Last-Minute Online Shopping Tips

Since you are likely to spend around 40% of your holiday budget online you will want to be strategic with your e-commerce. Using a combination of the tricks in this article will help you get more for your holiday dollars.
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Get the Lowest Base Price

The most obvious way to save on holiday shopping is to avoid impulse buys.  Start by making a list of the gifts you know you want to buy. 
Comparison-shop with http://www.pricegrabber.com/ or InvisibleHand, which is a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari that automatically scours the web for the lowest price on any item you’re looking at.

Also set up email alerts Moolah gives you the best links which let you know immediately when an item’s price drops.  You can search products on the site or get a browser plug-in (for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox) that also shows the three-month price history of any product on any retailer’s site as you’re viewing it.
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Knowing the price history of a product can help you cut through 

some of the “buy now!” hype and decide when to pull the trigger.

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Go Through the Right Door

Websites like Ebates.com or TopCashback.com offer cash back for shopping certain retailers so long as you enter those online stores via the cash-back portal.  The best part about these sites is that you can also add coupon codes and other discounts to your purchases.  These sites’ agreements with retailers rotate.  Check a few to see which is offering the best payout for where you’re shopping.
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Similar offers Through Your Credit Cards  
Discover, for example, has hundreds of retailers in its ShopDiscover program, which offers 5% to 15% cash back if you click through Discover’s site to the retailer.  Find out if your card issuer offers a shopping portal, then add it to the rotation of rebate sites to check.
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Find the Best Coupons

You know that you should go to sites like RetailMeNot.com and CouponCabin.com to search for coupon codes before making any purchase. But sometimes fatigue sets in after you try five or six codes that don’t work, and sometimes you simply forget to check at all, right?  That’s why the smartest shoppers automate their coupon clipping, says Kyle James, founder of Rather-Be-Shopping.com. Use  CouponFollow.com’s coupons at Checkout extension—available for Chrome, Safari, Firefox at couponfollow.com/checkout

To find some of the best-unpublished codes and private sales, you might also sign up for email lists or loyalty cards from the stores and brands you know you’ll shop this holiday. “A lot of places will invite everyone on the email list to a sale not otherwise advertised,” says Cook of BensBargains.com
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Also, you might follow the brands and retailers you’re planning to buy from on Facebook and Twitter, says Mark LoCastro of DealNews.com.  Cole Haan, for example, recently tweeted a 30% friends-and-family discount.  Just be aware that discounts through these channels tend to be better because of what you give up: your contact info and personal data, which retailers will use to market to you in the future.
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Pick the Right Kind of Plastic

If you’re not going through a specific credit card’s shopping portal, choose the card to use based on the rewards you’ll get. Two are particularly profitable for holiday shoppers—and neither has an annual fee.  Chase Freedom gives a hefty 5% cash back on department stores and at Zappos.com and Amazon through the end of the year.  Discover It pays 5% on online shopping and department stores for the same period.  Just pay the bill off on time so that interest charges don’t erase the rewards.
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Save on Shipping

Retailers are generally raising the minimum you need to spend to qualify for free shipping, but there are still ways to avoid paying for delivery.  Target, for example, is waiving shipping fees on all orders through Dec. 20.  And there may be more promos like this during the competitive holiday season.  Look for codes at FreeShipping.org.

See if your favorite retailer will give you a break on shipping if you check out through its mobile app (as Tory Burch and Sierra Trading Post do) or if you join the loyalty program (like Best Buy and Sperry Top-Sider do).  Also, know that if you have an American Express card, you can get a membership to ShopRunner—which offers free two-day shipping from more than 100 e-tailers which normally costs $79—for free.
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Try for a Last-Ditch Deal

Don’t hit that purchase button just yet!  Load up your cart, start the checkout process by entering your credit card and shipping info, and then close your window. Retailers hate this.  Desperate to convert potential sales into actual ones, stores will often send emails with additional discounts to entice those who have not finalized a purchase to do so. Of course, this works only if you’re not in a rush.  But it works especially well if you are spending a lot.  They want that sale.

