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    Feedback on Cover Design? (Adult Coloring Book)

    PUBLISHING 
    Exactly what I'm looking for, thank you. Yes, large hungry primarily female market, hence the color selections. I think I'll mock up 4 or 5 designs and see if any one strikes a chord.
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    Feedback on Cover Design? (Adult Coloring Book)

    PUBLISHING 
    I cringe a little at posting WIP to public sites but I need objective, honest feedback please. If this were a book cover, what would your reaction to it be? Hate? Love? Meh? Details are immensely appreciated :) Thanks, Kathy
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    Self Publishing Progress

    PUBLISHING 
    A couple of thoughts: 1. The layout in the preview seems weird, like you've put hard coded spacing or some such in it. 2. When my kids were four years old, the books had big bright pictures with supporting text. At 9 pictures weren't as important. I only mention this because 4-9 is the age...
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    Hired a new freelancer today. Forward...

    Hired a new freelancer today. Forward...
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    Hired a new freelancer today...

    Hired a new freelancer today...
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    Non-compete agreements. Your opinion?

    PEOPLE 
    I'd say look into it if it comes up. Fifteen or so years ago NC agreements were automatically invalid by law (in some locations) if they interfered with the person's normal way of earning income. In other words, a company could not demand that a freelance copywriter they hired will not write...
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    2014 In Review

    EXECUTION 
    I just researched heavily online. I owned a palm pilot website back in 1999/2000 so I had a vague memory of the pitfalls to watch out for but it was pretty much trustworthy sources found through Google and forums
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    2014 In Review

    EXECUTION 
    Strangely enough, there doesn't seem to be that many. With fabric, scrapbooking, journals, etc. I can't help but wonder if it's just too much work for most. Your journal links are an excellent example by the way, I usually see that type of thing with moleskin advocates :) I have seen bundling...
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    2014 In Review

    EXECUTION 
    Lots still to do today but I wanted to talk a minute about value. As HighestVantage pointed out, there are tons of things to sell. I'd say anything sells to be honest. How much you can buy and ship it for, plus the profit you want equals your asking price. When others are selling the exact...
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    2014 In Review

    EXECUTION 
    BTW Vigilante's podcast inspired this. It's my small attempt to give back a bit since I've lurked so much this year.
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    2014 In Review

    EXECUTION 
    (I'm on tapatalk now so posts will be shorter) So, a few lessons learned from the start: 1. You can get started with barely any money. 2. It sucks to try and grow with barely any money. 3. Selling products on Amazon invites massive competition. The fabric I bought on alibaba didn't take long...
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    2014 In Review

    EXECUTION 
    This is something of a summary/review post to share some progress and missteps from throughout this past year. I started the year attempting to try a different direction with digital products, but quickly realized I was focusing more on something I wanted than what the market needed or wanted...
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    Instagram Page Owners

    SOCIAL MEDIA WEB/DIGITAL 
    (sorry, I don't know how to quote through tapatalk) From https://help.instagram.com/365080703569355 "Instagram is a great way to share your life moments through photos and videos, but you shouldn't share someone else’s photos or videos. You own the photos and videos you post on Instagram. We...
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    Is Using Amazon FBA Risking Too Much Control?

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks guys. I sort of stumbled into this about six months ago because of customer demand and I decided from the start to outsource as much as possible. I've been using FBA from the beginning, I love it and I've built plenty of margin into the mix to accommodate the fees. I'm not large enough...
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    Sell Things for More Than it Costs You To

    Sell Things for More Than it Costs You To
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    Is Using Amazon FBA Risking Too Much Control?

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks Vigilante, that confirms my original thought lines but it feels better hearing it from someone with more experience. I've had trouble keeping enough inventory in stock so I haven't hedged the bet by keeping much local yet. That's one of the big goals for next year.
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    Is Using Amazon FBA Risking Too Much Control?

    EXECUTION 
    So I've been working hard on a new product line this year and for a variety of reasons, I decided to use Amazon's fulfillment services. While reviewing my highlights and notes from TMFL book, it occurred to me that I may be risking too much control with that decision. Some merchants who...
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    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    In my experience, FBA will eat roughly 30% of the sales price in fees for products priced under about $50. I tend to calculate my landed price (cost plus shipping) and determine whether I can likely sell for a minimum of three times that.
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    Why newbies should avoid Alibaba, DHGate, Tradekey, Aliexpress, madeinchina.com, EC21, TTNet.net,

    HOT! 
    FWIW, this used to be the case (somewhat) at the warrior forum a very long time ago.
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    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

    PUBLISHING 
    As an avid reader, I am not a fan of the Kindle method some authors seem to take, where they chop up a perfectly good book into pieces so that they can publish it as multiple "books" instead of one. With that said, the business side of me definitely agrees that this library approach will cause...

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