#Smashwords now lets you Give The Gift Of Reading. Thx @markcoker!

Getting ready for the #FreeFriday promo and thinking of the weekly romance promos in February jumped over to my Smashwords site and got a great surprise.

Do you see the green gift box? How awesome is that?!

Now yes, you're looking at it as another way for you to lose money! NOT! Bookclub presidents, reviewers and so forth now can easily get your literature of art quickly and easily from you!

I think this definitely moves Smashwords up the ladder of success in terms of keeping me as a customer and a benefit to authors and readers alike.

I can't wait to see how they add this on the royalty statements, too.

I have to say @MarkCoker is taking the world by storm. Thank you so much for this addition to making our job as authors easier an easier!

FYI : Would you like to purchase this book? Just in case, click here to purchase or see below.

Let me know how you feel about the little green gift box in the comments below.

Forbidden Fruit: If I Were Your Woman

Ebook By Sylvia Hubbard

Ebook Description

Somethings just shouldn't be tasted. Especially the tormented neighbor's husband across the street from Latrese. 

Available Ebook reading formats:

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Writing eBooks – 10 Tips to Make eBook Writing Easier

by • Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen • Related • Filed Under

Filed Under: Books • Editing • Writing Jobs and Careers • Writing Tips • eBooks

Tags: eBook landing pages • ebook writing • fire up the muse • how to write an eBook • nonfiction writing tips • promote your book • quips and tips for successful bloggers • write and publish • writing and selling eBooks • writing ebooks

Ah, writing ebooks. I love it! These tips will make ebook writing and publishing easier, especially if you want to write a nonfiction ebook (but these tips apply to writing fiction ebooks, too). I’ve written two ebooks about writing and making money blogging, and have learned a lot along the way.
Here’s an excerpt from a review of my second ebook, Quips and Tips for Successful Bloggers:
“Most of us who spend a lot of our time blogging would like to be able to make some money from our efforts,” says George, over at Tumblemoose. “You can spend a lot of time scouring the internet for monetizing tips, or you can get Laurie’s E-book and save yourself a lot of time and hassle.”
If you want to write an ebook but don’t know where to start, you’ll find How to Write and Publish Your Own eBook in as Little as 7 Days helpful. And, here are my tips to make ebook writing easier…

Writing eBooks – 10 Tips to Make eBook Writing Easier

 click here to read the ten tips now - http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/books/writing-ebooks-tips-that-make-ebook-writing-easier/

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Amazon.com Announces "Your Kindle Commercial Contest"

Amazon.com Announces "Your Kindle Commercial Contest"Amazon invites customers to submit their own Kindle advertisement, with opportunity to win a $15,000 Amazon.com Gift Card as Grand Prize SEATTLE, Aug 03, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the "Your Kindle Commercial Contest" and invited customers in the United States to compete in a contest to create the best 30-second or less Kindle advertisement for the chance to win $15,000 in Amazon.com Gift Cards. Kindle is the #1 bestselling item on Amazon.com for two years running. It's also the most-wished-for, most-gifted, and has the most 5-star reviews of any product on Amazon.com. For more information on the Your Kindle Commercial Contest, including the Official Rules, and to submit your ad, go to www.amazon.com/ykcc.
"We're constantly impressed with our customers' ideas and creativity," said Rich Williams, director of advertising. "Last year's 'Your Amazon Ad Contest' was so successful that we ended up running the winning commercial as a part of our holiday TV campaign and it was seen by over 100 million people across the United States. We're excited to see what our customers come up with for the Your Kindle Commercial Contest."
Beginning today, customers can upload their "Your Kindle Commercial Contest" submissions to www.amazon.com/ykcc. Entries are due by August 29, 2010, and an Amazon judging panel will review all contest submissions and select the top 50 entries based on the following criteria:

• Creativity
• Overall appeal
• Likelihood of making viewers want to buy a Kindle or download a free Kindle app

From the top 50 entries, a new judging panel will select the Grand Prize winner and up to four Semi-Finalist winners. The successful submissions should effectively communicate the Kindle reading experience. The commercials may focus on one or more features, be brand focused, or communicate the emotional connection many customers have with their favorite books. Additionally, ads that talk about free Kindle reading apps and customers' ability to buy a book once, and read it everywhere are welcome.
The Grand Prize winner and up to four Semi Finalist winners will be announced on September 20, 2010. The Grand Prize winner will receive a $15,000 Amazon.com Gift Card, and the semi-finalist winners will each receive a $2,500 Amazon.com Gift Card.
For more information about Kindle, the Kindle Store, and the free Kindle reading apps, go to www.amazon.com/kindleWi-Fi.
To submit an ad, go to www.amazon.com/ykcc.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle and Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle and Kindle DX utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Readers who don't need the convenience of free 3G wireless can choose Kindle Wi-Fi for a lower price. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, and www.amazon.cn. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.