Didn’t work or don’t have time to wait?  Before you finish checking out, ping a customer-service rep through live chat or by phone.  “Ask if they can offer you free shipping or a discount,” says James of Rather-Be-Shopping.com, who has had luck with this strategy at Foot Locker, J. Jill, Lands’ End, and Shutterfly.  “Say, ‘I really want to finish my order, but this is a little more than I can spend.’  It never hurts to ask.”
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Get an Adjustment

Save your receipts and don’t turn off the price alerts.  Some retailers—­including Target.com­—will give you a price adjustment if the price drops after you buy.  And if the site won’t do it, the credit card you used might.  Citi Price Rewind and any Discover or MasterCard offer price-protection programs.  Check your card’s terms.  Discover will give you a refund for any price change within 90 days so you could benefit from deep after-Christmas discounts.  This should make your new year a little happier : )
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How a German Grocer Stirs Up the US Market

Being half of the year in the US and traveling a lot there, my first stop is always at an ALDI or a Trader Joe's store.  And yes there is an ALDI, right behind the border when you cross over from Canada.  In both chains, I will always find some fine specialties from Europe, such as Marzipan Christstollen, Lebkuchen, Chocolates, Spekulatius, and Wine.

In 2017, ALDI announced they were planning on becoming a major competitor in the US grocery store market.  At the time the announcement came, they had around 1,600 stores across the country, and their game plan included raising that to 2,500 and investing a mind-blowing $3.4 billion into current and future American endeavors.  The push into the American market certainly isn't anything new.  The German company had first gained a foothold in their home country before spreading across Europe, and there's a fascinating history behind this up-and-coming US chain.
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What Do ALDI and Kohl's Have in Common?
Absolutely nothing, at first glance, but in 2018 it was announced Kohl's was going to start subletting space in their stores to ALDI.  It started when around 300 Kohl's stores were remodeled to free up space that would be sublet to partners in an attempt to boost traffic and profits, and ALDI was a logical choice. On one hand, it's turning unprofitable space in Kohl's into profits, and it's allowing them both to take shots at the competition — particularly Target. 
As for ALDI, they're focusing on expanding the same kind of product lines Kohl's customers are looking for — fresh options and fine European foods.  Forbes says the partnership is a relatively small part of ALDI 's US expansion plans, but it could give them a serious boost in terms of building credibility as a respectable grocery store.  The program will start in only 10 stores, and CNBC says it has the potential to be a win-win for both sides.
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Highest Quality
Since ALDI built their reputation on affordability, it's easy to associate that with a cheap product.  But they take the idea of quality very seriously, and in 2013 they invited 'The Telegraph" into their headquarters.  It was the first time an "outsider" was allowed through those doors.

ALDI has an entire team that works in their test kitchens, and they adhere to strict policies.  Product purchasers join the test kitchen twice a day, sample about 180 meals every week, and try each product 30 times before it makes it to Aldi's shelves.  They're not done yet — they re-test every product at least once a year, and every time one of their competitors launches a similar product, theirs goes back to the test kitchen.
In the test kitchen, the cost isn't taken into consideration at all — something might be cheap, but they insist that it be good.  Once a product meets the approval of the test kitchen, it then has to measure up to the standards of ALDI's managing directors… and then, it's finally offered to customers.
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Save Money on High-Quality Products
Picking up ALDI 's brands will save you money, but it turns out you're not even compromising on the quality — and they have the awards to prove it.

