Posts Tagged ‘amazon’
Listen to my “No Bunk, Just BS (Business Sense)” Interview on Voice America Radio Show
Patricia Raskin Radio Show My Orange Brain is excited to announce my radio interview with Patricia Raskin on her Positive Living Show next Monday, February 15th at 2:00-3:00PM EST. Here is the link to the show: The Patricia Raskin Show on voiceamerica.com. Interview Topic Patricia and I will be discussing my family business memoir, No…
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Celebrating my best-selling book’s 13 birthday & 20th printing in 2020!
This year is my book’s 13th birthday! What Color Is Your Brain?® was published in 2007. Last Wednesday, I spoke with Stephanie Portnoy, Senior Vice President, Health Care Books and Journals, and Mary Sasso, Vice President, Sales and Marketing at SLACK Incorporated about a new book project. Before we concluded our call, I asked Stephanie…
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Attention Jeff Bezos: Unsatisfactory & Disappointing Customer Service from Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)!
The following is the email message I sent to Jeff Bezos jeff@amazon.com and his “elite team.” “Bezos views that email address, jeff@amazon.com, as a way to stay close to customers.” Dear Mr. Bezos, I am writing to inform you of a failure in KDP’s customer service. I know that you are engaged with international multi-billions dollar issues and devoting…
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Tips to Make a Book Launch Joyfully Success!
If you want to enjoy a successfully joyful book launch, use all your “Brainbow” attributes and abilities! My Yellow Brain sent out “save the date” and Evite invitation emails for my No Bunk, Just BS (Business Sense) Book Launch, a month ahead of time. I also collaborated with the remarkable staff at Arboria of Long Grove who helped to …
Read moreUnique Activity-Picture-Resource Book to Help Children with Diabetes & Their Families Is Now Available!
Exciting Orange Brain News! 1. Purr-fect Pals: A Kid, A Cat & Diabetes is now available on Amazon including the “Look Inside” feature. However, you will not be the first person to order you copy. I am thrilled to tell you that many other people have already ordered their copy to help children with diabetes…
Read moreYou May Not Know About A Cure For Diabetes!
You may not know that tomorrow, November 14th, is World Diabetes Day. You may not know how children, adults, and their families live with the never-ending challenges Type 1 Diabetes 24/7/365! Watch the 50 second video below to learn more! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bl0DRU_Wcc&sns=fb What you have learned and now know… THERE IS NO CURE FOR DIABETES! You…
Read moreDiscover Why Author Must Write Picture Book for Children with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
I have not written a blog post in 19 days, but it was not because I did not want to write. My absence was due to my Green Brain was reviews and revising What Color Is Your Brain? When Caring for Patients, my Blue Brain was celebrating the Jewish New Year of 7557 with my…
Read moreExtraordinary Customer Service and Satisfaction from Amazon’s Author Central!
WOW! It’s happened again! Yesterday, I experienced Extraordinary Customer Service and Satisfaction from Amazon Central!! I am writing this long post (saga) for my readers, fellow authors, the Author Central staff members, and for Jeff Bezos and his staff, who supposedly read emails that are sent to them. I will be sending another email to…
Read moreAuthor Upset With Amazon’s Poor Customer Service and Repetitive Problem Of Not Keeping Her Book In Stock!
I feel like Sisyphus who repeatedly rolled a rock to the top of a mountain, only to have the stone fall back down hill because of its own weight. However, I would not compare myself to Sisyphus who was chronically deceitful and compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it…
Read moreAuthor To Complain About Amazon On Social Media or Not?
My Blue Brain personality thrives on Harmony! My Orange Brain personality resembles a terrier. Like that feisty and fearless breed of dog, I am determined and tenacious about getting results. My Yellow Brain personality is adamant about doing things “the right way”. My Green Brain personality is filled with good old fashion common sense. However,…
Read moreComplaints About Amazon’s Author Central Customer Service? Not Me, I Am Grateful!
I am NOT complaining! I am standing in the Gratitude Line for Amazon’s Author Central! If you are unfamiliar with Author Central you will better understand this site, when I tell you it is an author’s personal profile and marketing security blanket for marketing their book(s), which are sold on Amazon. On October 19, 2011,…
Read moreGenerous “SCBWI” Children’s Book Authors
I am a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writer and Illustrators – Illinois Chapter. I joined years ago when Princess Shayna Invisible Visible Gift was published. I loved attending SCBWI-IL chapter author events, meetings and critique groups and reading the newsletter and subscribing to the Listserv. I continued my membership even though Princess Shayna…
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