I've used Lulu.com and Amazon. I like Lulu better, but the obvious enormous exposure of Amazon
pushes things in that direction.
With Lulu I got a front and back cover printed but Amazon , front cover only (text and illus).
The quality is the same either way.
Choose your selling price judiciously. A dollar to much can squelch sales. A dollar to little and you cheat yourself.
BTW, you'll be bombarded by e-mails from both sites offering all sorts of ancillary services, advice, editing, etc.
I never used any of that - but I'm sure they're fine.
Best of luck!
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by HowTheBibleWasCreated ini am currently writing a book i started years ago but as in jesus parable 'was not able to finish' lol.
so llyod evans in one of his interviews on a podcast mentioned he had published through amazon so that evenng i quickly checked out how amazon publishes etc.. for those of you who have written a book i'm curious.
how would you rate amazon publishing?.
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Potential Truthiness
by Terry inpotential truthiness?.
the comedian stephen colbert wrote a book, "truthiness".truthiness is the belief or assertion that a particular statement is true based on the intuition or perceptions of some individual or individuals, without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts.. to me, this perfectly defines the term: potential.as in "potentially true" or "potentially lying.".
such labels poison relationships destroying reputations.potential labels are subtle and also just under the radar of committing libel or defamation legally.. that key word is "potential" positing a shadowy inference, suspicion, propaganda point.do you feel me?do you understand the point i'm making?.
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An Oxford comma walks into a bar, where it spends the evening watching the television, getting drunk, and smoking cigars.
• A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly.
• A bar was walked into by the passive voice.
• An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening.
• Two quotation marks walk into a “bar.”
• A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes him for granite.
• Hyperbole totally rips into this insane bar and absolutely destroys everything.
• A question mark walks into a bar?
• A non sequitur walks into a bar. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly.
• Papyrus and Comic Sans walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Get out -- we don't serve your type."
• A mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall but hoping to nip it in the bud.
• A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves.
• Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They converse. They depart.
• A synonym strolls into a tavern.
• At the end of the day, a cliché walks into a bar -- fresh as a daisy, cute as a button, and sharp as a tack.
• A run-on sentence walks into a bar it starts flirting. With a cute little sentence fragment.
• Falling slowly, softly falling, the chiasmus collapses to the bar floor.
• A figure of speech literally walks into a bar and ends up getting figuratively hammered.
• An allusion walks into a bar, despite the fact that alcohol is its Achilles heel.
• The subjunctive would have walked into a bar, had it only known.
• A misplaced modifier walks into a bar owned by a man with a glass eye named Ralph.
• The past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was tense.
• A dyslexic walks into a bra.
• A verb walks into a bar, sees a beautiful noun, and suggests they conjugate. The noun declines.
• A simile walks into a bar, as parched as a desert.
• A gerund and an infinitive walk into a bar, drinking to forget.
• A hyphenated word and a non-hyphenated word walk into a bar and the bartender nearly chokes on the irony- Jill Thomas Doyle
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Potential Truthiness
by Terry inpotential truthiness?.
the comedian stephen colbert wrote a book, "truthiness".truthiness is the belief or assertion that a particular statement is true based on the intuition or perceptions of some individual or individuals, without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts.. to me, this perfectly defines the term: potential.as in "potentially true" or "potentially lying.".
such labels poison relationships destroying reputations.potential labels are subtle and also just under the radar of committing libel or defamation legally.. that key word is "potential" positing a shadowy inference, suspicion, propaganda point.do you feel me?do you understand the point i'm making?.
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All the social ills which might be rectified by spending "enough" money are always blocked with the question: "How will we pay for it?"
And then the bailout came along and TRILLIONS of dollars magically appeared and went straight into the hands of the richest Banks and Corporations (and CEO's) the world has ever known.
In politics, a "reason" against something is always an excuse.
A promise is always a lie.
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Potential Truthiness
by Terry inpotential truthiness?.
the comedian stephen colbert wrote a book, "truthiness".truthiness is the belief or assertion that a particular statement is true based on the intuition or perceptions of some individual or individuals, without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts.. to me, this perfectly defines the term: potential.as in "potentially true" or "potentially lying.".
such labels poison relationships destroying reputations.potential labels are subtle and also just under the radar of committing libel or defamation legally.. that key word is "potential" positing a shadowy inference, suspicion, propaganda point.do you feel me?do you understand the point i'm making?.
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POTENTIAL TRUTHINESS?
The comedian Stephen Colbert wrote a book, "TRUTHINESS".
Truthiness is the belief or assertion that a particular statement is true based on the intuition or perceptions of some individual or individuals, without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts.To me, this perfectly defines the term: POTENTIAL.
As in "Potentially True" or "Potentially lying."Such labels poison relationships destroying reputations.
Potential labels are subtle and also just under the radar of committing libel or defamation legally.That key word is "Potential" positing a shadowy inference, suspicion, propaganda point.
Do you feel me?
Do you understand the point I'm making?POTENTIAL is a dangerous concept because propagandists use potentials to create landmines, quicksand, and transitional traps for our mind to lure us away from TRUE toward FALSE.
A Jehovah's Witness is first introduced to a new kind of Bible. (The NWT is filled with "cheats". Words with potential meanings which have been wedged in sideways and qualified.) The doctrine of the invisible "presence" is a replacement of historical theology using the "potential" substitute definition for "coming".
"Truly I tell you today (comma) you will be with me in Paradise." A potential turned into anactual meaningthrough a non-existent comma.
Everyday news events are re-engineered into subtle feats of transitional propaganda using wonky language.Are you a "potential" pedophile?
Is your friend an "alleged"criminal?
Those particular terms allow you to be slandered in the minds of others and you have no legal recourse._________
Read on...The C.I.A., F.B.I. and other so-called Security agencies have come up with a poisonous variation of this strategy.
"Potential Terrorist"
Let's break that down, shall we?NOT a terrorist...but... Might BECOME a terrorist.
Say what??Reading minds and then casting suspicion led to destroying the reputation of Richard Jewell who saved hundreds of lives having discovered and warned others about a bomb.
Jewell was made a monster by the F.B.I. and News media as a "potential terrorist" who "fit the profile" of a bomber.
Even after he was exonerated - the smear - the stench remained till the day he died.
AUTHORITY with POWER is most dangerous when proving their point using fuzzy language with poisonous potentials.Why am I telling you this?
I keep hearing about "Q" as in "Anon-ymous". Q'ANON.
I wanted to know what it is alleged to be. Fair enough?
Apparently not!The more I read, the more I bump into efforts to poison my opinion IN ADVANCE.
Actual definitions are rare in media.
POTENTIAL tricky, poisonous definitions are now the rule of thumb. I have to climb over barbed wire wordy fences to explore.Somebody doesn't want me doing this. Their words make this much clear.
I'm very cautious about "words".
Words are seedlings.
Words must be handled gingerly.
I LEARNED MY LESSON with the Governing Body and the Watchtower for 20 years of my life.
It is so easy to trust and be led toward one conclusion after another based on tiny steps of "potential truthiness". We can lose our way.
I lost my way!
Before Trump there was no possibility of FAKE news.
And then ...?
Now we definitely smash into it every minute of every day.
It's going to take me a long research slog to penetrate the wall between fact and potential truthiness if I'm going to discover what - if anything - there really is to the "far-right conspiracy" (as Wikipedia defines it.)
I actually (don't laugh) spent a week chasing down exactly WHY anybody in their right mind could believe Flat Earth ideas. It was frickin' amazing!
Even I - almost - started wobbling because the narrative of subtle truthiness was so expertly strung together (with juicy music backgrounds and spectacular visuals) I was being seduced!!
I LOVED IT!
Bullshit as an artform. At least I now understand it without dismissing it.
Intellectual honesty requires I must be willing to change my mind if facts and evidence contradict what I hold to be true.
I'm 73, retired and killing time (until it returns the favor) so - why not?I'll let you know what I find out as I explore Q'Anon group's true nature and purposes.
So far, I'm up to my neck in quicksand.
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Sidebar:
Twitter in July banned thousands of accounts affiliated with QAnon and instituted policies meant to limit its spread. Facebook last month removed 900 groups and pages from its platform in a crackdown on QAnon and expanded its policy on violent extremism.These efforts have fallen short, however. A cursory search for terms associated with QAnon on either platform yields hundreds of results. The challenge of identifying and taking down these groups is made even harder when they’re international, given the comparatively limited number of content moderators that social media companies employee with native languages other than English.
___I wonder if I'll get down to the facts or just the rumors???
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EMMA PEEL (Adieu)
by Terry inemma peelyou’re oh so thrillin’ when you’re bashin’ in a villainin a tight black leather catsuit, yes indeed!head held highyou won’t dawdle but accelerate the throttle as you .
toss a wink to handsome partner steedemma pealyou crave adventure in your role as an avengercool and pretty with such witty repartee’deserving of a kudo with the lithe and limber judoyou’re the boss with every tosser comes your wayemma pealmay break the rules but she’ll never suffer fools(though she’ll make the fools soon suffer for their crime!
