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Well, I have basically had to kill the functionality of the wholesale page I set up for selling books. I am not having an easy time at all selling them wholesale -- Createspace can't accept a 50% coupon for more than 1 book so I can't send people to buy directly from them, the publisher: and Paypal can't comprehend that only some items need to...
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I cannot stand Craigslist any longer. I never have successfully hired or sold anything through those guys; either no one pays any attention to my adverts at all, or only Nigerian scammers pay attention to them; or they get the attention of someone who seems to be just flagging whatever random crap they see. Recently I posted an ad looking to hire bloggers to post...
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Saw an ad for the Disney/Zemeckis "Christmas Carol" last night. The animation looks absolutely ghastly. It's like they modeled it on one of those cheap prints you find decorating a McDonalds, but added some 1996 level CGI.

it also showed how Hollywood just doesn't understand how to market movies anymore. It's "A Christmas Carol." Admittedly it's a well-known plot; but does that honestly mean loud...
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Okay, well I started on a new little website/page to promote Fanny Hill. It's at http://sites.google.com/site/fannyhillbook/ and doesn't really have a lot on there yet. I think I may write a separate little page -- maybe even in the form of a fake article -- going on about the illustrations.

Looks like bringing up the illustrated 'Tis Pity She's a Whore I did made an unexpected dent in sales and the book is actually profitable now! That's good -- I'm pretty fond of the drawings of the characters. (I never did come up with a drawing of Giovanni that I liked though; and hence you only see him in miniature, in the background of a...
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I am doing a bad thing and using the laptop in bed. They say not to do this, because you'll never get to sleep like this. It's just so uncomfortable to use laptops at the table, they're such perfect height to destroy my back; I may well be done sleeping for the night anyway, I actually went to bed all early (before 1 AM!)

Decided...
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Well, I sold a few books to the website http://13moons.com, making that my first wholesale deal. I actually make a bit less money, and have to work harder, to sell them wholesale but whatever. At least they are in a few more stores that way. I fixed up a little site on Google sites that's invitation-only for selling the books at half price.

Unfortunately,...
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A few night ago I was up, alone, working on the computer late at night. I was sitting in the back corner of the livingroom, typing up crappy promotional articles for Article Base. Suddenly, though the corner of my eye, I saw a small black object, a bit smaller than my fist, bolt from behind the couch to behind the refrigerator in the kitchen. And...
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I bought an epilator. It is the greatest thing ever.

Well, http://www.taliastarot.com still isn't ranking in the top 100 for the search terms I'd like best on any of the search engines, but I did make #54 in Google for "I Ching readings" which is a start.

Been attempting link exchanges. It's rather annoying how most of these people demand you post their link right away but seem to routinely take several weeks before they...
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Decided to invest $2 in bus fare to the mall to hunt for shoes. I looked over a few places, then went into Dillard's. Initially I was disappointed, and actually was just going to give up when I happened to see, right at eye level as you leave the shoe department, some sparkly black heeled oxfords that met all my criteria. These, I bought. Apparently...
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