Amazon Blows It’s Benevolent Image
Amazon Blows It's Benevolent Image when it terminates small sellers' accounts for high-falutin' 'reasons' that it won't explain in layman's terms
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Discover thrilling tales from Thailand to Wales – 60 novels by Owen Jones!
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Discover thrilling tales from Thailand to Wales – 60 novels by Owen Jones!
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Site Maintenance
Site Maintenance Site maintenance is an important part of any webmaster’s duties and has to be taken seriously, but it is not usually an onerous task. However, in the last thirty days or so, two of the largest players on…
Free Books on Amazon
Free Books and Amazon I started a page on this blog called Free Books and, needless to say, it is very popular, receiving well over three hundred views a day. ‘Free’ is an extremely powerful word, so that is not…
Reviews of Books on Amazon
The Reviews of Books on Amazon I have been with Amazon for a relatively very long time – since a few weeks after it started, I think, but I can’t help thinking the the people at the top – the ones…
Beware Amazon Book Rankings!
Beware Amazon Book Rankings! If you are a reader, or a writer, you probably use Amazon book rankings at some time or another. Even if you are a bookshop owner’s dream and buy your latest reads locally, the chances are…
Piracy and Google
Piracy and Google If you make anything that becomes successful, you can expect it to be copied sooner or later. In the case of physical goods, it can take a while to set up the plant and machinery to produce…
Getting Noticed Online
Getting Noticed Online The principle of selling anything on line is basically the same, so since my blog is about books: writing and selling them, I will use books – novels as my example. Having said that the big difference…
Help Publish My Latest Novel
Help Publish My Latest Novel, please. If it gets enough votes, Amazon will publish it with all the trimmings, which would make a big difference
CreateSpace
CreateSpace Behind The Smile v6: The Dream is up there online, but I didn’t rush the other two out. I am out of the house now, having a pint and writing to you, but when I get back, I will…
Website Upgrades
Website Upgrades I started the link upgrades I have been talking about for the last few days, as regular readers will know, but after doing ten more last night, I began to think about the bigger problem of whether my…
Link Upgrades
Link Upgrades I started my link upgrades last night, but I’ll come back to that later. Two other things happened as well: I closed my Aweber account and I got kicked out of a writers’ group. The first is an…
Mobile Compatibility
Mobile Compatibility I decided to check my main web site, this one, for mobile compatibility, ie with smaller devices – phones and tablets. Since it is using the latest version of WordPress, I was pretty sure that it would…
Nil Illigitimi Carborundum
Nil Illigitimi Carborundum, don't let the bastards grind you down, is a phrase that has been on my mind all week. Read on to find out why
Watching Logs
Watching Logs I think Amazon has stopped speaking to me. In their last email, two days ago, they said that if we vendors wanted our prices to take account of VAT, we would have to put our prices up…
Gail Our Granddaughter
Gail Our Granddaughter Gail our granddaughter, came back today. She had been with her other grandparents since Thursday because we had to go to Naan on Friday and Neem had to go to Phitsanulok today. She is six months old,…
Six Nations European Rugby Championships
The Six Nations European Rugby Championships was won by Ireland this year (2015) in an exciting match against England
Amazon Has Made A Pig’s Ear Of VAT
Amazon Has Made A Pig’s Ear Of VAT I had a bit of a shock today when I noticed what a pig’s ear Amazon has made of VAT in Europe. You see, I sold a copy of ‘Dead Centre…
The Heat Is On
The Heat Is On It looks as if I’m going to get a longer sentence in the doghouse than normal. This is the second day and no sign of a reprieve yet. I just got shouted at for locking…