Troy
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That is good John a lot of authors get killed because the price of their book are too high. Do me a favor and read this article about selling books via Amazon and let me know what you think.
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Hey kateellington! I trust all is well. I appreciate the feedback. To me, the fact that you can make a meaningful percentage on the sale of your own book or can redirect that commission to someone else shold be a sufficent story to tell. It really is alarming how many authors share links to amazon for there book without affiliate codes.
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Authors You Should Know: Hey y'all I'm updating my homepage with new "Authors You Should Know". Do you all have any suggestions? I'm going to add James Alan McPherson (can anyone help me find a photo I can use), and a couple of lessor known authors that were reviewed well by my reviewers. Are the any authors you feel folks really should know? Someone who is a good writer, but underappreciated, young or old, living or deceased, from the continent or the Diaspora -- anyone you think should be more widely known. Thanks!
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I recently blogged about the fact that most authors who post links to Amazon do not take advantage of Amazon's affiliate program. http://aalbc.it/oWrxtM Someone tried to explain to me why authors do not take advantage of it, by saying they just don't care and are not interested. This seems so illogical because Amazons commisions can be 7, 8% or more depending upon sales -- often exceeding even the author's share of a book's sale. But based upon the acitivity on my latest Blog post on the subject, there seemed to be little interest in the whole issue. Of course the more sophistciated authors are aware of the commisisons that can be earned. Some authors who live in the cities where Amazon does not pay affiliate commisions (currently, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, North Carolina, Rhode Island, & Connecticut) use the codes of business associates. I give authors a discount on services in exchange for using an AALBC.com affiliate code -- sometimes it even help those authors to make the AALBC.com bestsellers list. Are there any authors out there that link to Amazon without using an affiliate code to earn commissions? If so why?
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NELS! Good to see you name again!
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Ok I've heard a lot about there not being enough good writers. All all the writers are writing crap. Well here is your chance to download an entire book from a good writier for free! Check out the novel "The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang" by Leonce Gaiter: http://aalbc.it/lg-free-ebook The eBook is available in all the popular formats. This promotion ends October 6th. Use must use coupon code WB45M at check out. Leonce is a excellent writer and has crafted a throughly researched novel about little known chapter in American history. Again the eBook is free. What do you have to lose -- except a chance to discover terrific story? Thumper, one of my most critical reviewers described Leonce novel "Bourbon Street" this way, "It has been a long while since I read a book as complex and gorgeous as Bourbon Street written by Leonce Gaiter. A novel which explores the spectrum of inner naked essence of human nature, Bourbon Street was a sheer joy to read from beginning to end." Read the entire review here: http://aalbc.com/reviews/bourbon_street.htm
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Funny I remember back in the 70's darker skinned Brother used to complain about how the lighted skinned, wavvy haired Brothers (ala El Debarge) were all the rage. When I think about some of my favorite male actors, they all happen to be of the dark complexion variety, Idrissa Elba (in fact all the male leads from HBO's The Wire are excellent actors). I aslo love the work of Don Cheadle. Humm maybe the dark skinned brother are just better actors (just kidding). I have to admit it seems to help female actresses, a great deal, if they are mixed race (ala Halley Berry, Zoe Saladana, etc). Humm maybe you have a point Nels. Can you provide examples light skinned Brothers, who are talented actors that are being over looked because of the bias you mentioned?
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Kevin I'm going to launching the Best Black Book Video competition for 2011 pretty soon -- please be sure to enter.
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You got it Shawneda!
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Can't argue with that.
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Cool, but with so many other books that are actually available I would not fixate too much on this particular title. Besides, Amazon customer reviews not not exactly the most reliable.
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Anika99, the most recent publication of Jason's book I could find a record of was from 1985 pubed by Holloway House the ISBN's are 0870677187 9780870677182 Jason Grant's saga of a renegade cowboy named Coal, who went from slave to be called "El Diablo Negro" (The Black Devil). An unforgettable portrait of one of the many ex-slaves who became cowboys. There are many sources with which you can use the information to find this book (many use the same data), but you can look around deeper in the search results and maybe you'll get lucky. I'm curious why are you looking for THIS particular book? If you are interested in similiar stories you might consider Leonce Gaither's I Dreamt I Was in Heaven - The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang: http://aalbc.com/authors/leonce_gaiter.html
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Hi Christi, yeah the definition of what a "good man " (or women) is of course subjective, and to use it as a means for determining the unavailability of good men for women in the generla case is flawed reasoning. As you suggest there are of course good men that are overweight, perhaps a child from a previous marriage, and recently laid off. Of course some women might look for Brothers that are Christian or has some form of spiritual beliefs, and many other criteria that are not on the list above. At the end of the day women (and men) need to have realistic expections of what another human being can and are capable of offering. Humans are all individuals and should be evaluated as such. Using a laundry list like the one above, as the basis for your selection criteria for findling a "good man", will virtually guarantee that you rule out many of them.
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Shawneda, Thanks. I won't forget. I actually have to redesign the iPhone ap. The backend of the current ap no longer works and is no longer pushing update to the phone. I get to it shortly :-)
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Hickson help folks out always provide a link: http://aalbc.it/concandy
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The next AALBC.com eNewsletter is scheduled for publication on September 27th. It will be emailed to almost 20,000 subscribers and Facebook friends. It will also be shared via AALBC.com social media networks and is permanently archived on AALBC.com. There is only ONE ad in each enewsletter and it is only $149. If you are interested visit: http://aalbc.com/enewsletter_banner_advertisement.html for more information. Let me tell you, this is a really inexpensive ad given the reach. I will be raising the price for this ad going forward.
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Kola, first thank you for comment HERE. I will invite the creator of this "infographic" to comment here, she has the link. I'm not sure how old she is, but I suspect she is relatively young as well. The problem I have with the analysis, is that the comparions assumes all the women actually meet the criteria that have been used to eliminate the available men. In order words, it ignores that fact that there are also fat women, uneducated women, gay women, incarcerated women, etc. The analysis also fails to consider that man of the men fall into multiple categories and as a result are double, triple, quadruple counted which greatly exaggerates the number of men eliminated from contention. The are many problems with the data as presented. Then of course there are the social ramifications of using flawed data, misinformation really, to promote an agenda which is not based in reality. If a woman finds it difficult to find a "good" Black man it will not be because of the reasons describe above.
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