, and so on.

Professionals have a fifth secret, and that is they always use a strong book hook. This is a one-sentence summary of the book that might appear on the back cover. Take the time to make this book hook sing. How? By reading the book hooks of your favorite books! You’ve got those books on your shelves already, don’t you? Take a look how those books were encapsulated into one sentence. Then try your hand at the same thing. It’s not that difficult, although it can often take hours, or days, of work to get it right.

The sixth, seventh, and eighth secrets are related to the overview section of the book proposal: It needs to start with a very intriguing opening paragraph, then it needs to describe the book briefly (usually in one paragraph), then it needs to tell the expected completion date and length of the book.

FINAL BOOK PROPOSAL SECRETS

The ninth secret is to include a great author bio. I’m not talking about a simple list of publications or a resume. I’m talking about one or more paragraphs describing you and your writing credentials. For examples of how to do this, look at the author bios on the backs of your favorite books. You can even copy some of the same phrases they use, where appropriate.

The final secret is perfection: You’ve got to make your proposal perfect. Read it carefully to make sure there are no typos.

Use my top ten tips and you’ll craft a winning book proposal that will likely land you a good literary agent to represent your work.

William Cane is the author of The Art of Kissing, translated into 19 languages. He taught English at Boston College for fourteen years and today is a widely sought-after speaker at colleges and universities nationwide. His Web site contains more insider writing advice for those wishing to get published: http://www.hiwrite.com/

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Books on Poker

2008-04-24T10:45:00.000-07:00

Nowadays the poker has become one of the most popular games around the world. You can easily see the international poker tournaments and celebrity poker on the television. Poker books can be of great help if you want to learn how to play poker and gain proficiency in the game. You can get books on each and every topic about the poker in the market.

If you need few starting lessons then the best way to get that is to concentrate on the books that focus on starting lessons only. This would be a great experience if you are interested in learning the game. Such books will teach you the variations of different cards, basic rules of poker and the right etiquette for poker games. It depends on you how much you want to learn, whether you want to become a weekend warrior or play on the tables of Las Vegas, these books can teach you everything.

You can easily learn about the different card combinations and how to play them once you start playing the game. Although poker is known as the game of chance but you can increase your chances of winning once you learn some techniques. The books will guide you on how to play and deal with different cards while playing a game of poker. Some books concentrate on teaching the reader; the tips on how to play those certain combinations.

There are books for players who want to learn the advanced moves and techniques of poker to gain more expertise in the game. Most of these books are written by expert poker players who write their experience and some hidden techniques to teach you. You can learn the game to be played without looking like an amateur in whatever table you sit in on to play poker using the tips described in the poker books. Not only tricks, these professional players sometimes share their personal experiences with the reader that further enhances your knowledge about the game.

Playing poker is the best way to have fun and get that fascinating and exhilarating experience. With the gaining popularity there are so many interesting stories to be told from history to high stakes games in the world of poker. These books and the stories in them about some successful people encourage you to play the game and increase your confidence.

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Golf Books On Computer

2008-04-24T10:44:00.000-07:00

There are many golf books on computer sites to help you with your golf game if you need help. There is no need to go out to the book store or the library; you can find what you are looking for right in the comfort of your own home by looking at golf books on computer sites.

If you are looking to improve your golf swing, look up golf books on computer sites on the major search engines for golf swing and you will come up with hundreds of books that will help you improve your golf swing, whether it's pitching or driving long distance swinging, you can narrow your search for golf books on computer for these styles of swings as well.

You will find a wide variety of golf books on computer depending on which site and what you put in the search box. If you are looking for something about woman golfers, there are hundreds of different books and articles about women golfers from the first woman golfer to make the professionals to woman golfer's today. From what they wear to what they eat and what the best exercises is for staying fit and healthy for golfing with the big boys. Yoga for golfers is a popular golf books on computer at the present time. This book shows you all the positions of yoga that will help you with balance and stamina to help your golf game and your overall health.

Golf books on computer sites also have suggestions for games to play such as video games to help improve your real golf game. There are many golf video games that help you with your hand-eye coordination and will help you with the same on the links. There are games in which you actually swing a club or games that you maneuver a man around the course. The choice is up to you, the one in which you swing a club will probably help you more than the other kind.

In addition to exercise golf books on computer, there are diet golf books on computer for those who want to loose a few extra pounds before they hit the links every weekend or every other day. There is eating healthy golf diets or just eating healthy books for everyone, not just the golfers.

Golf books on computer sites often show the lighter side of golf with golf cartoon books where there are books that make fun of the golfer and what they are trying to accomplish with the little white balls and the small holes. They are fun to read over and over again and have on the coffee table for others to read when they come to visit you. And speaking of coffee table books, there are golf books on computer sites for sale which are large coffee table books that are beautiful photographs of some of the best golf courses in the world. You can also find them posted on the Internet to be used as wall paper for your computer.

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French Cooking Lexicon - 6 Most Common Lexicons Used By French Chefs!

2008-04-24T10:43:00.000-07:00

Are you running round in circles trying to make sense of the French cooking words or phrases? In that case, you should immediately get hold of a French cooking lexicon to help you unravel the mystique of French cooking. They are obtainable only from exclusive outlets. They provide you with the precise English meaning, from kitchen appliances to hors d'oeuvres. The French cookery books continue to develop and they entice us to invest in the complete collection of cookery books available. Following are the principal lexicons that can assist you with your cooking.

The Larousse Gastronomique

The delightfully depicted French cooking lexicon has around 3000 recipes. It contains clear and comprehensible meanings of French expressions. The book that is quite easy to follow comprises of traditional as well as the latest recipes, which will whet your appetite.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking

It is a French food preparation lexicon, which is co-written by Julia Child. For a new homemaker who desires to figure out French cooking, this is the right choice. The timeless recipes come with lucid directions. Julia Child has penned a special message targeted at readers and this creates an affinity with her many admirers.

The French Menu Cookbook

The French cookery lexicon was first printed in 1970 and was the source of inspiration for most of the finest chefs working in restaurants worldwide. This lexicon was reprinted in 2002. It focuses on the various recipes prepared every season. The dishes prepared are highly imaginative and unique.

In Madeleine's Kitchen

The French lexicon lends a personal touch to cooking French style. The recipes included in this lexicon are Madeleine Kenman's version of some the supreme French dishes. The food prepared is exceptional and caters exclusively to the American palate.

Elizabeth David Classics

The French cooking lexicon comes in three volumes. This cookery book is remarkable since it does away with the monotony of measurements. It tends to stimulate your culinary abilities. This lexicon makes for fascinating reading as it doubles as a travelogue, very suitable for an enterprising chef.

Roger Verge's Vegetables in the French Style

This is the much-loved French cooking lexicon of vegans. The recipes provide a novel slant to cooking various vegetables. When you get familiar with it, you can treat your family and fastidious eaters to vegetables cooked the French way, naturally flavored with tomatoes and zucchini.

A standard French cooking lexicon provides English explanations to French cooking expressions from desserts, pastas, appetizers, legumes, venison, fish, meats, poultry, soups, salads, sauces, cakes, and breads. In addition, this French cooking lexicon, which is authored by culinary professionals, includes stunning pictures, is easily comprehensible, and makes for a fascinating read.

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Secrets of Home Cooking For the Holidays

2008-04-24T10:42:00.001-07:00

One of the greatest joys that life can bring us is some good old home cooking. If you plan to do a lot of home cooking over the holidays this year there are some great resources that you should be aware. This article will show you some free resources where you can find wonderful recipes, tips, and other suggestions for your home cooking.

If you do much cooking at all you really should visit your local library and check out some of the newest cooking magazines and books on the market today. It really would be well worth your time. You may consider subscribing to a couple of the cooking magazines to get tons of free information that will make you a true chef in your own home.

One of my favorite web sites is home cooking magazine. You will find many more web sites on the Internet like this that offer tips of the week for special recipes. Often times you will find many seasonal recipes that work perfect for the holiday time.

Often times, it's the little things that you do that really spice up a meal, such as the desert drinks and the baking items that you come up with. Again you will find many great baking ideas online or in your local library for free.

Some of the most popular home cooking ideas usually involve turkey and chicken. So often we have too much leftover turkey after the holiday season that we need to be creative and think up some wonderful meals.

By doing a quick search online for turkey meal ideas you should find plenty of wonderful solutions for your next meal. By being creative with your turkey, then adding a nice fruit drink and some creative baking dishes you have a wonderful meal for you and your family.