SOURCE: Amazon.com, Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.
Media Hotline, 206-266-7180
www.amazon.com/pr/kindle

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Electronic Books Seminar Looking into the Future of Publishing", Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:00 PM!

	Meetup Announcement Michigan Internet Marketing Club & Real Estate Investor Club
Your group has a Meetup Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:00 PM!

What Electronic Books Seminar Looking into the Future of Publishing When Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:00 PM Who 1 Yes Where Olga's Kitchen 34180 Van Dyke Rd. Sterling Heights MI 48312 248-762-0800 RSVP Now YES NO	Here's what people are saying about this Meetup Group "It's not only for real estate investors. I met several entrepreneurs at the network, too!" — Shelomoh "you get great help and information for free! how can you beat that?" — Wayne Turner Learn more about this Meetup
Meetup Description Electronic Books Seminar (Understanding and Looking Into the Future of Publishing) ‘The leading writer of eBooks and Master Internet Marketer Sylvia Hubbard will be the Macomb Internet Marketing Club Speaker for July 22, 2010 Little Bit About Sylvia Hubbard • Author of over 4 paperbacks & 15 e-books • Selling e-books since 2000 • Been teaching Internet Marketing to Writers since 2002 • Author of Internet Marketing Guide for Writers & Businesses • Founder of Motown Writers Network What is Sylvia Going to be speaking about? • WHAT ARE EBOOKS? FORMATS SUPPORTED BY TYPES OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES • READER BENEFITS • STEP ONE TO eBooks’ – Produce Work • STEP TWO- Format & Create Interior • STEP THREE –Where to sell Ebooks • STEP FOUR – How To Sell Ebooks Commerce What About Free? • HOW TO USE EBOOKS Marketing Promotional Tool Social Networking Selling more Products Leave this event with online marketing techniques that you can utilize yourself to increase business profits at little or no cost to you! FACTS AND STATS about Ebooks • From LibraryJournal.com: a Publisher’s Lunch study indicates that the Kindle Reader demographic skews upwards, with 70% of users 40 or older. Younger readers prefer Smartphone’s, so the future of the eBook will be “a common standard” not a “common” device.” • October 2009 E-Book Sales Bust One-Month Record, Almost 4X October '08 • E-Book sales statistics for October 2009 are more than 3.5 times greater than those of the same month one year ago, according to information released by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), which collects it in conjunction with the International Digital Publishing Forum. The $18,500,000 figure breaks the previous one-month record, $16,200,000, set last July. FROM Ereads.com • Kindle Ebooks Outsell Real Books on Christmas per mashable.com Each month the internet marketing Club of Macomb brings new information. This event cost $20.00 to attend and dinner will be included. This Michigan internet club is known as the best internet marketing club in the state. Call Larry Baker, the Co-host, at 586-201-4431 if you have any questions. Event Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010 Event Start Time: 6:00 PM Event End Time: 9:00 PM Location: Olga's Kitchen, 34180 Van Dyke, Sterling Heights, MI, Sterling Heights, MI, 48312 Primary Phone: 586-201-4431 Primary Email: llbaker59@yahoo.com Member Fees: $20 Nonmember Fees: $20 Disclaimer: Real estate investing by nature is risky. You can win, lose, or break even. We cannot guarantee a profit or loss. We do promise you support and coaching. What you buy is what you buy. The sign up fee is not refundable, and will not be returned. We do not provide legal, accounting, or contracting advice.
This Meetup Group is sponsored by Right Now Marketing Group

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Ebook Growth Continues To Accelerate . . .

The IDPF’s figures for January show nearly a 4-fold increase in ebook sales over the prior January. Recent reports suggests that ebook sales are now in the 3%+ range for some big publishers.  But that’s a bit of an understatement of reality because so many books haven’t been ebookable (illustrated) and the backlist has been introduced gradually over time (which accounts for part of the increase.) Sales of ebook editions of new straight text titles are higher with 5% more like a minimum expectation than an average.

Meanwhile, we know this year we’ll be adding our new client Copia (with six devices and a platform that works on just about everything else except Kindle), B&T’s Blio, the iStore and Apple iPad, the Google Editions program, and a host of other new devices as well as expected next generation readers (with color, perhaps) from Kindle and Nook. Those new ebook platforms will keep the title increase going because they include an ability to deliver a more robust presentation on a larger screen.

So would we expect the pace of ebook adoption to slow down in the next 12 months from what it has been over the last 12 months? I wouldn’t, and there won’t be a slowdown until ebooks hit some new point of resistance by penetrating the market to the point of saturation. Where would that be? Your guess is as good as mine.

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