Top Self Publishing Firms: How Writers Get Published, Sell More Books, and Ri... by Stacie Vander Pol Amazon Price: $5.98
Customer Review: Stacie Vander Pol has written a book that will save you a lot of time. I had planned to form a publishing company for my first book, but after discovering CreateSpace and BookSurge, I began evaluated those options instead. Since I had already decided that my marketing efforts would be directed only at Amazon, their tight connection with Amazon.com made them both very attractive to me. After reading their websites at length, and trying to evaluate their relative strengths, I was leaning in the direction of CreateSpace, but I still felt that I needed to spend a lot more time evaluating them before making the final decision.
In Chapter 6, in which Stacie details and evaluates in a very concise way, the pluses and minuses of Large and Medium Firms offering self-publishing services(including BookSurge and CreateSpace), she capsulized the advantages of each in a way that made my decision an easy one.
Chapter 6 is my favorite in the book, and will more than justify your purchase of this book, particularly if you are just beginning the process of deciding the best way to get your book to print. But trust me, you will find a lot of valuable information in this easy-to-read book.
I had previously read the top 8 books on self-publishing offered on Amazon, and found that Stacie's book fills a niche not covered before she wrote it - a great summary of valuable advice on getting started with your book, and the vital important Chapter 6, a time-saving synopsis of your primary self-publishing choices that would probably take you 20-30 research hours to compile yourself.
Stacie's book will save you from that onerous task. Read this book instead and save that valuable time !
The Complete Eldercare Planner, Second Edition: Where to Start, Which Questio... by Joy Loverde Amazon Price: $13.57
Customer Review: This book is full of clear, common-sense talk, just the thing I needed when I bought it. Dealing with an aging parent can be tricky in the best of circumstances, and at worst can threaten the whole family structure. The level-headed advice in this book can help to keep things on track, and can help family members to develop the best plan for dealing with their particular situation, as it did with us.
I did a "speed-read" of the book in the 24 hours before a family conference. I did note a fair amount of repetition of ideas in the book, but that is not necessarily a bad thing: if you're reading just the chapters that seem most relevant, then that's where those ideas need to be mentioned. One bonus: reading the book made it clear to me that I need to be doing some elder planning for myself, and with my own children, to make things easier for them later.
Love's Unending Legacy/Love's Unfolding Dream/Love Takes Wing/Love Finds a Ho... by Janette Oke Amazon Price: $32.75
Customer Review: I have no qaulms about admitting that I am a hopeless romantic. I'm also the type of person that likes pretty landscapes, good old fashioned values, and all the light and love inbetween. These books really hit the spot, and the first few of this collection are divine.
The story begins with two unlucky partners who wed for convenience: a pregnant widow and a widower trying to raise a daughter on his own. They're out in the plains struggling to survive, so why not get married for the security?
But alas, in comes the romance and this little family grows closer and closer.
The series continues as the family grows, with a variety of well-rounded characters and plots that get at that slightly dramatic spot I can't help but love.
They're quietly written with beautiful, simple descriptions and lots of reference to God, faith, and spirituality.
Bazaar Style: Decorating With Market and Vintage Finds by Selina Lake, Joanna Simmons Amazon Price: $19.77
Customer Review: I¨m not a vintage/fleamarket style person when it comes to interiors, but it's refreshing to see that personal and unique homes can be created without a lot of money. A lot of ideas can be picked up here. You don't have to have a home that's entirely Bazaar/vintage style, but quite a lot of us do have a piece or two that can come to use in our home and make it our own. A lot of pictures - a book that gives you value for money.
Advanced decorators might find most of the information redundant.
However, if a person is a "beginner" in this area of decorating, then they will find this book very inspiring.
The photos are simply amazing---just as the photos in the magazine ROMANTIC HOMES are.... Colorful, large and bright!
The book begins with an information chapter, explaining the purpose of this book.