For example, in 2017, ALDI 's Cotes de Provence Rose placed second in the International Wine Challenge for rose wines in a blind taste test.  That's even more impressive considering it only costs around $10 a bottle.  It beat wines that regularly sell for three times the price.  And in 2015, ALDI 's Highland Black 8-Year-Old Whiskey received another award.
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No Food Additives!
Now more than ever, we're aware of the additives in our foods, and in 2015 ALDI announced they would no longer manufacture or sell products with questionable ingredients.
With the announcement (via Consumerist), they confirmed they were no longer selling items with partially hydrogenated oils, artificial and synthetic coloring, or added MSG. According to CEO Jason Hart, about 90 percent of the products sold at ALDI  are their own brand, so that gives them some serious control over the ingredients in the food they sell.  And, if you haven't noticed a difference yet, you won't.  They didn't make the announcement until after they'd already done it.
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ALDI Nord & ALDI Sued
There's only one country where ALDI Nord and ALDI Sued share pieces of the grocery store pie, and that's in the US. You wouldn't know it, though, and that's because ALDI Sued — with its blue and orange logo — does business as ALDI, and ALDI Nord goes by another name: Trader Joe's. What? Shocking, we know!

Trader Joe's was founded in 1967 in Pasadena, Calif., by entrepreneur Joe Coloumbe. It was acquired in 1979 by ALDI Nord, a German company that also operates ALDI grocery stores in Europe.

Take a closer look, and it'll make sense. Trader Joe's is an Americanized version of ALDI. Gone are some of the elements you're more likely to see in a European grocery store, like putting some cash down to rent a cart (yes, you get it back).  Employees that don't bag your groceries for you, and a reliance on reusable bags.  But some elements remain, especially private labeling and a definite lack of advertising.  Now it all makes sense, doesn't it?

Read More:
https://www.mashed.com/79564/untold-truth-aldi

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Is There an End on How Amazon Hurts Authors?

Streaming ebook subscription services are hurting authors - badly. But how much? 

The only known fact about it is that it will return a much lower payment per e-book than a sale.
Amazon also demands total exclusivity on all content enrolled in KDP Select to qualify for Amazon Unlimited and KOLL.  It is a very high price to pay when a content provider (author or publisher) has no idea of what return to expect.
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Working for Glory?
No matter which way royalties are going to be calculated for these services and probably more new entrants in the "Netflix for e-books" subscription service business will arrive.  They are all almost guaranteed to be at the price of a much lower return for authors and publishers.
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Read the whole background story written by Derek Haines here:

https://justpublishingadvice.com/streaming-ebooks-logical-but-bad-news-for-authors

My own thoughts: Why do authors not band together and sue Amazon for unethical business practices - among other reasons - in a class-action suit?  How far will they let Amazon go?

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Fellowships for Writers in France and the USA

Brown Foundation Fellowship Program The program at the Dora Maar House in Southern France offers residential fellowships, lasting for between one and three months. Application fee $20. Deadline for Fall 2019 is February 15, 2019, or on October 15, 2019, for the spring 2020 session. The successful candidates will receive:
• travel expenses to and from Dora Maar House
• reimbursement for reasonable shipping costs for materials such as books and research files
• a stipend of US$50 per day for basic living expenses
• a private bedroom, bathroom, and studio
  
  
  To apply, go to the website of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: https://core.slideroom.com/#/Login You will find all the details on how to apply on their site.

Another Fellowship - Comes up Each Year: Fellowship for Emerging Writers (not yet published or contracted): The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts Seven Months Residency Fellowship - provides an apartment plus a monthly stipend of $750)  The residencies run from 1 October 2019 to 30 April 2020  http://www.fawc.org/web/applications Hurry up, deadline December 2, 2018, or apply next year

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5-Star Review: 111 Tips on How to Market Your Book for Free

I’m honored by this great 5-Star review on my book 

by Alyssa Elmore for Readers’ Favorite:

"Confused about how to build an author platform?  Frustrated with slow marketing progress?  Discover how to create a viable online author presence in the informative book, 111 Tips on How to Market Your Book for Free (Detailed Plans and Smart Strategies for Your Book's Success) by Doris-Maria Heilmann.
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Creating an online presence can be a daunting task for the author.  Promoting yourself and a book can quickly lead to you becoming overwhelmed.  Strategize your writing career by planning how to publish, publicize, and launch your book.  Learn how to get your books in bookstores and libraries, and correctly contact television and radio stations, and blogs.  Develop a solid plan to market your book and watch your sales grow.  Are you ready to elevate your book promotion?