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Book Reivew -The Silver Spoon by Phaidon Press

2008-04-24T10:40:00.002-07:00

Looking for an Italian cooking bible? Look no further. This is one of my favorite types of cookbooks by far. It has over 1000 recipes. It has recipes that range in many different areas of Italian cooking. Photos are high quality and the publisher did an excellent job in producing this book.

Books like these have a depth in material. There are so many different recipes for so many different ingredients you will find plenty of recipes that you will be pleased to serve. One of the selling points of this book to me is how it is broken down by courses of food, and by type of ingredient. I have never seen any other Italian cookbook produce so many different recipes for so many different types of fish, vegetables, meats, and so much more.

This book definately reminds me of The Joy of Cooking Cookbook. Both books serve as a resource of great recipes, but both have lots of information to help grow your cooking skills and abilities. I don't think you can ask for much more out of a cookbook, making delicious food, and enhancing your skills.

I highly recommend this book. If you are looking for a book to help broaden your Italian cooking, this is a great book to start with. I do not think you can beat this book for the depth in both southern, and northern Italian cooking. So many different Italian cookbooks miss one of the regions. Great photos, many tasty recipes, and packed with all sorts of knowledge to help grow your cooking skills, you can't go wrong with this book.

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Cooking E-books

2008-04-24T10:40:00.001-07:00

If you love cooking and want to surprise your loved ones with an exotic recipe at the next dinner party then you should definitely look into a variety of cooking e-books available on the Internet. Gourmet cooking e-books offer recipes from around the world. Tips on how to make great Japanese, Chinese or Italian dishes can be downloaded onto your computer within minutes. Who has time to scout around local book stores looking for the latest in cooking tips? E-books will save you the trip and possibly the money as a lot of these electronic books are available at absolutely no charge. You can learn how to make dishes that are guaranteed to make your guests’ mouth water.

What dinner goes without a dessert? Baking e-books give recipes on how to bake cakes and cookies and home-made bread and bagels. Your dinner parties will never be dull with the variety of tasty desserts you can make without having to attend cooking or baking classes. Professional baking electronic books will even provide you with skills to start a bakery of your own.

Healthy nutrition fans will find a variety of books available to suit their taste as well. Vegetarian and health oriented cook books bring new recipes to a table, clearly proving that healthy eating does not have to be boring. Dr. Atkins’ latest diet book will also spice up your current menu.

Cooking e-books are an endless source to creative cooking. Equipped with the best cooking tips available you will never again have to wreck your brain about what to make for dinner. Just pull out your PDA, flip through the pages and pull out the ingredients. Before you know it you will have a tasty dinner brewing on the stove. Bon Appetite!

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Finding Cooking Information Online

2008-04-24T10:39:00.000-07:00

That perfect recipe, or that one great cooking tips, or that informative cooking eBook, they are all as close as your computer. A search online can reveal exactly what you are looking for. There are plenty of food oriented websites and blogs, book sites, and even eBay, where excellent cooking information can be found.

A simple search on Google for the term “cooking” will return more than 134,000,000, while the term “cooking eBook” will returns a mere 1,650,000. As you can see, knowing what you want to look for really helps to narrow down the results and helps to bring more targeted information on the topic you are searching for.

Searching with a search engine can provide instant cooking help, but if you are looking for books, hard copy or eBooks, a search of online book stores and even eBay is in order. Cooking books can be found on any of the many online book stores, while eBooks (which can also be had instantaneously) can be found by searching eBay. EBooks are inexpensive books in electronic form that can be viewed and saved on your computer and usually cost considerably less than hard copy books.

Having the right knowledge when it comes to cooking can lead to better cooking and improved cooking skills. The internet can make it very easy to find the perfect recipe, a great new cooking tip, an informative cook book, or even a website or blog devoted to cooking, all you need to do is a little searching.

Jonathan Parker is the owner of The Cooking eBook website. At The Cooking eBook you can find cooking tips, the free report “Master Chef Secrets...” and the eBook “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Cooking”. thecookingebook.com

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Educational Bookstores

2008-04-23T11:49:00.000-07:00

A large number of educational bookstores have come up over the last few decades. The growth of educational stores is closely linked with the growth of educational publishing, and a growing consciousness among children as well as grown-ups about the importance of educational books.

Educational bookstores have also become popular, as they are now prepared and packaged in such a way to attract the attention of children. Small educational bookstores often sell books for school or for college. They offer a limited number of books. As the profit margins are not very high in the educational books segment of the publishing industry, small educational bookstores are not able to make a substantial amount of money.

However, with a number of top publishing and retail chains opening educational bookstores, the smaller players have been marginalized in this market. Now the big names and top brands rule the roost. By sheer volume of sales, they are able to make sufficient profits.

Many educational bookstores are exclusively meant for school or for higher education. Some of them sell only medical or engineering books, while others only deal in art and literature-related books.

Many educational bookstores have a special segment of used books. It generally contains those expensive books that a lower-income family may not be able to afford new, but can buy at a much lower price.

Most of the educational bookstores offer heavy discounts during 'clearance sales.' You can get some good books at a nominal cost on such occasions. Many book lovers often wait for such an opportunity to make bulk purchases. There are several online educational bookstores also. Some offer books at lower prices.

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Basketball Books

2008-04-23T11:48:00.002-07:00

f you like to read, and want to learn about the game of basketball, you may want to look into buying a book or two on this subject. Every year several top of the line titles are published on the game of basketball. Some of the books are about the game itself, and some of them are about how basketball relates to life. But either way, if you are a basketball fan and like to read you should be in heaven with these books.

For people that are trying to learn about the game of basketball, the best books are the ones that are instructional. These books can help you to learn new strategy if you are a coach, or improve your skills if you are a player.

Also, keep in mind that the basketball books that are published were written by people who know what they are talking about. The majority of instructional books are written by top quality coaches, or people that are in the know. This ensures that the information you are reading is the best of the best.

You can find basketball books for sale both online and in bookstores. No matter where you decide to search, make sure that you keep an open mind. There are enough books available on this subject to keep you busy for a very long time. You should research each one, and then make a decision on which one will best suit your needs. This way you will end up with the knowledge that you have been seeking.

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What Sells on eBay? Children's Series Books Like Animorphs

2008-04-23T11:48:00.001-07:00

Children's Series books like Animorphs are another thing to keep an eye out for while you are at Garage sales looking for items to sell on eBay. There are two reasons why these are great:

1. You can find them at most Garage sales in the Suburbs

2. You can buy them for cheap and resell them for a good profit.

When I say you can buy them for cheap, I am talking five to ten cents per book. When you find them at a garage sale, offer to buy them all for a nickel a piece. After that, you can always go a little higher depending on the series.

Here is a list of several good children's book series to look out for:

* Animorphs by K.A. Applegate, Published by Scholastic. Series includes 54 books with 10 Companion books. Books resell for about $1 per book, if series is complete, up to $2.50 per book.

* Box Car Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner, Series includes 113 books. Re-Published by Scholastic. Newer books resell for $1 per book, Original series for much more.

* Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey, Published by Scholastic. Series includes 9 books and counting. Books sell for at least $2 a book, more if newer books are included.

* Goosebumps by R.L. Stine, Original Series includes 62 books, Goosebumps series 2000 includes 24 books. Published by Scholastic. Resell for about $1 per book.

* Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park. Series includes 27 books. These resell for about $2 per book.

This is by no means an exhaustive list of books to sell on eBay. This is only a primer. You should do some research yourself, and make sure these are actually viable options, make a list of how much you would be willing to sell per book, etc...

Unlike selling other things on eBay, it is best not to split these up into smaller lots. But to try to sell them all together. The more complete the set, the higher your price will be. If you have an almost complete set, it might be worth it to buy the missing book on Amazon.

Happy hunting.

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panish Audio Books

2008-04-23T11:47:00.003-07:00

Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the world. If you look for keyword searches in any search engine for any product, there will be searches related to that product, asking for information in Spanish, or for example in the case of books or audio books, a Spanish version of it.

As it was said, audio books are not the exception. There are hundreds of people looking for "Spanish audio books" or "audio book in Spanish" in most of the search engines and directories.

Fortunately, there are some audio book stores that are starting to have spanish audio books as one of their categories. There are some classic titles such as Papa Rico, Papa Pobre o La Ola Latina that can be found on almost all audio book stores.

In addition, there are other important categories in which people looking for spanish audio books can be interested. These are language learning audio books, as an audio book is an excellent tool to learn a foreign language, because you can also learn the correct pronunciation of words.

The most common Spanish audio books in these categories at this moment are English courses for Spanish speakers, but without any doubt in the near future, a spanish speaker will be able to learn any language.

