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Inc. used to be a reputable source of information for business news. Today they like many other platforms they have sold out and are now one of the "clickbaitiest" platforms on the web. I got a newsletter from Inc. this week. I do not know how I was added to their mailing list (I unsubscribed). Over the years when I've clicked links like the ones below the article NEVER delivered on the promise suggested by the article. Usually, you are just directed to an article spanning multiple pages with a ton of ads. Far too many sites on the web are like this now. They are SEO optimized to maximize advertisement delivery and crowd out better websites that are designed to provide information. As a result, the quality of the most easily discoverable content on the web today "sucks." I never read any of the articles listed below. I just share them as examples of click bait and how a publication has fouled up their brand and reputation, IMHO. An American Airlines Pilot Was Absolutely Fed Up With Passengers. His Solution Was a Stroke of Genius If You Can Pass Any of These 8 Tests, Science Says You're Likely to Live Significantly Longer (and Feel Happier and Less Stressed) Nearly 30 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said There's 1 Simple Habit That Separates the Doers From the Dreamers This simple act taught him one of the greatest lessons of his brilliant career. Google Sent an Email Warning Customers It Plans to Start Deleting Their Inactive Accounts You have four months to decide what to do with your old account. Neuroscience Shows That Nightly Scents Could Boost Memory and Help Your Productivity This nightly ritual could revitalize your brain. Researchers Asked 146 'Failed Entrepreneurs' About Their Past Experiences. It's a Remarkable Lesson in Resilience Mindset about failure matters most for whether a founder gets back in the game.

@Delano LOL! Yeah, preferable to kickin the bucket...I guess. 🤔 -hmmmm???? Good question. Let's see if we can figure it out together. Perhaps....maybe.....possibly....it MIGHT be due to the fact that you spend much of your time lounging on your daughter's porch and grinning at us with some red-framed shades on, instead of hanging out down on the Wild 100's set tripping and selling diluted cocaine across the street from your competition.....lol. @Pioneer1No, the majority of those losing their lives on a daily basis around Chicagoland, are not drug dealers nor drug users. They are children and other innocent bystanders, road rage, car-jacking and robbery victims, petty slights and personal beefs victims, everyday folks just trying to make it through the day without being the target of violent gun users who place no value on human life! @ProfDThank you for your kind words. You're a gentleman, and a scholar! @Chevdove Thank you, Girlfriend! I did have a great birthday, thanks to my family and friends. @TroyYes, i had in-laws who died at age 93 and 94, a sister-in-law who is still alive and kicking at 93. Also one of my bffs from childhood turned 90 in January, and I have several other acquaintances who are in their 90s. There are quite a few of us still around, comedienne Carole Burnette, who has always been a favorite of mine because she's the same age as I am is still with us, and she hasn't changed a bit. Also Kim Novak, Joan Collins and Willie Nelson are other celebs my age. And, yes, my great-grand parents on both sides of my family were slaves. I, myself, have lived longer than any female in my family. 90 is the new 70, y'all! In our discussions, we have talked about time being a construct and an abstract concept. To this, I agree. I, by no means, feel as spry and energetic as i used to but, mentally, I feel the same as I did at about age 30. Looking back over my life, do i have any regrets? A few. Would I have done anything differently? Yes. To what do attribute my longevity. Luck. God? A force, not an imaginary friend in the sky. Religion? A man-made security blanket reinforced by legend and myth, enforced by fear. Advice? Do "you". Philosophy? Life is the question. Love is the answer. I think, therefore I am. It is, what it is. the future? I think the world is on the brink, of drastic change. The American Empire may very well, implode... PEACE.

hey wait a minute 🙂 waddaya mean “small website.” AALBC, comparatively speaking, is a rather large website. If you are comparing the site to the massive social media or the likes of Amazon by then yeah we are tiny. But if your are comparing it then the rest of the web then we are rather large.

Jane is a recognized authority in publishing and knows a lot, but on this subject, I completely disagree with her analysis and conclusions. This is not a self-published authors' problem. I would not couch it as a "problem" at all. Banning AI generated books is a flawed strategy, and not sustainable (all people want to do is ban books nowadays). The market will sort this out. Interestingly, the quality of the book, or lack thereof, wasn't addressed. That should be the primary consideration when evaluating the merits of a book -- especially when you are calling for its banning. B&N flagged the book as a bestseller. How did that happen? We should be more concerned about the signals B&N and Amazon sending regarding the books they sell and how potentially misleading this is to the reader. How many indie brick and mortars bookstores stores did not book show up in? I'll tell you, zero. It is highly unlikely a book like this would ever have appeared on my site, because I familiar with each author's work. I'm also not hell-bend on having every book ever written on the site. This is why curated book websites and stores will become increasingly important in the age of AI. There will come a time when AI generated books will exceed the quality of the majority of human written books -- should they be banned too? We have to think more long term when it comes to AI generated content. Also, “temporarily out of stock” does not mean that Amazon "took down" the book. You can still plop these titles into your shopping cart and it will be sent when they have it. You see this all the time with indie books not printed with Amazon.