Basically, this book is like a mini-workshop because it shows the reader how to put together a "Decorating Journal", in order to organize their decorating style , from start to finish.
Thus, each Chapter in this book covers an area that is linked to the decorators' journal.
Most advanced decorators (of the romantic style) already know what they like, so this is why I state that this book is mainly for the beginning decorator.
This book is quite expensive, so if you can find this book "on sale", I think it would be worth while, even for the advanced decorator...Why?----Answer: because of the amazing photographs.
I think the photos in this book are what are truly amazing. The information itself, is slightly too basic though.
Find More Time: How to Get Things Done at Home, Organize Your Life, and Feel ... by Laura Stack Amazon Price: $10.36
Customer Review: Somehow Laura Stack, the "Productivity Pro," makes greater efficiency at home seem easy to attain. She encourages systematic, thorough evaluation of your time-management strengths and weaknesses, and lays out the "eight pillars" that form the foundation for a smoothly functioning life. Her workbook is not a quick read, but it's full of organizing tips and useful recommendations on where to find the tools and resources you need to de-clutter. getAbstract recommends this how-to manual for those who want to have it all, including free weekends.
Love Finds a Home (Love Comes Softly Series #8) by Janette Oke Amazon Price: $10.39
Customer Review: In Book 8 of the "Love Comes Softley" series Belinda is finding that the teachings of her parents, faith - love - family, are the cornerstones she needs to get her life back on track.
Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000 by Martin Torgoff Amazon Price: $11.56
Customer Review: A highly entertaining academic work that attempts to bust out of the classroom. With using the authors lifeline as the 1945-2000 period choice, to his interview with a true-life unrepentant lifelong drug user, to even sprinkling his personal experiences with illicit treats, the author makes the myriad of information accessible to us all. Can't Find My Way Home covers the whole of drug usage and combines, or rather, mirrors the various regions and times of America with the variable popular culture of music, film, art and literature. What did Charlie Parker like to take with his Heroin? What was Andy Warhol and the Chelsea Girls drug of choice. How much did cocaine abuse affect the making of Scarface? These and all kinds of delicious tid-bits are woven throughout this powerful and entertaining tome!!PILATE: A Brutal Bible Tale
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Contests aim to find homes for wild horses CNN - 20 hours ago DOUGLAS, Wyoming (AP) -- As a Johnny Cash tune played over the loudspeakers, horse trainer Gary Main Jr. coaxed Victory through a display of discipline and ...
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Aktuáln?.cz Unwanted in ?R, parentless Roma find homes abroad Aktuáln?.cz, Czech Republic - Sep 30, 2008 Brno - While no Czech family has ever adopted a child from abroad, married couples in other countries have been adopting Czech children for years now. ...
Pet Friends of Irwin help dogs, cats find homes at bimonthly event Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Oct 2, 2008 By Lori Sinchar Need a new best friend? Furry and four legged? That's what coordinators for Pet Friends Inc. of Irwin were hoping for recently as they held ...
Dogs Given Up After Hurricane Ike To Find Homes In S. Fla. Local10.com, FL - Oct 1, 2008 A team in South Florida is helping to find homes for pets who lost theirs to Hurricane Ike. Twenty-five dogs will be picked up in the Tampa Bay area on ...
Seattle Animal shelter trying to find homes for its critters Seattle Times, United States - Sep 21, 2008 The Seattle Animal Shelter sponsors a special open house once a month promoting its small animals. By Maureen O'Hagan Edgar, an adult male rat, ...
Rescue groups help animals find homes WBBH, FL - Sep 27, 2008 COLLIER COUNTY: Right now, dozens of pets are in need of a home. This comes after 80 animals believed to be abused this week which has increased the number ...
Pet Talk: Keeping your pet puts less pressure on shelter Ashland TAB, MA - 9 hours ago So, every week I had to put another cat?s picture in the paper, and it took 10 weeks to find homes for these cats. How wonderful it would have been if ...
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