So people looking for a Spanish audio book should visit the different audio book stores where they will find a good number of titles to choose from, and that number will grow in the next months and years.

Alberto Abudara is the owner of http://www.audiobookfortress.com, an audio book store offering a good number of Spanish Audio Books. To find more information about audio books visit his blog at http://mp3-audio-book.blogspot.com/

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More Efficiently Utilize Your Time by Listening to Audio Books

2008-04-23T11:47:00.001-07:00

Are you short on time? With everything else you need to do these days between work, taking care of the children, cleaning the home or even just getting around to where you need to go, finding time to read – whether it be for pleasure or for learning – is never a priority.

A good solution – Audio Books.

Listening to books versus reading books allows you to better utilize your time. Audio books are becoming popular as you can listen while doing other things.

You can listen to audio books when driving around in your car, as you commute to work, waiting in line, gardening, cooking, cleaning the house, traveling - just about anytime and anywhere.

Modern technology has made obtaining and listening to audio books simple. Audio books are readily accessible on the internet allowing you instant access to thousands of book titles. You do not need to visit the bookstore or wait for the postman to deliver.

Instead, you can immediately access audio books and download the files onto your computer, digital mp3 player, IPOD or mobile phone. Plus, the internet allows you to easily search and locate specific titles of interest or to browse your favorite book categories.

Just think about how many books you would be able to listen to if you used your daily commute time to listen to audio books. If your commute is 1 hour a day, you could easily listen to one or two books a week. Over the course of the year, that could add up to 208 books a year just by better utilizing your commute time.

If you use other times (while cooking, cleaning, etc.), the amount of books you could get through would be phenomenal.

Audio books are one of the fastest growing ways to better utilize your time. There are many resources on the internet to access audio books. Some public library sites even let you download titles for free.

Many people find that once they begin listening to audio books versus reading, they become addicted. I have found that it is great way to learn and have turned my daily commute into an education of wheels!

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Discount Online Used Bookstores

2008-04-23T11:46:00.000-07:00

There are lots of online used book stores which offer books at discounted rates, depending on their condition. Most of used book sites have search engines where you can search by title, author or even the subject of the book.

You can save your money by buying as many used books as you can. As you can imagine, used books are gobbled up fast, so buy early.

Every year students require various college textbooks for their classes, spending a small fortune to purchase them. High standards should be improved in the business deal of purchasing used books from the online used bookstores so that all students would benefit of improved methods of learning. You can purchase a used textbook at about 75 percent of the retail price of a new textbook.

A search within Google will give you all the online used book stores you need to find used book dealers and book clubs. So, finding and buying inexpensive used books online is not difficult at all. You just need a computer and some basic Internet knowledge to start searching for your dream books.

Online used book stores offer thousands of used books for sale for far less than they were worth. The World-Wide-Web is one of the best sources of used books for sale. If you start looking for your books in advance, certain online used book stores offer you discounts if you shop more often.

A range of titles are available in used book stores, including in print and out of print books. Book collectors tend to frequent these online stores. Large online bookstores offer used books for sale, too. Individuals wishing to sell their used books can make use of the discount online book stores

Iamused book is an online used book store where you can find attractive books at lower prices. We offer more selection of used books at lesser prices.

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Audio Books - 10 Frequently Asked Questions - Part 2

2008-04-19T09:32:00.000-07:00

The audio books era is already here. I keep hearing phrases like: Audio book rental, free audio books, audio book club, audio books on CD, online audio book rental services etc.
Here are the next five frequently asked questions about audio books (and the answers of course):
6. What kinds of audio books do you recommend to listen to?
Listen to audio books that you would read. Meaning, if you like thrillers, listen to thriller audio books, if you are looking for children books, get children audio books etc. Yet, I suggest you get to know more other successful audio books kinds such as language tutorials and motivation audio books.
7. Are the old fashioned books going to disappear?
I don’t think so. In fact, I still prefer reading books before I’m going to sleep. The experience is a different one, and some people still prefer the old books. Yet, I believe that the reading habits of most of the world’s population will change in the next century thanks to audio books.
8. Can I find any book in an audio book format?
Unfortunately not any book could be found as an audio book. Yet, almost any new book and any bestseller from the last century are getting published as an audio book. Most of the old books could be found in the format of books on tape and the new ones as downloadable audio books and audio books on CD.
9. How can I listen to downloadable audio books?
You could listen to downloadable audio books using a media player on your desk top or your note book computer. However, most people use audio players like iPod to listen to downloadable audio books.
10. Where should I get my audio books?
The best place to get audio books from would be one of the online audio book services.
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Quick Cash Selling Your College Textbooks on eBay

2008-03-30T04:31:00.000-07:00

There is a ravenous online market for college textbooks. Putting up a textbook or any book for sale on Ebay is a snap. Simply enter the ISBN number, which is located on the inside cover of most books. The ISBN number can also be located on the back of many books.
The International Standard Book Number, or ISBN (sometimes pronounced "is-ben"), is a unique identifier for books, intended to be used commercially.
Ebay recognizes the ISBN number, and will automatically enter all the relevant data about the book, and in most cases add a picture as well.
Non Fiction Books with copyright dates of 1999 and newer normally command top dollar on Ebay.
There are people who look exclusively for valuable books in their communities. The book scout will scour thrift stores, local auctions and estate sales for books that may at most cost a dollar and resell for $40 and up per book. They are known in the book industry as book scouts. Book scouts are able to pick the cherries from stacks of books in just a few minutes, earning hundreds of dollars for a small amount of work.
If you are book scouting at thrift stores or local auctions keep this tip in mind. A good rule of thumb is anything that you cannot understand technically would be a good idea to purchase. There is virtually no downside to buying used books; the worst-case scenario is the book you purchased for 50 cents is worth that amount. Quite often the books will average $25 and up with and occasional $80 or $90 textbook.
Get paid handsomely and become a book detective selling used books on Ebay.
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Review Text Books: Under Review

2008-03-29T04:08:00.001-07:00

Annual reports often lead to a company or an organization deciding to overhaul or review their own system. This occurred when a State run Text Book Committee recently decided to review their text books that were being used in the class rooms. This has obvious implications for students and teachers, the quality of learning can often be compromised by a lacking in text books, but the cost of revamping those text books can be astronomical.
The typical time for text books to review is in the late summer time, when publishers have published all the books for the upcoming school year. These text books are typically reviewed by the text book review committee. Public Citizens are able to review the books during the open review process that each state holds. Comments can be made and there are many public hearings that last approximately 2-4 weeks which can help the committee develop a plan for purchasing text books.
The committee often consists of 10-15 members, each are from their own congressional district, and a few represent the state as a whole. There is an additional citizen whom does not have a teaching certificate, but does have some weight in the choosing process. The terms for a committee are often 2-5 years, depending on the state. Reviews of text books are often done on a 4-6 year cycle depending on the funding and the need. Libraries are required to hold on to the text books until the state committee has conducted the most recent study and review of text books.
Scott Fish is the owner of Text Book Reviews Private Investigator Schools
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Harry Potter Audio Books - the Pros and Cons

2008-03-29T04:06:00.002-07:00

The Harry Potter mania has not skipped the audio books world. Apart from Harry potter books, movies and video games you could find all the Harry Potter series on audio books formats – downloadable audio books, audio books on CD and books on tape. Is it good for our children? Decide yourself after getting to know the pros and cons of the Harry Potter audio books:
The pros:
1. The Harry Potter audio books are an excellent educational activity for young children that can not read yet or for children with dyslexia. Yet, young children may be afraid of some of the chapters on the Harry Potter audio books – just skip these parts.
2. The Harry Potter audio books are the perfect solution for children who do not like to read. It will help them get all the essential values from the Harry potter books without actually reading them. More than that, it could motivate them to start reading books. One mother told me that she allowed her children to listen only to the first Harry Potter audio book. To get to know the rest of the Harry Potter series, her children had to actually read them.
3. The Harry Potter audio books are the best method to teach children proper pronunciation. A perfect reading will teach them new words and correct speaking techniques.
4. The Harry Potter audio books will keep your children busy for hours. You could use them while traveling in the car, instead of reading to them before they go to sleep or just to get some rest from your children.
The cons:
1. The Harry Potter audio books may encourage children not to read books. In some cases I have heard of, children who started listening to audio books, have read less books. Yet, I believe it’s all a matter of a good education and parents’ domination.
2. Some say that listening to audio books such as the Harry Potter audio books may damage the imagination and creativity of the children.
Paton Jackson is the audio books’ expert of 911 corp. Find the best audio books sources and more about audio books on http://www.911makemoretime.com/ Harry Potter audio books and more. All about time management on http://www.911makemoretime.com/
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My Name is Carol and I am Addicted to Audio Books