For newcomers and seasoned authors, 111 Tips on How to Market Your Book for Free delves deeply into the mechanics of taking your writing career to the next level.  With more links and resources, this book can easily become invaluable to the writer.  Although it may be more dense with information, the content is much more detailed."

111 Tips on How to Market Your Book for Free:

Detailed Plans and Smart Strategies for Your Book’s Success 

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"I liked the author's tips on how to build online relationships.  As someone who avoids social media, (it has been the bane of my author existence).  I really appreciated how the author breaks down how to work on social media.  Short, to the point, succinct.  Finally, I get it!  I am so excited to implement so many of these ideas.  I was also thrilled to read the section on how to pitch to television and radio.  Another superb writer's resource book from an excellent author."

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FOTOLIA is Now Part of Adobe Stock

Fotolia's website will close next year, on 5 November 2019, less than a year from now, moving to Adobe Stock. Fotolia was offering for more than 13 years curated collections of high-quality images, graphics, videos, and more from the world's leading creative community. 

Here is an excerpt of their press release:

"Adobe Stock offers a unified, powerful platform for buying royalty-free stock assets. Here are some feature details:

You get the vast majority of content from Fotolia and more, over 120 million assets, including Premium Collection images from leading artists, videos, 3D assets, and design templates.

Just as on Fotolia, you can buy stock photos directly from the Adobe Stock website. You can also browse and buy from within Adobe Creative Cloud apps (including Photoshop CC) and also within Microsoft PowerPoint.

You can search using keywords like you did on Fotolia, and you can also use features powered by Adobe Sensei AI to find images that are similar to other images, search for images based on aesthetic characteristics and more."

From their FAQ's

Do I need to upload all my files again after I synced my account to Adobe Stock?

No. All your accepted content remains available on both the Fotolia and Adobe Stock sites whether or not you sync your Fotolia account with Adobe Stock. Syncing your Fotolia account allows you to upload and manage your content, view your sales, and request payouts on the Adobe Stock Contributor portal.

What will happen to my rank?

You will retain your rank. The rank determines the royalties for Fotolia credit sales and the minimum payout for large subscription packs on Adobe Stock.

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Jetzt auch im PRINT Format: TRAUMBERUF PILOT?

Piloten Ausbildung, Jobsuche und Berufsalltag

Alles was Sie als angehender Pilot wissen müssen, finden Sie in diesem praktischen Ratgeber – der “Bibel” für Airline, Berufs- und Helikopterpiloten.  Dank der JAR FCL sind die europaweit die Lizenzen weitgehend vereinheitlicht, sodass nicht nur (künftige) Piloten in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz von diesem Buch profitieren, sondern auch deutschsprachige Luftfahrt Enthusiasten aus allen anderen europäischen Ländern.
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Laut einer Schulabgängerumfrage lag die Tätigkeit als Pilot an dritter Stelle von allen Wunschberufen.  Das bedeutet dass sich hunderttausende junger Leute für den Pilotenberuf interessieren - aber nirgendwo eine umfassende, professionelle und unabhängige Beratung finden.
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Das Buch ”Traumberuf Pilot?” gliedert sich in drei Bereiche: 

