So, I played the waiting game with Barnes and Noble book store. But, I received a "Sorry, but not now" response from them earlier today before I finally made it to bed. (Sigh)
Hopefully, that was due to lack of reads rather than a lack of quality in the content with book reviews. Of course, examiner.com turned me down as a review writer last year too, so ... who knows. It's obvious that not everyone's gonna love what I tap out on my keyboard.
Imagine that! (Grin!)
And no, I'm not discouraged. Annoyed, but not discouraged. Maybe when I'm getting around 2,000 reads per month, they'll reconsider. I'm thinking positive here, lol.
In an update on Amazon and their advocating of whale and dolphin slaughter, I received information a few days ago stating that even though they'd removed the products from their Amazon-Japan site, they refused to ban the products from their site permanantly until they'd received loads of emails from livid Amazon customers and affiliates.
My decision to disassociate with them was solid before reading the update, however, if it had not been, that would have cemented it.
I'm all for making a profit, but not at the cost of cruelty and integrity. If it takes that to make profit, I'd advise another line of work.
And so, here I sit, in the dugout, waiting for my affiliate acceptance to come through so I can finally get some book reviews posted and share the work of some magnificient writers who will rock your world, all in good ways, if you'll bother to sit and read for a bit.
Honestly, unless you can't read, there's really little excuse for not doing it these days. Even with my schedule, I manage to fit in a somewhat decent amount of read time. If I don't have an actual book with me, I have my Android Smart Phone, which has a brand new Nook reader application on it. It still has the Amazon reader on it as well, but I'm only keeping it so I can finish reading what I'd purchased from them before the whaling and dolphin issue. Past that, I won't be downloading any more items to Kindle, either on my phone or my laptop.
Torres and I, and whatever others of the Double L. possee that want to join us, have a luncheon coming up soon at Molina's near the Fort Worth Stockyards. For THAT review, I won't need Barnes & Noble. So, if I spend too much time on the bench, it's not like I'll be lacking for interesting things to promote. I'm still shocked that restaurants actually let the Double L. bunch back in their doors after our first visit. We laugh and talk so much, even to other patrons, that I'm always surprised they actually smile at us when we come back again, sometimes even dragging new peeps in the group along with us.
Once an elderly couple in a restaurant on southside of Fort Worth were sitting at a table near ours. The wife spoke up and told us, "We're gonna order whatever it is your table is having!" The food was good, but our smiles and laughter were simply from each other's company.
Molina's has been around for years and the place nearly always has a wait line of patrons, who don't mind waiting to get to have their meals there.
As for the Hub-work, I've got work nearly ready for posting, but it's not quite there yet. I'll keep you posted. :)
God bless, thanks for your patience, thanks for the read and please don't forget to say "thanks" to a vet next time you see one!
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