2008-03-29T04:06:00.001-07:00

My story: I am 32 and addicted to audio books. I have been trying to cut back but I can’t. I was first introduced to audio books 12 years ago. My parents bought me a Stephen King audio book as a birthday present. It included 10 books on cassettes each 25 minutes. I finished listening to it the first night. Then, I started buying audio books for me and for each of my friend’s birthdays (whether they liked audio books or not). As times passed I moved to audio books on CDs and later on to downloadable audio books. I have known all the online audio book rental services and buying services. In fact, I had an account in most of them.
My average output was two audio books per week but I remember some weeks where I skipped sleeping and listened to up to five audio books. I purchased almost any new fiction audio book in the market.
I managed to find some free audio books but still paid a lot of money for my audio book collection.
I got addicted to the comfort of having a “miniature” book. I got addicted to the narration, the music and the sound effects.
I got addicted to the ability to listen to audio books anytime and anywhere (I remember listening to it in the bathroom and in work and in other weird places).
And then I decided to make the move. If I can’t beat it, I would join it. I resigned from work and made a profession out of my hobby – I started making money out of my comprehensive knowledge of audio books. Nowadays, I write reviews about new audio books and serve as a consultant for audio books’ publishers. I am happy listening to free audio books and being paid for it (just finished listening to the last Harry Potter audio book). Have you tried listening to audio books? Try it.
Carol told her story to Paton Jackson, the head of 911 corp. We have made a comprehensive research about audio books. Let us share with you our findings – the best audio books sources, titles and much more audio book information only on Online audio book rental services and more. The audio book bible.
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18 Reasons To Write An E-book And Then Give It Away For FREE

2008-03-28T03:40:00.001-07:00

1. People will visit your web site to get the free valuable information.
2. Advertise your products or services in the e-book.
3. You will become known as an expert on the subject of the e-book.
4. Offer the e-book as a free bonus for purchasing one of your products or services.
5. Allow other people give away the e-book to increase visitors to your web site.
6. Gain new leads by having people sign up and give their contact information before they can download your e-book.
7. The word "FREE" is the most appealing word on the internet.
8. Conduct market research asking people to fill out a survey before getting the e-book.
9. Make money selling advertising space in the e-book.
10. Give away the e-book as a special gift to your current customers letting them know you appreciate their business.
11. Gain free advertising by submitting the e-book on freebie sites.
12. Make money selling the reprint rights to people who would like to sell the e-book.
13. You'll gain valuable referrals from people telling others about your e-book.
14. Make money cross promoting the e-book as a free bonus with other people's products or services.
15. Gain free publicity sending press releases announcing your ''Free E-book Giveaway.''
16. Increase subscribers to your e-zine by giving away the e-book as an incentive to subscribe.
17. Give away the e-book to people that join your affiliate program.
18. The biggest reason you should write an e-book and then give it away for free: you'll feel good helping people improve their lives.
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Rojo Sunsen is a specialized bounty hunter who prefers to work quietly/confidentially for the benefit of her clients.
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Market Your Book

2008-03-28T03:38:00.001-07:00

Book as industrial product, science product, and intellectual product, needs to market to get support from the society. This is very important because from there we will get money to develop knowledge and science. Without this, our culture and society never change from bad to the best hope.
Our book needs marketing to share our thinking and knowledge become enlightenment to human and society. Publisher and author should cooperate to market their books. Every effort must conduct to market it. Publisher need marketing to get money for develops their business. Author needs marketing to spread their idea in the book and making feedback about book.
Author has many efforts to promote author’s book. Author relationship with many peoples will increase book selling. Sometimes, author can promote book in talk show. They can promote in the class of school, seminar, lecture, etc. This is can influence customer to see and buy their book.
Publisher can promote their book in website, radio, television, flyer, brochure and other kinds of promotional tools. Publisher has some trick to sale book like direct selling or sale to bookstore. Business cooperation with other side is very support in selling of the book. Sponsorships can increase selling of book to. Other way is book fair in the city. Usually, publisher association has book fair calendar in the various cities. This is very good to increase book selling. Publisher, author, and customer can meet in one location to create business transaction or social transaction to create other good idea.
This event is very good to combat book hijacking. Every side has same opportunity to promote them selves. Author can promote self as good author. Publisher of course can promote every product in right situation and right customer. Society will get best enlightenment and information from that event. Book fair always has multiplier effects to every side of business. Every effort can conduct to increase book selling.
Susmanto Hadi is independent author from Indonesia. He has been writing some books in Bahasa Indonesia. He also compile computer security glossary in an e-book to help everybody to understand computer security sciences. He is a ghostwriter to some local writer in Indonesia. He also conducts Internet marketing activities with his web.
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Small Business Book Keeping: See the Difference Yourself

2008-03-28T03:33:00.001-07:00

Managing a business accurately is not at all a child’s play. In fact for successfully running a business one needs to strategize things and plan properly and to follow those strategies regularly and wholeheartedly. Bookkeeping is one such strategy and a process that includes the maintaining of records of the various transactions of a business. Bookkeeping includes looking through the total revenue, profit, loss and expenses incurred by the company, the dates of the transactions and various other minute financial details. This brings us to the conclusion that bookkeeping is one of the most vital aspects of a business whether the business is a big one or a small one. In fact small business book keeping needs to be maintained more accurately because once they know their financial status very well they can think of expanding themselves.
There are many advantages of maintaining small business book keeping. As book keeping helps to know the accurate financial status of a business, small business book keeping also helps these small businesses to know their accurate financial position which further helps them to understand the position of their business and to understand the initial profit and loss that the business is incurring. Small business book keeping helps these businesses to be financially and legally precise.
Customary small business book keeping that has the details like the daily transactions, turn over, loss, if any and other such details can help these small business get loans for their business easily. As these details are very important while applying for a loan, maintaining small business book keeping helps in easing out the entire process of applying for the loan and getting the loan passed. Maintaining small business book keeping is also a great task like maintaining a book keeping for any big business. So it is always very important to get professionals who are thorough with their work even if the work is being done for small business book keeping. Hiring professionals to do small business book keeping helps the business to understand their financial position and then helps the business to grow and they can keep a good track of the book keeping of the business.
Small business book keeping should be done on a regular basis as it helps to maintain the financial records regularly and helps to know the regular financial position of the business. The book should be daily updated and maintained as it helps to keep a track of the smallest of the financial expenses or gains. If there is a hindrance in the regularity then it might become a major issue resulting in losing the track of the small business book keeping causing loss to the company.
Small business book keeping can be done manually as well as with the help of computers. The basic thing is to maintain an accurate small business book keeping to keep a track on the financial issues of the company. This is usually done by maintaining a monthly spreadsheet of the expenses incurred daily and another to show the sales, purchase, gross, and net profit. Small business book keeping is of great help to a business and this has been proved time and again and it also helps to avoid unwanted troubles.
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Cleaning Business Is One Of The Easiest Forms Of Business Opportunity

2008-03-26T05:03:00.000-07:00

The need for cleaning service is extensive but the supply for such service is now diminishing because of professional cleaner shortage. The only clear solution for the growing shortage of professional cleaners is to establish a cleaning business that will supply and offer such type of business services likewise to serve expertly. So the possibility to start up your own business is now open. This business opportunity is for everyone.
Cleaning business is one of the easiest forms of business opportunity. Perhaps even you have little knowledge on business structure, you can avail the comprehensive guidelines being provided on many vital electronic books that covers on how to start your own cleaning business to assist you managing your business. With those electronic books, you can also have different legal forms needed for the business. With the electronic books, some of it discusses step by step procedures on starting up your cleaning business - from organizing to operation.
Cleaning business offers cleaning services residentially and commercially. You should also consider the right pricing of your cleaning services. By providing affordable pricing that will not affect the quality of your service, will approach and attract high quality customers for the business. For that you can possibly make them as your frequent clients for your business.
Cleaning business requires only low business start up costs that when work out; it might turn into a big account of high income return which is possible, in fact. By loving what you are doing and doing what's simply the best for the business, is the superb idea to success.
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The Key To Success In Small Businesses

