Amazon Salon

“Amazon charges 55% for it’s Amazon Advantage Program because that is what self-publishing authors are used to paying distributors.” This came directly from the lips of an Amazon.com employee at a recent publishing conference. Since Amazon is acting in the capacity of a distributor when an author participates in their Amazon Advantage program, they feel [...]

Jewelry Making & Beading for Dummies was first published in 2005 and is probably the most popular book available for teaching beginners about the basics of jewelry making and beading. When the book was published a few years back I had already been making jewelry for quite some time so I wasn’t really interested in [...]