http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/ Kelly Mortimer - Agent of the People Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:22:51 GMT Nike Chillemi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2034 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2034 Travis. I'm sooooo sorry to hear this. It's OK to cry. And it's OK to be angry, even angry at God. He's big enough to take it. If we can't get really angry at Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:23:38 GMT Linore Rose Burkard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2033 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2033 Will be praying, Travis. I'm so sorry. You're not alone. Linore ... -- Linore Rose Burkard.com** Inspirational Romance for the Christian Soul Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:26:12 GMT Travis Angry http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2032 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2032 Hi Everyone, This is Travis Angry and just wanted you all to know, that I am headed home to say my final goodbye to my MOM...she is headed to be with the Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:23:33 GMT Nike Chillemi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2031 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2031 I think that is true w/everything in life. You have to take the good with the bad. IMO, a nebie author has to do 90% of his/her own marketing, via Twitter, Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:47:34 GMT Bob Sullivan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2030 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2030 Buy a booth at Sci-fi, horror, fantasy conventions in your area. Contact the event coordinators and see if they will let you read. That's part of my strategy Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:10:27 GMT Moxy Mobile Lady http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2029 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2029 Thanks for explainging things to me. I may do my second book under my real name because a first book that doesn't sell 2000 copies tells the publishing world Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:07:40 GMT Moxy Mobile Lady http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2028 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2028 Thank you. I may try selling some books out of the back seat of my truck...if I can get a Mobile Press Release that sends them to Amazon. There's a small book Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:22:02 GMT ADR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2027 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2027 POD costs book stores a lot of money. POD books run in print runs of anywhere from 200 to 500. The printer has to sell out of all those before they'll enter Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:09:06 GMT Nike Chillemi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2026 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2026 Isn't that what POD is about. They only print when a book is ordered? Do you mind my asking who your publisher is? And...not to be stopped by this...what is Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:41:55 GMT DEBORAH PICCURELLI http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2025 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2025 Hello everyone, Come join me for a chat with author, C.J. Darlington, about her new book, Thicker than Blood. While there, read my review and enter the drawing Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:07:17 GMT Peg Phifer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2024 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2024 A Monday notice that you can win the 3-Book Series "Chronicles of Spanish Civil War" by Tricia Goyer, PLUS a 2GB USB Flash Drive by entering my contest at: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:40:41 GMT ADR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2023 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2023 As of last summer, they revised and started enforcing their small press rules. They absolutely will not order any POD books unless they've been through the Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:02:47 GMT robin bayne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2022 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2022 ...  I used to arrange group signings, with friends who were "headliners" and others of us with small presses. b&N was very good about it for several  Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:17:13 GMT Sandi Rog http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2021 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2021 I'm "interviewing" MaryLu Tyndall on my blog! It's not really an interview, but something different. Come check it out. AND . . . if you want to win her latest Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:27:06 GMT Cynthia Hickey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2020 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agent_of_the_People/message/2020 I had the same problem when I wrote POD, but here's a word of encouragement. Every year my local B&N has a local author booksigning. You should check into