Is Amazon The Best Place To Sell Books?

Most authors believe that Amazon is the best place to sell books. Is that really true? Until now the only information authors have had about the percent of marketshare of ebook sales by the book distribution channels have come from those channels themselves. It s important for self-publishing authors to know actual sales percentages and not trust the self-reported figures. Sellbox has conducted their 2013 eBook Self-Publisher Survey and reported the results at the Publishers & Writers of San Diego meeting on September 28th.  These results contradict the self-reported results. Amazon is indeed the 800 pound gorilla of the publishing world. Be sure and look at the slides of the answers. There are a lot of good information there. You ll find more helpful information in addition to finding the best place to sell books.

http://indiepublishingsuccess.com/is-amazon-the-best-place-to-sell-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-amazon-the-best-place-to-sell-books

Day of Love Event -- Forgiveness

The Day of Love: "Healing and Restoring Relationships!" will help you discover the fundamental steps we often overlook in maintaining the most important relationships in your life so that you reach your goals - each and every time.

https://www.facebook.com/events/138280473048294/146645668878441

Authors Tools Test

Testing the connection to see if Authors Hangouts are okay from Yachats.

http://indiepublishingsuccess.com/authors-tools-test/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=authors-tools-test

HP is back home

I retrieved the HP laptop from the shop today. I haven't restored the Acronis image yet. I haven't even turned it on. I'll get it set up tomorrow. I've lost count of the number of image restores I've done this year.

Now the problem will be to get the information from both machines consolidated. At least I have the online backup of files from both machines. I really appreciate the ability to restore to a different machine.

I killed another laptop

My new laptop is back in the shop. It died while we were traveling in California. Guess it didn't like the trip.

The problem seems to be that the model has a "flex" problem. Sometimes the mainboard doesn't make contact with the other components of the machine. This prevented it from powering up. The repair shop said that they had seen it before. Also, HP wouldn't send out a new mainboard. They had to package up the machine and send it in. It will come back with the hard drive wiped clean.

Once again Acronis True Image has saved the day. I really didn't intend to put it to such a rigorous test this year.

The Toshiba that was fixed last year is working full-time while the HP is away. I've also been able to download files from the online backup service (Idrive.com) to use on the Toshiba. I'm going to put together a white paper on backup technologies. I have really been testing all my backups lately.

Have you hugged your valentine?

I hope that everyone had a great Valentine's Day. I hope that you told those closest to you that you love them. Do that every day, not just on Feb. 14th.

This year my family has had various medical challenges that brought home how fragile and precious life is. Tell those close to you that you love them. Hug them often.

It's a beautiful day here at the coast. I've seen several convertibles on the road today. Our typical rainy, dreary weather makes us treasure these days even more.

Take a few minutes to appreciate and be grateful for what you have in your life.