2008-03-26T05:00:00.000-07:00

Small businesses are a great way to generate a full or part time income. Starting and profiting from a small business is easy if you follow some basic rules.
Find a product or service that sells. That sounds easy does'nt it? Well its a lot harder than you think. Lots of people have great ideas but if the market is not there then you are banging your head against a brick wall. Trying to create a market for a product or service is a very hard job, and usually costs a lot of money in marketing costs. My advice is leave that to the big boys.
The best way to begin is to find a market that already exists, and look at how you can do it cheaper and better. Its a lot better to take a small slice of a big cake, than a huge slice of a cake that has not yet been baked. Big companies are notoriously bad at offering good service, by starting up as a small business you can focus on offering a better service, and slowly take your share of the market.
Another way to make your small businees work is to keep your costs down. If you can work from home then you have a winner. Overheads are one of the major things that put small businesses out of business. If you can keep them to a minimum then you will have a much better chance of success.
Start small. Dont over commit yourself by taking out large loans to start up. Most small business can be started with less than £1000. If your business has a large repayment to make every month, then you are less likely to succeed than someone else that does not have that overhead.
Dont offer credit, get your customers to pay upfront, or when the product or service has been delivered. That way you do not have cashflow problems, which is another killer of small and large busineses. I know of companies that have gone bust with full order books, only because they have given their customers 3 months credit and they do not have the money in to pay the wages bill.
If you are a reseller of a product or service, then shop around for the best prices for your supplies. You may find that the difference in prices between wholesalers can be enough to determine the success or failure of your business.
There are many more rules that you can use to ensure your success, and I will be covering them in my next article, so keep your eyes peeled.
If you are considering starting a small business, or you already have a small business, and you need some advice please feel free to visit our Forum here E Business Advisors - Free Business Advice Forum
Kerry is a small business owner and advisor. Having set up many successful small businesses, the latest a small packaging company Abbey Packaging Supplies she now acts as an advisor to new business start ups, and a consultant to a number of small businesses.
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SEO 101

2008-03-26T04:59:00.002-07:00

SEO (search engine optimization) is a booming businees these days. Everyone wants to obtain top rankings in google, yahoo, and msn. The problem most SEO companies face is the fact that they forget the basics.
Spiders (robots) love the basics. Spiders will crawl through the web looking for sites that are rich in text. When a spider finds a site rich in text, it will sit down and go to work. Who knows sometimes they even invite other spiders. When you are trying to get listed high in the Search Engines, make sure that you have lots of text. After all Content is KING!
The next thing that you need to worry about is how the spider crawls your site. Make sure that you remove all javascript and css. Put your CSS and javascript in external files. Then make sure that you have quality Meta Tags. Many Search Engines still use Meta tags, Google still uses the description and title meta tag for its results.
After your meta tags, then check your links. Make sure that you have plenty of internal links so that the search engines can find all of your pages. If you are having a links page you may want to use the "NOFOLLOW" meta tag to prevent loss of PageRank.
Bobby Eubank is a SEO expert. His webssite RankTips Free SEO is the source for everything about SEO.
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Customer Service Considered; Buy The Book

2008-03-25T05:27:00.000-07:00

For many years in business we concentrated on total customer service and then one day I bought the book on customer service. Well one of the books. There are many very great books on the subject to help you in your business. In Carl Sewell’s book; Customers For Life; How to Turn That One Time Buyer Into A Lifelong Customer; I sure learned a lot.
Almost as much as the books on customer service, which explain how to survey customers to find out what they really think. And boy will you be surprised when you find out too. In fact these types of books in combination seem to make a winning customer service program for any small business or large corporation.
I once thought that maybe Carl Sewell’s book could be called the Bible of customer service in the Real World. The author is right and well, his customers love him in Dallas. I surveyed his customers; think of it. I surveyed the authors customers in his business to see if he was legit. Indeed he practices what he preaches and then I thought I had better survey my own customers too. I did and you should too; because the changes you make in customer service after that, well your customers will love you too! Consider all this in 2006.
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Buying Books Online

2008-03-25T05:23:00.000-07:00

Buying books online have its own advantages and disadvantages over the on-road book shops. But for people who love reading books are happy to buy books either online or offline. Online books store have regular customer support on their online store. Thus, if an online user who is having trouble in purchasing books can take the online support of the selling site. These online stores provide supports to many users at a time while in bookstore books sellers are unable to provide every shopper individually.
Buying books online is much easier and full of fun than purchasing books from on-road books shops. Online Buying of books not only save your time but also the physical exertion and money you spend while traveling to purchase books from the regular bookstore.
There is some security issue related to buying online, not only books but any products one want to purchase online. If online shopper doesn’t take a good look at the Buying cart then (s)he might un-knowingly giving his/her credit card information to the hackers who are preying their eyes on less secure sites. Thus, while buying online one should focus on the security seals like that of VeriSign. Since, these certified sites are using modern encryption and Secure Socket Layer technologies. Thus, online buying of books or other products is safe when a user purchase online from these online book shop.
Thus, buying books online is more advantageous than buying books from regular shops. As buying books online is fast, accurate, take less time and is just a click away from the users.
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E-Book Software

2008-03-25T05:22:00.001-07:00

E-Books are books in electronic form that may are delivered either over the Internet as downloadable files, or on physical media such as disks or CD-ROMs. It is probably fair to say that the majority of E-Books in circulation are designed to be read on a normal desktop computer or laptop, but there are also some E-Books out there which are intended to be read on handheld electronic devices such as Portable Digital Assistants ("PDAs"), Pocket PCs and "E-Book Readers". Additionally it should be noted that many E-Books do include a printing option, so even though the information is delivered electronically, people who prefer to read on paper can still do so.
E-Books are very popular with entrepreneurs and small/home businesses, as they can be used either to market an existing business (by giving away E-Books or launching a viral marketing campaign based on E-Books about topics related to the business), or to generate revenue directly by selling them as information products. Additionally, publishing your own E-Book allows you to get the prestige, kudos and self-respect that comes with being an author.
To make an E-Book the main principal software that you need is an "E-Book compiler". The compiler converts content that you supply (often prepared in a word processor or HTML editing program) into your desired E-Book format. Additionally you may want to get some for creating 3D-style images of E-Book covers, as these images (sometimes known as "box shots" or "ecovers") can be useful in advertising and promotion. Most E-Book authors also find it helpful to set up a simple web site advertising their wares - although if you prefer to sell your E-Books on auction sites such as eBay you could do that instead.
By S. Tanna. Create your eBooks using our easy to use eBook Compiler for Windows. Includes features for password protection, search, anti-unauthorizing sharing, custom icons, and more. Download a free trial at http://www.ebookcompiler.com/
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How To Start An E-Book Business

2008-03-24T04:45:00.001-07:00

Working from home is a dream come true for most people. You get to set your schedule, spend more time with your family, and make money doing something you enjoy. If you love books, then selling e-books from home is ideal for you. This article discusses some ways to make your home-based e-book business a success.
There are two ways to source e-books, you can either create them, or buy them from other people.
Writing E-Books: Getting Inspiration
Writing e-books is all about creativity. If you feel you have an idea that you need to convey to people, or an idea people will pay to know about, you should create an e-book. Carry a notepad with at all times, so that whenever you get an idea for an e-book, you can jot it down. With time, you will get better at it, as more and more ideas will keep coming to you.
Selling E-Books from Home:
In order to sell e-books, you need a computer and a reliable PC connection, preferably broadband. The Internet is a great place for business as far as information goes, and selling e-books is one way of exchanging information.
1) Market Research Even though you run a home based business, it cannot get anywhere until you do your homework well. Market research will help you to identify areas of growth, and the kind of e-books that are in demand.
2) Resale In case you are not writing your own e-books, you can make money by buying the rights to other e-books and reselling them.
3) Sales Letter Writing a good sales letter for your e-book boosts sales, since people want a little information about the book before they buy it.
Advantages of Selling E-Books from Home:
1) Minimal Infrastructure You do not need plush offices and expensive equipment to conduct a e-book marketing business. You can work right out of your bedroom, and never bother about routines, and hectic schedules.
2) Money Selling from home does not mean that you will not be making money. The business of e-book retailing can be very profitable if you are willing to learn the ropes.
3) Stock You need not maintain an inventory, because when it comes to e-books, you can never run out of stock!
4) Automatic Selling Once you have set up the website, you need not monitor the sale process continuously. The website automatically helps people download e-books, and keep track of all transactions.
You should employ innovative strategies while writing as well as marketing e-books. If you like books, and can write on subjects that appeal to you, then a home based business of selling e-books can be very lucrative. If you want to know more about selling e-books from home, you can consult a small business advisor who will help you research what kind of e-books are in demand, and give you tips related to marketing your e-books.
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Are Audio Books Expensive - Discussion About the Price of Audio Books

