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Something doesn’t settle right with the whole #LuluDotCom fiasco. #Amazon #Profiting from #BookSales while #Creatives get nothing? (#Rollcall) It’s time for #IndieAuthors to take back their power, by revamping #Branding #Strategies – for a post #Corona area. 📖💡
Years ago, it was a pretty big accomplishment to have your books sold at brick and mortar stores such as Barnes & Noble, but like anything else (including BN), times change. Technology is constantly reshaping the way we buy, sell, and discover new consumer products.
Coming into the publishing industry during the social media revolution; I was a young arrogant hotshot, who happily disrupted the snobbish closed off industry by utilizing my knowledge of collective behavior, making myself appear bigger than I was.
Since having no working capital, POD companies such as Lulu were lifesavers for self-promoting.
Lulu was great; because for $20.00 you could have your book available for purchase on every major shopping channel, including Amazon, which at the time was a kick in the face to traditional publishers, and banks who required circulation for credibility.
Sadly, like every good thing, it has it’s end.
Now, I don’t know what’s really going on with Amazon and Lulu, but all I do know is that I’m not getting paid for known books sales… Which is highly illegal; but as of right now, there’s not much I can do, just have to wait in line to be part of a giant upcoming lawsuit.
Does that mean I’m gonna take my book down off the shelves? No, that’s a lot of work, why ruin already existing PR and SEO? What I am gonna do; and what I would encourage other authors to do also, is switch to MagCloud, make your new content exclusive for them only. MagCloud does not provide ISBN numbers, no detail on why that’s golden.
You’re new strategy should be “straight sales;” not relying on Amazon or Barnes & Noble for anything, forget they even exist, instead just hustle and sell your books!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAQb0zuAxqA/?igshid=6wartcehz6fh
Rage against the machine, “Join MagCloud” like me!
Fyi Magcloud is an Israeli based company, but what can you do, boycott the whole planet?? I’d rather take down Amazon, even if that means technically sponsoring a terrorist state to do so.
Yes, I’m a hypocrite. 😆
Since everyone is doing #AffiliateMarketing these days, here’s some #LinkCheckers so you don’t get #Phished. 🏦 🎣
@Instagram #App on phone keeps #Crashing, making it unusable. Did everything possible to fix, cleared cache, logged off and on. It seems targeted to my big account. Other accounts on device were slow, but not crashing upon opening the app.
The Secret life of Dan. 🤭😜 #menwithink #beardsandtattoos #bloggerstyle
The #European #Internet is under attack. If we don’t stop it we will be #Censored. [What happens in other places affects us too!] #Terreg #StopACTA2
He is a co-founder of #StopACTA2 and he can teach you more about what is going on surrounding a new internet filter called #Terreg.
#Luludotcom #LuluDotComIsOverParty #LuluIsOverParty #Publishing #Amazon #PublishingNews #BookSales #Author
Lulu has been updating their website, so with Convid and everything else going on, it’s understandable for things to take a little longer to process.
However, the company is not delivering with their promises, and they’re not responding to consumer complaints.
In my case for example, a friend of mine purchased my book, and it was delivered internationally to her address in February.
No invoices are available, so there could have been other sales made.
It is now mid June, and I still haven’t been paid.
One of the perks of publishing through Lulu is their Global Reach Program, which is free when you purchase a copy of your own book. This makes your book available on 3rd party retail sites such as Amazon. So when book sales are made via Amazon; UK, JP, IN, ect.. Indie Authors such as myself have no way of knowing, because if the book was not published directly through KDP, (Kindle Direct Publishing) Amazon says they have no way of tracking the sale.
This does not include other retailers such as Barnes and Noble or independent distributors; who could buy my book, resale it, and I’d have no way of knowing or getting paid.
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I’m not anti #Amazon, & I’m not mad at @Luludotcom, but I just want people to know the #Truth that if you buy my #Book on @Amazon rn I don’t get paid. 😔 So, please don’t buy #MyBook on Amazon, bc I don’t get a dime from it. @AmazonKDP @AmazonPub #Publishing Buy it from #MagCloud instead!.. And it’s cheaper!!
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List of the 37 #Senators Twitter Accounts who voted against an amendment that would have stopped the FBI from being able to seize your #Internet search and browsing history. 🕷
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAPPRCxAiaZ/?igshid=1shhcpe2pnmxh
All in all, 27 Republicans and 10 Democrats voted against the amendment and 4 senators were no-shows. One of the senators that didn’t vote is under self quarantine due to a staff member testing positive for COVID-19. But where were the other 3 senators? Here’s who voted against the Wyden-Daines Amendment to the USA Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2020 that would have blocked McConnell’s plan to let FBI collect web browsing history without a warrant:
@SenJohnBarrasso (R-WY)
@MarshaBlackburn (R-TN)
@RoyBlunt (R-MO)
@JohnBoozman (R-AR)
@BurrForSenate (R-NC)
@SenCapito (R-WV)
@SenatorCollins (R-ME)
@JohnCornyn (R-TX)
@SenTomCotton (R-AR)
@SenatorFischer (R-NE)
@LindseyGrahamSC (R-SC)
@cindyhydesmith (R-MS)
@JimInhofe (R-OK)
@SenRonJohnson (R-WI)
@SenatorLankford (R-OK)
@senatemajldr (R-KY)
@sendavidperdue (R-GA)
@senrobportman (R-OH)
@SenPatRoberts (R-KS)
@MittRomney (R-UT)
@marcorubio (R-FL)
@SenShelby (R-AL)
@SenJohnThune (R-SD)
@SenThomTillis (R-NC)
@SenToomey (R-PA)
@SenatorWicker (R-MS)
@SenToddYoung (R-IN)
@TomCarperforDE (D-DE)
@SenBobCasey (D-PA)
@SenFeinstein (D-CA)
@SenatorHassan (D-NH)
@SenDougJones (D-AL)
@timkaine (D-VA)
@Sen_JoeManchin (D-WV)
@SenatorShaheen (D-NH)
@MarkWarner (D-VA)
@SenWhitehouse (D-RI)
Contact your elected officials and tell them not to vote for the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020
While this amendment has failed, the bill it was a part of still hasn’t passed. There’s still time to contact your elected officials and tell them not to vote for the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 in its current form with Mitch McConnell’s privacy violating amendment in tow. The FBI and DOJ should not have access to the search and internet history of American citizens without a warrant, but that’s exactly what Congress is set to pass unless Americans step up and make their voices heard.