This is why I hate selling my books on Amazon as opposed to my own direct website. I am lucky if I get $1 PER BOOK. Over half of a book’s consumer price goes in Amazon’s pocket and the actual content creator gets peanuts. https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-journal/a-kansas-bookshops-fight-with-amazon-is-about-more-than-the-price-of-books
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Microsoft, social champion saving family from killing each other through the power of Windows 10
The best Windows 10 feature is Quick Assist . If, like me, you run tech support for family members, this is a must! Sometimes it is not very easy to explain over the phone how to do something, or fix something that you could do in seconds. Now I...
Online game has Belgians hunting #books instead of #Pokémon
Inspired by the success of Pokémon Go, a Belgian primary school headmaster has developed an online game for people to search for books instead of cartoon monsters, attracting tens of thousands of players in weeks. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/belgians-are-hunting-books-instead-of-pokemon/ar-BBw6N9W?ocid=st The perfect, and logical, progression of Little Free Libraries on a larger scale....
An Observation
Today’s observation, courtesy of #NonSequitur by Wiley Miller, August 27, 2016 GoComics http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2016/08/27#.V8Gdyzmad3I.twitter
New and improved website
There had been internet chatter as of late amongst professionals wondering if, in the age of social media, official websites were needed any longer. Quite a few good points were made on all sides of the discussion. That being said, I knew for some time that my own website needed...