2008-03-24T04:44:00.001-07:00

Are audio books expensive? Well, it’s a tough question. What kind of audio books – downloaded audio books, audio books on CD, or books on tape, which titles? And compared to what – the old fashioned book or to other audio titles? Let us examine the prices and then take a look at the factors that affect the price of audio books. Then, we will try to answer the question: Are audio books expensive?
The prices of audio books vary from free of charge to up to 100$. In most cases, comparing the same audio books titles we got the following results: books on tape (or audio books on cassettes) were the most expensive ones, Audio books on cd had a similar price to the original old fashioned book and MP3 audio books or the cheapest ones.
There are three main factors that affect the prices of the audio books:
1. Production costs – the production costs includes the labor and material prices. The labor in audio books includes the recording of the reader’s voice reading the book whereas in the old fashioned books it includes the printing of the book. The materials used are various – For an audio book on CD a CD is required, for a book on tape a cassette is required, for the old fashioned book a paper is required and surprisingly for an MP3 audio book there are no materials needed.
2. Publishing costs – The publishing’ costs are the same in all the types of audio books – audio book on cd and books on tape. They all need space like the space needed to store the old fashioned book. Yet, once again the MP3 audio book need no space at all.
3. Copy rights – The copy rights are the commission the author get for each book published. The sum of money is the same of course for all types of books and audio books.
To sum up, if you have a MP3 player and if the book you are looking for exist on an audio book, we advise you to get the MP3 version. You can even get free MP3 players and download free audio books.
911 Corp. has executed an independent research to find the best place to get audio books from. Find out the clear results and all about audio books only on the Free Audio books and more.
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All About Audio Books for Children

2008-03-24T04:43:00.001-07:00

Getting tired of looking for the solutions for stopping the “Are we there yet?” questions? Looking for an educative modern method that will make your children pleased? The solution might be audio books. Find out in the following article, the benefits and uses of audio books for children.
Audio books for children are actually audio versions of children’s’ books. You may think of audio books for children as a perfect way to pass the time at home or when traveling. Your child may listen to the audio book using an electronic mobile device as a CD player to listen to audio books on CD, an MP3 player to listen to downloaded audio books or a walkman to listen to books on tape.
The narration is done by the author or by a professional actor (In some audio books for children there are several actors). In some audio books there is music or sound effects.
So what are the benefits of getting your child the latest Harry Potter audio book? Well, Listening to audio books broadens the vocabulary, teaches correct pronunciation, develops the imaginations of your child, encourages the child to read more books of the author and more than all makes your child happy. Encourage your children to listen to audio books that they can not read yet – think of the audio books as an expansion of the old fashion books and as a substitute.
Most of the audio books for children in the market are professional but yet it is recommended to listen to a few minutes of the audio book before getting a new audio book. Listen to the reader – Is his voice pleasant, is it clear, is the music or sound effect in the audio book suits the story, may it be scary.
Some of the best sellers audiobooks for children are Harry Potter audio books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Little House on the Prairie and others.
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Hurricane Book Marketing Group

2008-03-23T05:34:00.000-07:00

Greetings Fellow Authors and Writers; I believe we need a new method to market books, which are either self-published, eBooks or published with major publishers. I believe that in may past entrepreneurial efforts I learned a thing or two about grass roots marketing which can be applied to book marketing as well to literally zoom in on your target market.
Now my plan is not completed yet, however enough is in place that I can briefly describe it to you. Each city in the United States would have authors who were on Blitz Marketing Teams and they would promote their own books and books of relevance from other authors in other regions in the main club.
These authors would all give out coupons and flyers which would direct the readers in reader clubs and such to go to a website. Each flyer would be paid for by local bookstores who would fund the expenses and the flyers themselves. Co-op advertising since one side of the flyer would advertise the bookstore and a readers group and the other side the website listing all the books that each author has written.
The Bonzai and Blitz teams or 4-6 authors in each town would have a mission statement to promote literacy and market books to help the writers. On the website would be links to eBooks and regular books written by the authors in the club or their own websites. This is the basics of the idea so far. Consider all this in 2006.
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Self Publishing Books Successfully By Using Email

2008-03-23T05:33:00.000-07:00

You can tremendously enhance the success of your self publishing books trade by using email and email marketing techniques.
Many people involved in the self publishing of books never think of email because they associated email marketing to the illegal activities of spammers. The truth is that email marketing that is permission based and legal has proved to be one of the most popular marketing tools used by professional publishers online. One reason why many like using email is probably because it is so similar to the offline mail order marketing which has been used very successfully for years by many one man self publishing companies to market their books.
Email marketing actually has a number of differences when compared to offline mail order marketing but the important thing is that it works.
The best way of using email for self publishing books is to build one's own email opt in lists. The way to do this is by harvesting names of visitors who visit your site or blog which will tend o attract the sort of target market that would be interested in the kind of books that you will be self publishing. There are various techniques that you can use to quickly build up your opt in email list so that it accumulates hundreds and even thousands of email addresses.
A carefully targeted opt in email list is better than money in the bank because using it in you can earn a very high regular income selling something and there should be no reason why that something should not be the books that you are self publishing.
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3 Methods of Increasing Affiliate Marketing of E-books

2008-03-23T05:32:00.000-07:00

Affiliate marketing of E-books is just one of the methods through which web business can be accelerated. E-books are one of the main formats of enabling users to have access to large volume of information. E-books stand for electronic books which mean that literary works of various genres get published electronically. It is the increasing popularity of E-books that have made them the best marketed product online. However, the process of publishing and distributing E-books is the main difficulty in accelerating online business.
Methods Affiliate marketing of E-books is very much a matter of the genre of the E-book that one is promoting, relationship management and how one is promoting the E-book. However, there are many affiliating programs that aren’t proving profitable to the sale of E-books. Profits can be improved by following these methods-
1) Relationship management Managing the relationship between the subscribers, vendor and marketing analyst for E-books is one of the important criteria of deciding the sale of E-books. As one is subscribing the sale of E-books through affiliate marketing, where the affiliate is rewarded for every customer that logs in for viewing the E-book, it is essential to maintain that the E-book is promoted adequately by the affiliate.
2) CompetitionWith the series of sites that list various E-books, it becomes important that one should promote E-books by the specific content that the user is searching for.
Through Search Engine Optimization (SEO), you can configure the website with popular keyword searches and therefore enable more traffic to the E-book.
3) Increasing sales through Monitoring trafficAffiliate marketing involves pay-per-click advertisement. It is important that one ensures that there are a maximum users logged onto the site that is promoting the E-book. This Internet traffic can be regulated through online advertisements which provide information about the E-books.
These are just some of the methods that will enable you improve your E-book profits through affiliate marketing.
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't (Hardcover)

2008-03-22T05:53:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com's Best of 2001Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11--including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo--and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come. --Harry C. Edwards

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (Hardcover)

2008-03-22T05:51:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.comDisciplines like strategy, leadership development, and innovation are the sexier aspects of being at the helm of a successful business; actually getting things done never seems quite as glamorous. But as Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan demonstrate in Execution, the ultimate difference between a company and its competitor is, in fact, the ability to execute.
Execution is "the missing link between aspirations and results," and as such, making it happen is the business leader's most important job. While failure in today's business environment is often attributed to other causes, Bossidy and Charan argue that the biggest obstacle to success is the absence of execution. They point out that without execution, breakthrough thinking on managing change breaks down, and they emphasize the fact that execution is a discipline to learn, not merely the tactical side of business. Supporting this with stories of the "execution difference" being won (EDS) and lost (Xerox and Lucent), the authors describe the building blocks--leaders with the right behaviors, a culture that rewards execution, and a reliable system for having the right people in the right jobs--that need to be in place to manage the three core business processes of people, strategy, and operations. Both Bossidy, CEO of Honeywell International, Inc., and Charan, advisor to corporate executives and author of such books as What the CEO Wants You to Know and Boards That Work, present experience-tested insight into how the smooth linking of these three processes can differentiate one company from the rest. Developing the discipline of execution isn't made out to be simple, nor is this book a quick, easy read. Bossidy and Charan do, however, offer good advice on a neglected topic, making Execution a smart business leader's guide to enacting success rather than permitting demise. --S. Ketchum From Library JournalBossidy, an award-winning executive at General Electric and Allied Signal, came out of retirement to tend to Honeywell (and bring it back to prominence) after it failed to merge with General Electric. Charan has taught at Harvard and Kellogg Business Schools. Collaborating with editor and writer Burck, they present the viewpoint that execution (that is, linking a company's people, strategy, and operations) is what will determine success in today's business world. Bossidy and Charan aver that execution is a discipline integral to strategy, that it is the major job of any business leader hoping not just to be a success but to dominate a market, and that it is a core element of corporate culture. Details of both successful and unsuccessful executions at corporations such as Dell, Johnson & Johnson, and Xerox, to name a few, support not only their how-to method for bringing execution to the forefront but also the need for it. Each author addresses specific topics in paragraphs that begin with either "Larry" or "Ram," and this easy style adds to the appeal of a very readable book. Recommended for academic and public libraries.Steven J. Mayover, PhiladelphiaCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Your Guide to Online Audio Book Rental