)nemesis to haughty ones, a darling to her audiencethe champion trendsetter of her timeemma pealwe’d love to kiss you every fan is gonna miss you(i am reaching for the tissue) as i cryas a true and loyal fan ireally know (you are diana)it’s the ending of an era bye and byebeautiful dianafond adieu …rest in peace my angellove, terry.
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Wow. That’s fantastic Terry.
It was a sort of Rap....the way it was structured and best said aloud. I mean YOU threw away the rules, too. Sorta. Shit. I’m very impressed sir. I think her family would surely appreciate reading that.
Chatting to a chimp in Chimpanzee
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Thank you kindly! I grew up listening to (and loving) such things as "I am the very model of a modern Major General" from Gilbert & Sullivan, Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse - clever internal rhyme schemes simply fascinated me.
I memorized TROUBLE from the Music Man. Poetry and songwriting should (IMHO) contain entertaining rhyme schemes and jaunty rhythm. But heck- that's just me.
Bricusse gave us Doctor Doolittle's Academy Award winning song:
"If I could talk to the animals, just imagine it
Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah
What a neat achievement that would be!" -
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EMMA PEEL (Adieu)
by Terry inemma peelyou’re oh so thrillin’ when you’re bashin’ in a villainin a tight black leather catsuit, yes indeed!head held highyou won’t dawdle but accelerate the throttle as you .
toss a wink to handsome partner steedemma pealyou crave adventure in your role as an avengercool and pretty with such witty repartee’deserving of a kudo with the lithe and limber judoyou’re the boss with every tosser comes your wayemma pealmay break the rules but she’ll never suffer fools(though she’ll make the fools soon suffer for their crime!
)nemesis to haughty ones, a darling to her audiencethe champion trendsetter of her timeemma pealwe’d love to kiss you every fan is gonna miss you(i am reaching for the tissue) as i cryas a true and loyal fan ireally know (you are diana)it’s the ending of an era bye and byebeautiful dianafond adieu …rest in peace my angellove, terry.
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EMMA PEEL
You’re oh so thrillin’ when you’re
bashin’ in a villain
In a tight black leather catsuit, yes indeed!
Head held high
You won’t dawdle
But accelerate the throttle as youtoss a wink to handsome partner Steed
EMMA PEAL
You crave adventure in your
role as an Avenger
Cool and pretty with such witty repartee’
Deserving of a kudo with the
lithe and limber judo
You’re the boss with every tosser comes your way
EMMA PEAL
May break the rules
but she’ll never suffer fools
(though she’ll make the fools soon suffer for their crime!)
Nemesis to haughty ones,
a darling to her audience
The champion trendsetter of her time
EMMA PEAL
We’d love to kiss you
every fan is gonna miss you
(I am reaching for the tissue) as I cry
As a true and loyal fan I
Really know (you are Diana)
It’s the ending of an era bye and bye
Beautiful Diana
fond adieu …
Rest in Peace my angel
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Confession of a German Widow
by Terry inconfession of a german widow.
rosa hoffberger would be late for mass.
it couldn’t be helped; cold weather set in and her movement was twice as difficult with arthritis.she hadn’t attended mass since the bombing had ended months ago.
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How poetic!
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When Russell Met Rutherford (A Play)
by Terry inthe scene openssetting: beth sarim is a ten-bedroom mansion in san diego, california________curtain rises.
night has come to beth sarim mansion as president joe rutherford (the "judge") sits cleaning his pistol and sipping whisky from a flask on the edge of his silk sheets at bedtime.
(rutherford heads up the watchtower bible & tract society).. there is a knock at the bedroom door.____________.
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Much obliged nbd
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A Strange Story
by Terry ina strange story.
chad's diner .
the visitor in the tattered baseball cap blinked painfully in the direction of the sun and winced.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9dqs5Ej-ao&ab_channel=lambrijer
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Curios and Curiouser
by Terry incurios and curiouser__________________________ short story by t.e.
hector, sir—she shouldn’t be in the front seat with you—she’s unaccustomed to travel—and besides, an awkward turn could injure her.”.
the newly weaned saluki pup had been bred for cal hector by the most reputable kennel in kentucky.he paid cash in new bills and gathered her into his arms; then plopped her into the front seat of his vintage car.. the breeder had wagged his bony finger with disdain as he warned him.. “nonsense—do you think i’ve never owned an animal before?
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