Troy
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@Mel Hopkins you don't allow comments on your site?
The difference between Anazon and everone else is that Amazon does not have to generate profit from the sale of books.
But it does mske sense to use Amazons data and tactics whenever the possible i know i do
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Yeah you do have to be very careful about the sites you visit.
I never consume news via social media, because they don't produce news, so I always go to the news source.
The Internet is a vast, dark, and scary place. Proceed with caution.
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It turns out, a lot of it, actually
This quote from the article linked below made me laugh out loud because it is so true:
"Over at YouTube, the business of buying and selling video views is flourishing...."
People buy views subscriber's etc. Much of YouTube's content is fake nonsense or pirated content. Real stuff no longer stands a chance against this stuff.
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Hey @Gibran no need to quote someone if what they wrote immediately precedes your reply (a lot of people do it when they first get started).
Have you considered joining Amazon's affiliate program? If you send people there you'll earn commission on sales (in addition to your royalties). I used to make quote a bit of money with Amazon but since they reached monopoly status they have dramatically reduced what they pay affiliates.I can't bring up you site right now but I can tell from the URL you are linking to image files. I can add links to your book's buy button to send readers to your site if you are selling your book directly.
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Hey @Gibran I just added this book to AALBC and will mention it in the newsletter that i'm mailing today.
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On 1/6/2019 at 10:52 AM, Pioneer1 said:
You can't say "people don't care"....obviously I care and many other AfroAmericans that I know care.
We may or may not be in the majority, but we are out there.Well what I mean when I say "people don't care," is that not enough of us care to make a difference.
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These are cultural problems. Even the life expectancy of white men has gone down in recent years.
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I'm amazed by gbe changes I've seen. I can't imagine the changes this Brother has witnessed.
He literally had to crank his car to start it! I push a button.
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I really didn't know the whole backstory Gibran this is just so interesting. I also never appreciated the challenges endured to get the book done.
Anita Diggs is a cool sister an early, in house, supporter of AALBC.
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20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:
why don't YOU state what YOU gentlemen think the problems are and what's preventing the majority of our people from forming and having maintaining families and long term relationships between the men and women.
Every relationship is different and there are a wide of problems that can plague a relationship. Some are due to external factors but most, i believe, are due to the individuals themselves. As a result, that is where I believe the focus should be placed -- not some nebulous white conspirator or harkening back to African traditions from a millenia ago.
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19 hours ago, Gibran said:
that my oldest daughter is a professor at a university in Florida
What!! Congrats man!
I actually live in FL when you speak, hit me up ill come check you out if i can.
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@Cynique so why to you think the sisters (not you) here, with Del's support, lamented that they dont feel protected?
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The branding shit Black greeks do makes me think of slavery. I can't get with that.
I'm not aware of any African traditions that use branding.
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Sure I woukd like to know. But right now all you presented is conjecture and conspiracy theories.
Besides man we actually know we are being manipulated by social media, and people STILL don't care. We know we are rapidly making the planet less hospitable for human habitation and people STILL don't care. What makes you think people would care about knowing we are being converted into homosexuals?
What should we do?
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49 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:
It's like a little 4 year old girl looking for her 8 year old brother to protect her from being abused by adults.
What can that little boy do?True.
51 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:You aren't going to hang out all hours of the night getting drunk, cussing out people, wearing mini-skirts with g-strings bending all over and grinding men of all races in the club and on the street and as soon as some man you were rude to or having some crazy relationship with looks at you cross eyed you want trun to a GOOD Black man and snap your fingers at him and say "sick 'em!!!"
This is true too, but I don't think anyone here ever congested you can act crazy then expect your man to jeopardize his life to support crazy.
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Hey @Gibran my reaction was to a long debate we had on the subject of Black women not feeling protected by Black man. It was a position I rejected primary because I spend all of my money, time, and energy doing just this for my wife and two daughters. I also know other Brother who do the same.
However your point (below) is important to consider.
16 hours ago, Gibran said:Black women are faced with the daunting task of trying to make sense of a world where, on a daily basis, they witness, watch, and observe the physical destruction of black men.
I feel like I fighting every obstacle imaginable trying to uplift Black people, so when sistas say they don't feel protected by us, I reacted, defensively, as if it was just another battle I have to fight. But don't want to fight Black women. I want to support them, because we need them. We need each other. I met a sista recently that reminded me of this.
@Mel Hopkins, @Cynique, @Chevdove maybe I needed to hear it from older, wiser Black man.
Peace,
Troy
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Press Release
From Atlanta, Georgia to Ghana, Africa
Author Pens “Seven Full Days,” a Parable of Modern Racism Reminiscent of “A Christmas Carol.”
Springfield, Massachusetts (home of the NBA Hall of Fame)
In 1998, after working for Hasbro/Milton Bradley for nearly 20 years, Ferris Shelton went to Ghana, Africa and visited the historical El Mina Slave Castle in 1998/99. He was inspired to write a novel about the human beings processed through that building circa 1700 CE. After 20 years of creative angst and hard work, “Seven Full Days” has been published.
“A debut novel tells the story of a rising...businessman visited by disturbing dreams of the slavery era... Shelton writes in a descriptive prose that captures his characters’ emotional states in vivid detail:”
A life altering change will remain still, quietly hibernating in a person for years.
We often choose comfortable, well-established order over the disruption change will cause, thus it is seldom awakened. But this sleeping giant could animate if affected by the right forces.
And, if it does, what was once safely tucked away in the out-of-sight, out-of-mind compartment of our psyche can extract a heavy toll - even if aroused by innocent intentions. Unbeknownst to Jason, this day would start a process of change that sat deep within, slumbering but ready to stir
To see Kirkus Review: Kirkus.com -- search: Seven Full Days
To order Seven Full Days: https://levellerspress.com/product/seven-full-days/
Or from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1945473703
Ferris Shelton, with extended family roots in the Atlanta area uses Marietta, GA, Hurt Park and The Grady Memorial Hospital as backdrops for the novel. A United States Marine Corps veteran that worked for Hasbro/Milton Bradley for nearly twenty years and was a baseball coach (Blunt Park Tigers, 1991-1995) and a basketball coach (Martin Luther King Community Center (1990-1995).
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Maybe this is why Black women don't feel protected by Black men.
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7 hours ago, Chevdove said:
I find it hard to grasp though, that you have never been so in love with a woman that would not want some type of commitment.
Me too.
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The excerpt was posted here: https://aalbc.com/books/excerpt.php?isbn13=9781732454903
IS THIS FOR REAL?! 3
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Hey @Gibran why should we care about this? Would this matter to anyone who does not care about Abraham? Do you have to believe on the Abrahamic religions to care?