Im ersten Teil werden die Einsatzmöglichkeiten für Berufspiloten erklärt und der Berufsalltag beschrieben. Vom Nachtfracht-Piloten und Helikopterpiloten, über den Executive-Flieger bis hin zum Langstreckenpilot und dem Testpiloten und Fluglehrer berichten Cockpit-Crews über ihren Arbeitsbereich und den Pilotenalltag.
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Der zweite Abschnitt beschreibt Ausbildungswege in Europa nach den neuesten europäischen Ausbildungsvorschriften, den JAR-FCL’s, aber auch den Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten in Canada, Australien, Süd Afrika und den USA - inklusive der Vorschriften für die Lizenzumschreibung - beschrieben. Es wird ausführlich auch auf die Ausbildung “ab initio” - die durchgehende Ausbildung - oder die Kombination mit einem Studium eingegangen.
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Im letzten Teil werden Berufschancen besprochen, DLR Pilotentest-Vorbereitungskurse erklärt, Ausbildungskosten aufgelistet, Gehälter - weltweit - benannt, Möglichkeiten der Jobsuche aufgezeigt - mit einer umfassenden Adressenliste für Ihre Bewerbung inklusive der derzeit eingesetzten Fluggeräte von europäischen Airlines und gewerblichen Luftfahrtunternehmen.
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Und es werden natürlich auch hilfreiche Bewerbungs- und Vorstellungstips gegeben. Im Anhang wird der Luftfahrtjargon entschlüsselt und Abkürzungen werden erklärt, sowie zahlreiche Suchmöglichkeiten für die weitere Online Recherche für den Leser aufgelistet.
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Für dieses umfangreiche und alle Aspekte der Berufsfliegerei umfassende Informationswerk waren jahrelange Recherchen und zahllosen Interviews notwendig. Eigene Erfahrungen als Berufspilotin und Fluglehrerin runden die Informationen ab. Vor- und vor allem Nachteile dieses Berufes werden detailliert beschrieben.
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Anforderungen der Flugschulen, Ausbildungswege, Marktchancen und ein komplettes Adressenverzeichnis von europäischen Ausbildungsbetrieben und von den gewerblichen Luftverkehrsgesellschaften, sowie Tips zur Vorbereitung auf den Einstellungstest bei der DLR und die Stellensuche sollen künftigen PilotInnen bei der Entscheidungsfindung helfen. Ein umfangreicher Index erleichtert die Suche und das Vertiefen einzelner für Piloten interessanter Themen.
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Um den Lesern einen objektiven Leitfaden an die Hand zu geben, wurden natürlich auch besonders die weniger positiven Seiten des Berufes detailliert aufgezeigt. Diese "Bibel für angehende Piloten” geht nicht nur auf die europäische Piloten-Ausbildung und die Berufsmöglichkeiten ein, sondern will auch die weltweiten Perspektiven aufzeigen.
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Die Autorin Doris Daily war selbst viele Jahre als Berufspilotin und Fluglehrerin in Europa und den USA tätig, verlegte ein Luftfahrtmagazin, und schrieb freiberuflich über Luftfahrtthemen, bis hin zu einem Ausbildungswerk für Simulatoren. 

Traumberuf Pilot?
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Deutschland:
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Draft2Digital Distributes Print Books

Draft2Digital is thrilled to announce D2D Print! Authors can be wait-listed for the D2D Print Beta!  D2D will email you when they are ready for you to join

Draft2Digital explains:
“Right now we are beta testing our new print on demand (POD) service, finding and eliminating any bugs and technical challenges, and making this a resource that will help you expand your author business in an exciting way!

Unlike some POD services, D2D Print will have no upgrade fees, no recurring fees, and delivers low-cost author copies.

We’ll also offer some pretty amazing features, including:

• Cover Converter—If you need a print-ready version of your eBook cover, we’ll generate one for you automatically!
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• Cover Templates—If you want to supply your own existing print cover, you can use our free cover templates to ensure it is the perfect size and dimensions
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• A variety of trim sizes—All of the POD industry-standard trim sizes are here
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• Widow & Orphan Control—If you use our auto-generated interior we can help keep the weird line breaks and pesky widowed and orphaned text to a minimum
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• All the choices you’re used to—Matte or glossy finish for your cover, cream or white paper for your interior, a free ISBN from D2D or bring your own—we have you covered!
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• Brick & Mortar Distribution—Physical bookstores will be able to order copies of your books, to place on their shelves. 

