My Autobiography Book "Jabula's Happiness" is on Kindle

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I became the voice of kids, who grew up without parents, or had to deal with the harsh reality of dealing with the death of their parents, My book exposes how ugly life can be, but still finding a reason to smile, and not letting circumstances be the reason you cant move on in life...its not how hard u hit, its about how hard of a hit u can take...do u have the courage to get back up! So Read how i survived my parents death, greedy family members, Trust fund theft, and still went for what i wanted in life, in the controversial story of the year Jabula's Happiness


Click below for My Digital Book for Kindle user

http://www.amazon.com/Jabulas-Happiness/dp/B002IIDI9W/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_3



Click below for the paperback format

http://www.amazon.com/Jabulas-Happiness-Jabula-Stress-Hudson/dp/1434844692/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237201090&sr=8-1

[Lynn ODell]

Editing my original post as it was taken wrong:

I think you should make it clear in your blurb that it is a short story.

Just my opinion, though.

Good luck and congratulations on publishing.

[Leslie]

RedAdept,

Have you read the book? Or looked at a sample?

Yes, $9 is quite a bit to spend for a short autobiography, but it is not your place -- or mine -- to presume or assume what people will pay for a book and consider a good value. Free market economics and all that.

Please keep in mind that here at KindleBoards we try to take a friendly and supportive attitude towards our member authors, vs. confrontational and antagonistic. Your post, IMHO, veers more towards the latter rather than the former so you may want to think about how you word and present things.

Thanks for understanding.

Leslie
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[Lynn ODell]

My apologies. I was trying to be helpful.

Obviously, I did not word it correctly.

[BP Myers]

RedAdept,

Have you read the book? Or looked at a sample?

Yes, $9 is quite a bit to spend for a short autobiography, but it is not your place -- or mine -- to presume or assume what people will pay for a book and consider a good value. Free market economics and all that.

Please keep in mind that here at KindleBoards we try to take a friendly and supportive attitude towards our member authors, vs. confrontational and antagonistic. Your post, IMHO, veers more towards the latter rather than the former so you may want to think about how you word and present things.

Thanks for understanding.

Leslie
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Wow. Red is one of the most active and supportive members of this board who does nothing but provide support for Indie authors such as Jabula and myself.

Jabula's book is overpriced and the blurb has grammatical errors.

Somebody had to tell him.

[Lynn ODell]

Wow. Red is one of the most active and supportive members of this board who does nothing but provide support for Indie authors such as Jabula and myself.

Jabula's book is overpriced and the blurb has grammatical errors.

Somebody had to tell him.

I think the moderator was referring to how I worded it: I stated that no one would purchase a short story for $9.  The moderator is correct. I should not have said that as someone may purchase it.

I guess my pointing out the blurb having errors was just rude. But, I was trying to be helpful as that is the first thing people see and many won't bother with a sample if the blurb has errors.

[BP Myers]

I think the moderator was referring to how I worded it: I stated that no one would purchase a short story for $9.  The moderator is correct. I should not have said that as someone may purchase it.

I guess my pointing out the blurb having errors was just rude. But, I was trying to be helpful as that is the first thing people see and many won't bother with a sample if the blurb has errors.

Gotcha. You did him a favor, though.

But maybe this isn't the place for such things.

(PS: Don't think I didn't see your "Listmania" list of Indie publications. Just another example of your efforts on behalf of Indie Kindle authors, which I thought might have cut you some slack but I guess doesn't. As far as this author goes, forever grateful.)

[Lynn ODell]

Gotcha. You did him a favor, though.

But maybe this isn't the place for such things.

(PS: Don't think I didn't see your "Listmania" list of Indie publications. Just another example of your efforts on behalf of Indie Kindle authors, which I thought might have cut you some slack but I guess doesn't. As far as this author goes, forever grateful.)

Well, no matter how many lists I make, books I buy, and reviews I write, it doesn't give me any right to be rude on this forum.  As I said, I was trying to be helpful, but I did type my post quickly on my laptop.

If the moderator thought I was rude, then, quite possibly, the author did, too. Therefore, it is fitting that I edited my post.

[Leslie]

@RedAdept...thank you for editing your post. You totally understand what I was trying to say and I appreciate the fact that you modified your post in response to my comments.

@BPMeyers...we really try to foster a spirit of community and good will here. Plus, we are a community of avid and knowledgeable readers. Lousy books by mediocre authors will sink like a stone here. Our members are very good at figuring out what is wheat and what is chaff.

What everyone wants, and appreciates, are good, well written and insightful reviews that are posted after reading the book. That was all I was trying to convey in my post.

Thanks for understanding. Please PM if you have questions.

Leslie
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[koland]

I became the voice of kids, who grew up without parents, or had to deal with the harsh reality of dealing with the death of their parents, My book exposes how ugly life can be, but still finding a reason to smile, and not letting circumstances be the reason you cant move on in life...its not how hard u hit, its about how hard of a hit u can take...do u have the courage to get back up! So Read how i survived my parents death, greedy family members, Trust fund theft, and still went for what i wanted in life, in the controversial story of the year Jabula's Happiness

I appreciate you letting us know about the book (and understand why you are going it alone on it, even if a ghost writer or co-author might have helped fill out the story into a novel length book).  It is a bit out of my price range, but there are no doubt many fans (of you or your father) who are willing to pay the $9 price. I think you may find out, from some of the other authors here, though, that a lower price will lead to many, many more sales, often enough that you actually make more money, as well as being able to get your story out to many more people.

Best of luck,
Karen