2008-03-21T05:49:00.000-07:00

Online audio book rental is so easy that we simply can not understand why some people are still buying audio books. Online audio book rental service offer the best deals on the audio books world today – Unlimited rental, No due dates, an enormous variety of downloadable audio books, cheap prices and much more.
Follow the following steps to start renting audio books online immediately:
1. Write down your expectations from the online audio book rental service: The type of the audio books you are looking for – Fiction audio books, children audio book, business journals etc.
The amount of audio books you wish to listen to each month (or the audio book rental frequency)
The amount of money you wish to spend on audio book rental each month.
2. Go over the audio book rental plans at the main online audio book rental services and find out the proper plan that meets your expectations. If you are unsure with the plan you have chosen, don’t worry because most rental plans have a free trial during which you can cancel it and get your money back
3. Sign up and enter your personal and payment details. In most of the rental services this procedure is easy and takes less than 5 minutes. In this phase you will choose the plan and select whether you wish to rent audio books on Cd, books on tape or downloadable audio books.
4. Prepare a list of the audio books you wish to rent. In most online audio book rental services you will have to check which of the audio books is currently available. However, in some audio book rental services you could enter the list and the next available audio book will be send to you.
5. Get the audio books. Download them or get them delivered to your house in two business days. Enjoy listening to the audio books while exercising, driving, cleaning house, hiking, running marathons, dropping the kids off at school - Wherever and whenever you want.
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Business Marketing and Small Business How To Book Length Discussed

2008-03-21T05:47:00.000-07:00

If you go to any bookstore you will be amazed that the number of business marketing and small business how-to books on the shelves. Every month or so I will go to a bookstore and browse through the new marketing books to see if anyone has written anything new or anything that I don't know.
Much of the business marketing books have catchy titles and really nothing new, as most of it is regurgitated information. It would be better if more people would write new business marketing books that were more relevant for small businesses. This might help small businesses compete in their marketplace and prevent many small businesses from going out of business.
As a writer I see the need for more business marketing books that are more reality based and written by people who have actually done something in business and not necessarily someone who is merely a writer looking to make a buck producing another book.
The good thing about writing a business marketing or small business how-to book is that generally the lengths on average are only about 125 pages to 175 pages. Consider if you will that many of the pages will be charts and graphs and the average amount of text per page will only be 23 lines or about 250 words.
In my observation of online articles for business marketing and small business expert consultants, I find that the average length of an article is about 400 words. With a little extra work and finance these articles could be expanded to about 500 words on average.
This means that anyone who is written 65 or more articles about small business and or marketing can produce a marketing book or perhaps two small business how-to books or a couple of small business marketing books. Perhaps you might consider this in 2006.
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10 Book Report Project Ideas

2008-03-19T00:51:00.000-07:00

Making a book report can be simple but coming up with a good new creating unique way to present your book report can be challenging.
Here are 10 book report project ideas to choose from.
1. Make a small version of your book or a mini-book. Make sure to create illustrations and pictures from the book of the time lines in the book.
2. Show the similarities and differences between two books like a fiction and a nonfiction book. Make sure they are the same topic.
3. Create a trivia game and ask questions about the people in the book.
4. You can do answers about the main topics in the book and do a presentation giving the questions.
5. Do a crossword and word search about things from the book. This is really fun.
6. Make a top 10 reasons to read this book list and start with #10 and work up to the #1 reason to read the book.
7. Create a power point presentation on the book and use a projector and laptop to present.
8. Make a bulletin board about your book. Cut out pictures you draw and thumb tack them to the board or tape them up there. Write up articles that look like a newspaper article stating a highlight or interesting storyline from the book and cut out and paste to the bulletin board.
9. You can dress up as the character in the book and read a passage. This is great if the book is scary and you can dress up with a long gown and cape and use a lot of energy and excitement in reading the book.
10. Do you have any other suggesting readings? Do this book report based on all the good book reads that are similar and should not be missed.
With all these ideas you can surely create a unique book report just personalized to you and your style.
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Powerful E-book Writing - Revealed - 5 Best E-book Writing Tips

2008-03-19T00:49:00.000-07:00

E-book is a book available online. It is a dream for anyone with writing skills to write a book and get it published. If you have good writing skills then you can also try writing an e-book. The basic principles of writing are same in every style of writing. The difference lies in the purpose and also the audience to whom it is meant for. Writing an e-book is a good method to earn an income.
E-book can be read online at anytime, anywhere by anyone. Let us see how to write a powerful e-book. Here are the 5 effective tips:
1) Choose a topic that interests people and gather lots of information that is accurate. The flow of income is based on the number of people who choose your book.
2) E-book is much revealed to the world than other books. Hence, you must write with utmost care without provoking any nation, culture, religion or race.
3) E-book must have an attractive cover with a catchy name, table of contents and a summary of the book that can attract people or organizations to buy it. Pictures add a colorful touch. An e-book in PDF format is widely accepted.
4) Try to write in simple sentences; otherwise people find it boring and dragging. Make it interesting. Remember it is a book online and no one likes to stare at the screen for a long time.
5) Your e-book must be unique. Request feedback from the readers so as to know what you need to strengthen in your next writing. That is how a writer grows.
Thinking about writing an e-book? I hope these tips can help you in the process of writing one.
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Business Loans

2008-03-19T00:38:00.000-07:00

BUSINESS LOANS are loans sanctioned to provide the customer with sufficient financial stability by which he can launch a new business or expand his business. All kind of reasons relating to the initiation, expansion and promotion of business are considered for sanctioning business loans .Even the bad credit record of the clients is considered liberally.
There are various kinds of business loans available in the market .Mention may be made of New Business Loans ,Start-up Business Loans ,Commercial Business Loans , Secured Business Loans ,Unsecured Business Loans, Low Rate Business Loans ,Small business Loans .All these loans has their lenders and can be avail of easily .
The most difficult problem one faces to launch a new business is finance. New business loans give them a great opportunity to open their business .This kind of loan helps them to stop worrying about the finance and start the business as and when they want.
Start-up Business loans help to start a new business. Those who are of desirous of starting a business but unable to do so for financial paucity, this kind of loan will help them to realise their desire.
Commercial Business Loans are different from other business loans. These loans are specially arranged to meet the need and requirement of the clients .Lenders of such kind of loans are available.
Secured Business Loans are sanctioned at a low rate of interest in comparison to unsecured loans. It can be best used in the business for extra financing.
Small Business Loans are for those who want to have a business of their own and start with a small one. Such kind of people can start their business with Small Business Loans.
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Making Money at Home

2008-03-19T00:34:00.000-07:00

Anyone who reads newspapers today can find home business opportunities. Home business opportunities are on the rise. Small home business opportunities are just as plentiful as large home business opportunities.
Home business opportunities may require research into business law as it relates to home business opportunities. An entrepreneur interested in home business opportunities will want to make sure the home business opportunities are legitimate and profitable. The Better Business Bureau can provide information on home business opportunities and their financial history.
Once home business opportunities have been thoroughly researched, the person interested in the home business opportunities should start as soon as possible. If there are a limited number of home business opportunities, other people looking for home business opportunities may fill them first. With all home business opportunities, it is important that the entrepreneur be interested in the home business opportunities, as it will make the home business opportunities process easier.
Looking for home business opportunities is simple. Many websites offer home business opportunities or can direct you to agencies that have home business opportunities available. If you currently work for a large company, they may have home business opportunities. Web conferencing and email make home business opportunities possible. The first step towards home business opportunities is the hardest. This requires realizing the possibilities home business opportunities offer, and how home business opportunities can remove you from the daily drudgeries of working in an office. With home business opportunities, you can improve your lifestyle and reach your monetary dreams.
Resource:http://www.bbb.org
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All About E-books