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The beta test for this service is in full swing, and though we can’t immediately add everyone we do have a waiting list you can join!  If you would like to be considered for addition to the beta, please click the button!”

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BOOK REVIEW: 111 Tips to Get FREE Book Reviews

Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite:
"You’ve published your first book.  Congratulations.  Self-published or traditionally published, the work is not done.  Not yet.  If people don’t know about your book, it’s not going to sell.  Plain and simple.  You could go all out and hire an expensive publicist.  You could pay for all kinds of publicity ads and blog tours.  You could travel the world at your own expense and do signings and readings.  All very expensive options…" Read more:
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How About Seeking Book Reviews?
"Paid reviews or free reviews, the result is the same: more publicity.  Quite simply, reviews sell books.  But where do you find these book reviewers?  Is it fair to ask friends and family?  Sure, but will they be unbiased?  Will they even do it?"
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"There are thousands of book bloggers and book reviewers out there.  All you need is a comprehensive guide to help you find the reviewers you need.  Doris-Maria Heilmann’s 111 Tips to Get FREE Book Reviews: Best Strategies for Getting Lots of Great Reviews is the perfect guide to help you find the right reviewers for your book."
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"This guidebook is full of useful tricks of the book industry to help you prepare your book and media package to send out to potential reviewers.  As well as the long list of tips - 111 as the title suggests) -  there are 1,200 potential online review sites to study, links that will give you the information you need to submit your book for reviews.  A must-have guide for all authors."
https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/111-tips-to-get-free-book-reviews

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More Books by Doris-Maria Heilmann:
111 Tips to Create Impressive Videos:
How to Plan, Create, Upload and Market Videos
https://www.books2read.com/u/3GYnpa

111 Tips To Make Money With Writing
The Art of Making a Living Full-time Writing
An Essential Guide for More Income as Freelancer
https://books2read.com/u/bWZMjz

111 Tips on How to Market Your Book for Free:
Detailed Plans and Smart Strategies for Your Book’s Success
https://books2read.com/u/bMre1a

111 Tips to Create Your Book Trailer
How to Create, Where to Upload and How to Market Your Videos
https://books2read.com/u/mVZkjr

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How to Make More Money From Writing

Ghostwriting - Making Money by Being Invisible 

Tired of earning a pittance (or nothing at all) from your own writing?
Learn how to get started in ghostwriting - a worthwhile career that lets you set your own hours.  Earn a full-time income or be a part-time "ghost" while you work on your novel. 

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Writing for the Web - Is it for You? 

Writing content for websites can give you a nice little sideline (while you're working on your novel) or you can build it into a whole new career.  It may be something you'd never thought of - which is understandable.  Nobody thinks much about who's behind those millions of words on the World Wide Web. 

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Writing and Selling Your Own E-Learning Course 

Lots of people with a hobby or special interest have thought about starting up a newsletter or a blog, and this is an excellent way to attract a following. However, if you really know what you're talking about, then you could turn your knowledge into a nice little business - by writing an e-course on it. Or ever a series of e-courses. 

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Working for Guru or oDesk.com as a Freelance Writer 

Thinking of dipping your toe into the water and working for Guru.com or oDesk.com?  These two professional sites make it easy for employers and freelancers to connect, collaborate and get work done flexibly and securely.

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Competent writers have a cornucopia of opportunities to make money.  Check out these different writing 'trails' that can earn you a very good income and get all the necessary links in our latest book 

111 Tips How to Make Money With Writing - available at B&N, Kobo, and everywhere else: books2read.com/u/me21xl - or Amazon worldwide: 

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Women Power: Who Runs the World?

