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Category Archives: Reading
Tools Needed for Your Office
Starting your own business can truly be a challenge. There are certain things you need to acquire in order to create an effective, cost-efficient working environment. These “things,” if you will, can add up to a healthy chunk of change, … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Writing
Tagged cats, computer, cost-efficient working environment, hardware, ink cartridges, ink jet printers, laser pointers, laser printers, office furniture, printers, receipts, smart phones, software, starting your own business, taxes, telephone system, Tools Needed for Your Office
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The Problem with Bookstores
In a summer 2008 NPR broadcast, Lynn Neary talks about the elephant in the room of the book publishing industry. It is an eye-opening episode explaining why small publishers and their authors make little to no money in the book … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Writing
Tagged authors, book buyers, book publishing, book selling, bookstores, lower prices, National Public Radio, outdated policies, prospect of profit, retail organizations, return policies, return rates, small publishers, storage, The Great Depression, The Problem with Bookstores, warehousing
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Street Smarts, Book Smarts, and Money
Robert T. Kiyosaki co-authored a book titled Rich Dad, Poor Dad. It is required reading for everyone who wants to be successful. If you are one to read, you will acquire boundless information from this book. One of the important … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Reading
Tagged budgeting, everyone who wants to be successful, low-wage jobs, making money, minimum wage, money work for you, monthly money, paycheck, reading, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert T. Kiyosaki, save 10 percent, saving is the key to success in life, street smarts and book smarts, Street Smarts Book Smarts and Money, taxes, using money properly
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The Great American Novel
OK, so you want to be a writer. You should ask yourself a few questions regarding your desire to write. First, Why do you want to write? The second is, What are you going to write? Writers have to be … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing, Reading, Writing
Tagged book reviews, discipline, endorsements, Fiction is fickle, great wealth, marketing, No man but a blockhead, once published, pleasure reading, radio and television appearances, rich and famous, Samuel Johnson, self-motivation, The Great American Novel, writer, writing for money, writing goals, writing well
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