2008-03-18T11:13:00.000-07:00

What is an electronic book, or e-book? It is a whole new perspective on reading and learning. It is a modern way of obtaining useful information instantly. An electronic book is a compact file that will take only minutes to download and a life time to enjoy. An e-book is a stepping stone to a personal library that can be conveniently stored on a PDA. Ebook is simply a way of the future.
Today a colorful variety of electronic books is available to the readers worldwide. E-books are easily downloadable onto any computer with an Internet connection and represent an excellent way to store and share information. Popularity of electronic books grows every day, making electronic publishing a very popular form expression. One of the main reasons why these materials are so popular is their easy accessibility. PDF format ebooks can virtually be viewed from any computer or PDA. Plain text electronic books require no special software at all and can be viewed in Microsoft Word or Notepad. Very soon electronic books will seize to be the alternative to conventional reading but will become the dominant reality
E-books cover a very wide variety of topics. From self-help, to arts and crafts, to cooking and gardening, these electronic books will provide readers with loads of interesting information. Home business education ebooks provide useful and realistic tips and techniques on how to run a successful enterprise from home. Latest best sellers can be obtained in e-book format as well. Many electronic books are available for free and can be enjoyed instantly. With a simple click of a mouse you can rediscover your old favorites or find a new niche in literature. Electronic books erase all limitations and boundaries putting unlimited resources right at your fingertips.
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Business Checks

2008-03-18T11:12:00.001-07:00

Business checks are generally beneficial to people issuing more than 1000 checks a year. A business check is designed specifically for the needs of businesses. Normally when a business account is opened with a bank, a business checkbook with 100 checks is issued to the customer. An automated ordering system ensures that new check books are sent to the customer well before the old ones run out. Business check is basically a tool to counter check fraud. Check frauds are growing challenges facing business and financial institutions today, something the banks are increasingly getting aware about. Bank checks allow business owners and financial controllers to carefully reduce the potential for check fraud.
A business check actually enables a customer to spend more time managing the business with the convenience of a check book for his or her daily banking requirements. The main features include arranging for the direct credit of regular payments to a customer’s account. Also regular debits such as loan repayments can be made automatically by such a check. Business checks have therefore a critical importance to every modern business. They come with all security features also.
Business checks are very always good in quality and are recognized by all banks. Such checks ideally meet the American Banking Association standards for security. Business checks are available in many popular styles and designs. We have three-on-a-page manual checks and executive desktop checks or laser checks as good examples of business checks. Free 50-leaf “butt style” check books and duplicate deposit books are also considered examples of business checks.
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Blind People Read Books

2008-03-18T11:10:00.001-07:00

Why a blind child ought to miss the Harry Potter books? Why can’t he enjoy like millions of children all over the world the Harry Potter magic? Well, he can enjoy it. Indeed, he can not read the books or watch the movies but he can listen to the audio books, which is also a great experience.
Audio books may be useful for many populations – Elder people could go on “reading” audio books when they are not capable of reading books any more, busy career people can listen to business journals and magazines via audio books, children can listen to audio books of a higher level than they are able to read etc.
However, it seems that one of the populations that may gain the most out of audio books is not using them yet. There are approximately 10 million blind and visually impaired people in the United States alone. Audio books can enhance their life personally and professionally.
First, audio books can help blind people enjoy the experience of reading books. Years ago, people predicted that the end of the paper books is near due to new technologies. However, the popularity of books keeps increasing. They provide a special experience no other gadget can compete with. Audio books can supply a similar experience for the blind population.
Secondly, audio books can take blind people’s education one step forward. Learning foreign languages, poetry, literature, English grammar etc. could be optimized using audio books. Did you know that there are approximately 93,600 visually impaired or blind students in the United States?
Thirdly, blind people can develop habits and hobbies using audio books. One could find audio books about every subject from fishing to knitting guides. And finally, unfortunately blind people are often treated as outsiders and develop inferiority emotions. There are a lot of self creation, self confidence and awareness audio book guides which can help them. Whether you belong to the blind and visually impaired people or not, we strongly advise you to join the audio book experience now. Have fun.
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Audio Books - What's Hot for 2006?

2008-03-18T11:08:00.000-07:00

2006 is already here and many ask me what we should expect of the emerging interesting market of Audio Books. Audio books have been here for over 20 years and they have become so popular in the last couple of years but yet I claim that the audio books revolution has just begun.
Find out the hot trends in the audio books market for 2006:
1. Less audio books on CD and cassettes and more downloadable audio books – MP3 audio books and other formats of digital audio books will become cheaper and more reachable, While audio books on CD and books on tape are much less convenient and user friendly. The amount of podcast listeners who download audio books from the internet to listen on their mobile devices such as iPod will rise significantly.
2. Audio book rental services will become the most common method of listening to audio books – Similar to the DVD market, most audio book listeners will prefer renting audio books instead of buying them. This trend will be the strongest for downloadable audio books but also true for audio books on CD and books on tape.
3. Free audio books – More online audio book services will offer low cost and free audio books by free trials and special sales.
4. Audio books will invade Europe – While the audio book market in the United kingdom is developed and have reached a turnover of 124$ million in 2004, The market in Germany is constantly rising and have already reached a turnover of 120$ million in 2005. The audio book market in the whole continent is expected to rise in about 20% during 2006.
Sony has also recognized the emerging market of digital audio books and has recently announced of a new audio book mobile player. The new product will let the users store and listen to digital audio books and is predicted to gain the same popularity as the “iPod”.
Audio books will be a part of everyone’s life. Join the audio book revolution!
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Question: I Bought a Ton of Books to Resell Them Online, but They're Worthless-What Can I Do?

2008-03-17T06:29:00.000-07:00

QUESTION: I purchased a skid of 450 remainder books for $2.50 per book from a wholesaler on the Internet, thinking I'd resell them for a big profit on Amazon. I didn't get to pick the titles, and it turns all of them are selling for pennies on Amazon Marketplace. What should I do?
ANSWER: This is why I don't recommend that new sellers jump into the remainder or overstock business. All sales are final. So if you're buying a pot-luck assortment, be prepared to lose most of your money.
I see three possibilities here:
-- Group the books into small lots, three to 10 books per lot (grouped by author, genre, or theme) and auction them on eBay, listing the title and author of each book. Set just enough of a shipping fee to cover the postage. This seems to work well for lots of people on eBay -- in the "Books, Wholesale, Bulk Lots" category. This is the most labor-intensive option, but would provide the best financial return (and build your feedback score on eBay.)
-- Auction the books in larger lots (25 to 50 books per lot) without naming the titles. You should indicate in you listing that the lot is a great deal for book readers, but not for booksellers. Include a picture of the stack of books to encourage more bids.
-- Donate the books to your local library or charity such as the Salvation Army, and you can probably arrange pickup of the books and a tax deduction.
See a real-time list of the most highly sought after used and collectible books.
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Is Word of Mouth Advertising Fantasy Land?

2008-03-17T06:27:00.001-07:00

Some marketing consultants and authors of marketing books actually believe that word of mouth advertising is Fantasy Land? Isn’t that interesting indeed. So one could ask themselves why these marketing gurus and self-proclaimed wondermen or girlie men think this.
Well I have wondered why on Earth anyone could come to that conclusion; and I have determined and am under the opinion that they have never actually marketed a real business in their life; well except the marketing business tapes, seminars and books that they peddle. Is word of mouth advertising really fantasy land?
More than one marketing consultant has publicly stated this in his ignorance (opinion), but maybe they just do this because they want you to believe in their marketing and advertising schemes and want you to purchase their books. But indeed if their books were any good they would in fact tell you how to increase word of mouth in your business and then you might tell another friend to buy their books to learn how? Since they do not generally do this it is obvious we have two competing theories here.
Now then should you buy a marketing book from a gentleman who has only been able to write and sell books? Are you in the business of selling books? Most likely not, as your business sells some other product or service; therefore if you take advice from someone who has only been able to market one thing in their life, which in no way pertains to your business then no wonder your business is struggling. We all know word of mouth is the best way to grow a business; do not listen to anyone who tells you other wise.
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Audio Business Book

2008-03-16T04:50:00.000-07:00

It is undeniable that one of the most important things that business people must do to keep up to date is read business books. However, people with important positions in many companies have to deal with a big problem due to their responsibility positions: lack of time.
I have recently had the opportunity to read some interviews to managers and company directors, where they were asked which was the last business book they have read. And most of them hadn't read one for a long time, they couldn't during the day because they didn't have time, and were very tired to do it at night when they returned home. So we were having a generation of managers, or people with responsibility positions in companies that were not reading business books.
Fortunately for them, there is a big new trend, there are lot of business books that have been recorded to obtain audio business books. Now they can listen to that audio business book when they are traveling to work, or returning home in their car, or while they are doing other tasks, such as while they are doing exercise. In this way, they can keep updated with the latest methods, trends, news about business in general, or the area where they specialize.
I presume if I listen to some similar interviews with business people in the near future, they will say something like: Well, I have not read any business books in the last days or months, but I have listened to lots of them!
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