Who runs the world?  148 women, you can take as your role models. 
We have made a canon.  This is the thing that usually says which male artists, scientists, thinkers are necessary for the world. 
But not with us!  Let's start with the canon of women in Science:

• Florence Nightingale, a nurse, invents the visualization of data material.
• Getrude Belle Elion, pioneer of chemotherapy
• Hedy Lamarr invented the frequency hopping method in 1941.
• Hildegard von Bingen, Benedictine, abbess, poet, composer, universal scholar
• Jane Goodall, a behavioral scientist, studied the behavior of chimpanzees.
• Josephine Cochrane invented the hand-operated dishwasher in 1872.
• Maria Sibylla Merian, natural scientist, and artist
• In 1947 Maria Telkes develops the solar heating system for single-family houses.
• Marie Curie, Nobel Laureate in Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911)
• Shirley Ann Jackson, physicist. Her research work made mobile faxes, tone dial telephones, solar cells and fiber optic cables possible.
• Tabitha Babbitt invented the circular saw in 1812.
• Ada Lovelace invented the first computer algorithm.
• Alice H. Parker developed an adjustable gas heating system in 1919.
  
• Theory and Politics
• Akiko Morimatsu and Mizue Kanno are fighting for better protection against the effects of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.
• Angela Davis, civil rights activist, philosopher, humane scientist, and writer
• Asli Erdogan, publicist, author of the essay collection "Not even silence still belongs to us".
• Audre Lorde, writer, and activist
• Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Historian
• bell hooks, literary scholar and advocate of feminist and anti-racist approaches
• Betty Friedan, publicist
• Carola Stern, co-founder of Amnesty International Germany
• Christiane Amanpour, journalist, an international chief-correspondent for CNN
• Elinor Ostrom, a political scientist
• Elisabeth Bronfen, cultural and literary scholar
• Ellen DeGeneres, actress, presenter, comedian and author
• Emma Goldman, anarchist, peace activist, antimilitarist, atheist and feminist theorist
• Eva Illouz, sociologist
• Fatima El-Tayeb, historian and screenwriter
• Femen, feminist artists and protest group critical of the government founded in Kiev in 2008
• Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Professor of Literary Studies
• Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel
• Grada Kilomba, author, psychologist, theorist, and interdisciplinary artist
• Hannah Arendt, political theorist, and publicist
• Hedwig Dohm, writer, and feminist
• Iris Marion Young, a political scientist
• Ijeoma Oluo, Author
• Joan Didion, journalist, and writer, author of "Das weiße Album" (The White Album)
• Judith Butler, philosopher, and political scientist
• Julia Kristeva, literary theorist, psychoanalyst, writer and philosopher
• Katharina Oguntoye and Dagmar Schultz, authors
• Laurie Penny, journalist, and author
• Lynn Hunt, historian
• Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State
• Margaret Bourke-White, Photographer, War Coverage
• Martha Nussbaum, Philosopher, and Professor of Law and Ethics
• Mary Beard, ancient historian, and feminist
• Mary Wollstonecraft, author, philosopher, and feminist
• May Ayim, poet, teacher and activist of the Afro-German Movement
• Michelle Obama, attorney, former First Lady of the United States.
• Naomi Klein, journalist, globalization critic and political activist
• Nellie Bly, journalist, "Ten Days in the Madhouse."
• Noah Sow, author, musician, label operator, activist, media critic, producer and artist
• Olympe de Gouges, revolutionary, women's rights activist, writer, playwright
• Petra Kelly, politician, peace activist and founding member of the Green Party
• Pierra Aiello, a politician, sits for five stars in the Italian Parliament
• Pussy Riot, feminist, government and church critical punk band founded in Moscow in 2011
• Rebecca Solnit, writer, journalist, essayist and cultural historian
• Rosa Luxemburg, theorist, and author
• Silvia Federici, scientist, lecturer, and Marxist radical feminist activist
• Simone de Beauvoir, writer, philosopher and feminist
• Simone Veil, politician, and former French Minister
• Tupoka Ogette, trainer, cultural expert
• Vandana Shiva, scientist, social activist and globalization critic
• Virginia Woolf, writer, "A Room Alone."
• Wendy Brown, a political scientist

Authors

Adrienne Rich, An Atlas of the Difficult World.

Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, and Hercule Poirot

Alison Bechdel, "Fun Home - A Family of Drawn."

Anna Akhmatova, poetry

Anna Seghers, The Seventh Cross.

Arundhati Roy, "The God of Little Things."

Astrid Lindgren, "Pippi Longstocking"

Audre Lorde, "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House"

Azar Nafisi, "Read Lolita in Tehran"

Barbara Yelin, Irmina

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, "More feminism! A Manifesto"

Christine Nöstlinger, "The Fire-Red Friederike"

Elfriede Jelinek, "The Piano Player"

Emily Brontë, "Storm Heights"

George Eliot, Middlemarch.

Grace Metalious, "Peyton Place"

Han Kang, "The Vegetarian."

Harper Lee, "Who's bothering the Nightingale"

Ingeborg Bachmann, "The Hourly Time"

Irmgard Keun, "The Artificial Silk Girl"

Jane Austen, "Emma"

Jeanette Winterson, "Oranges aren't the only fruit."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter.

Johanna Spyri, "Heidi"

Judith Kerr, "When Hitler stole the pink rabbit."

Margaret Atwood, The Story of the Maid.

Marge Piercy, "The Woman at the Abyss of Time"

Marguerite Duras, The Lover.

Marjane Sartrapi, "Persepolis"

Mary McCarthy, The Clique.

Mary Shelley, "Frankenstein"

Maya Angelou, "I know why the trapped bird sings."

Nino Haratishvili, "The Eighth Life"

Sylvia Plath, "The Glass Bell"

Suzanne Collins, "The Tributes of Panem"

Virginie Despentes, "Baise-moi - Fuck Me"

Wisawa Szymborska, poetry

Zadie Smith, "Show your teeth"

Art & Culture

Alice Guy-Blaché, film pioneer

Aretha Franklin, soul singer, songwriter, and pianist

Artemisia Gentileschi, painter

Assunta Abdel Azim Mohamed, artist

Ava du Vernay, film director, producer and screenwriter

Beyoncé, singer

Carole King, composer, and singer-songwriter

Cher, singer

Cindy Sherman, photo artist

Coco Chanel, fashion designer

Edith Head, costume designer

Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer

Fanny Mendelssohn, composer

Fatima Begum, director

Frida Kahlo, painter

Georgia O'Keeffe, painter

Guerilla Girls, group of artists

Courtney Love, rock singer

Ida Lupino, Actress, Producer, Director, Writer

Jane Campion, Director

Jane Goldman, Screenwriter

Janis Joplin, rock singer

Käthe Kollwitz, graphic artist, painter, sculptor

Kathleen Kennedy, film producer

Kathryn Bigelow, director

Lena Dunham, director, actress, artist, writer

Lynne Ramsay, Director, Screenwriter, Producer

Lynn Hershman Leeson, artist, researcher, filmmaker

Madonna, singer, songwriter

Marina Abramovic, action artist

Martha Argerich, pianist

Meret Oppenheim, Artist

Mira Nair, Director

Missy Elliot, hiphop superstar, and producer

Nina Simone, jazz and blues singer, pianist and songwriter

Pauline Kael, film critic

Pina Bausch, choreographer

Pipilotti Rist, video artist

Sofia Coppola, Director

Tazuko Sakane, Japanese director-pioneer

Tina Turner, singer

Tove Jansson, writer, comic writer, graphic artist, illustrator, and painter

Valie Export, media artist, performance artist, and filmmaker

Yoko Ono, artist, peace and human rights activist