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BookWhirl People Can't Even Spell Their Own Names Properly - Why Would I Use Them?

I recently received this e-mail from a company named BookWhirl:

----- Original Message -----

From: Brian Villa

To: ez ( dash ) book (at) telus (dot) (net)

Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 5:40 PM

Subject: How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Fr

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on October 17, 2009 at 12:41am — No Comments

Two Copies of "Career Success Without a Real Job" Sell for $200 Per Copy

Last Friday I had copies of Career Success Without a Real Job expedited from Transcontinental Printing by Fed Ex because I wanted include a copy in a

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on April 9, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Getting Paid Your Due Royalties by Publishers Is Not Always Easy

I am amazed by the number of publishers that I deal with that have so little excellence, integrity, and class in the way they operate. I get particularly annoyed when the publishers are North American. Now don't get me wrong; there are a lot of publishers that ope… Continue

Added by Ernie Zelinski on March 28, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Frankfurt Book Fair Is Not the Best Place to Sell Foreign Rights to Your Books

This last week I was offered 3 book deals with a Bulgarian publisher which jumped my total from 97 book deals to 100 books deals with various publishers around the world. I sold the Bulgarian rights to these 3 books:

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on March 18, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

Ten Speed Press Part of Random House Now

I was surprised to find out that Ten Speed Press was sold to Random House on Monday. I owe much of my success to Phil Wood, who started Ten Speed Press 35 years ago. I never met Phil but I talked to him on the phone several times. Even though his people rejected my book T… Continue

Added by Ernie Zelinski on March 3, 2009 at 3:30am — No Comments

Fast Websites Using XSitePro2

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on February 22, 2009 at 9:53pm — No Comments

Don’t Cheap Out — Give Away Thousands of Your Books for Free

Here is my advice to anyone who has written a book and would like it to become a bestseller: Don’t cheap out — give away parts of your book for free on the Internet. Also, give away thousands of copies of your actual books if you really believe that your books are that good. If a… Continue

Added by Ernie Zelinski on February 13, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

"NEVER QUIT" - WHAT A STUPID PIECE OF ADVICE!

During my powerpoint presentation and speech about The Joy of Not Working that I delivered to about 2,100 executives, scholars, and students ( who are mem

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on January 27, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Using XsitePro2 to Design Websites:

I have been using XSitePro2 to Design websites in the last month. It sure is faster to learn than Dreamweaver. The excerpt below comes from this much longer article at: http://www.associateprograms.com/articles/651/1/XSitepro-review-XSitePro2 To Get Or Not To Get... T… Continue

Added by Ernie Zelinski on January 19, 2009 at 2:00am — No Comments

Reasons to Love a Recession - More Than Enough

I am in the process of creating an E-book called 101 Reasons to Love a Recession :

Fact is, I have generated at least 200 funky reasons.

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on January 4, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

The Joy of Not Working In Istanbul

Photo: Ernie Zelinski and Nadide of Remax Turkey at the Istanbul Convention Center after his speech about The Joy of Not Working to the National Turkish Congress on Quality… Continue

Added by Ernie Zelinski on December 19, 2008 at 1:30am — No Comments

Where Do I Sleep Tonight?

A crazy start to my trip to Istanbul to speak about The Joy of Not Working to the National Turkish Congress on Quality. The plane was on the runway ready to take off for London at the… Continue

Added by Ernie Zelinski on November 29, 2008 at 3:00am — No Comments

Renoirs Restaurants - One Door Has Closed Opening a Gateway to a New Beginning

Pierre Roland Renoir

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on November 12, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

How Do I Give Away 430 Copies of My Best-Selling Book?

I am trying to creatively donate 430 copies of The World's Best Retirement Book — my international bestseller How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free? This book makes a great retirement gift so if you have any great ideas how I can get give the 430 copies away in one deal, let me… Continue

Added by Ernie Zelinski on November 2, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

The More Successful You Become, the More Criticism You Will Receive

Super Retirement

Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something, then you have the time to do something about it.

— Anthony D'Angelo

In a recent blog called… Continue

Added by Ernie Zelinski on October 10, 2008 at 2:30am — No Comments

The Pain That You Resist in Your Life Will Persist and What You Fully Experience Will Go Away

Tropicana Hotel

The following experience happened to me last weekend in Vancouver:

Just before noon, I was trying to decide whether to go for a bike ride or a run for my daily one-hour plus exercise routine. I decided on a run since I have been biking every day lately and hadn't run for about two weeks. I wante

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on October 3, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

On the Other Side of Fear and Failure Reside Success and Fortune

Ernie Zelinski contemplating fear at La Table de Renoir Restaurant in Edmonton

It may come as a surpise to some people that we all have our doubts and our fears about our pro

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on September 13, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Six Important Spiritual Rules of Money

Last Saturday as I was walking down Whyte Avenue in my home town toward one of my favorite coffee places, where I work on my laptop, I found a roll of five twenty-dollar bills.

There was no one around where the roll of bills were laying on the sidewalk between two do

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on August 19, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments