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Seeking a New Job? Learn to Stand Out with this FREE book

Getting Seen, the ultimate book for job seekers. — Click here to download "Getting Seen" FREE 10/4-5

Job Seekers and the Unemployed Can Learn to Stand Out in a Crowded Marketplace

Tarpon Springs, FL (i-newswire) October 3, 2012 — Getting noticed in this job market is a challenging task, especially in a difficult economy where more and more people are unemployed and looking for work.

Career guidance expert James Hale of Path Choice has the solution for job seekers in his new Kindle book “Getting Seen,” available free starting Thursday.

“This book is for any potential job applicant who wants to stand out from the crowd,” explained Hale. “If you want the same old resume advice, this book is not for you. If you want to do some pre-resume work and create a tool that immediately puts you in the top 10 percent of job searchers, read on.”

“Getting Seen: The Ultimate Guide to Creating the Most Important Document of Your Life – Your Resume” is now available for the popular Kindle eReader and it can be downloaded free for two days starting Thursday, October 4. It is available exclusively through Amazon.com for the Kindle eReader, Kindle App, and read online with any device through the Kindle Cloud.

The career guidance advice in “Getting Seen” is based on fact. It dispels the misguided rumors that run rampant in the typical resume advice. Unfortunately, most resumes are nothing more than lifeless lists of a candidate’s job history. They don’t tell what the candidate has actually done, where he has done it, or why it was important. On the other extreme are resumes that are boiling over with detail, running into 20-25 page, or more. These authors have forgotten that a resume is ultimately meant to get you through the door, not do the interview as well.

“This is a book that gets to the heart of resume writing and that heart is the idea of using the resume as a teaching tool,” explained James D. Smith, Author and President of Iron 2 Iron Equipping. “I’ve been in the personal development business for almost 20 years and have not come across a better resource for the job seeker or career changer. People pay thousands of dollars for the advice and coaching that is in Getting Seen.“

This book examines exactly what recruiters, human resources personnel, and hiring managers are looking for in the resumes that they receive each day, and how you can give it to them. If you follow James Hale’s advice, you will drastically increase the odds that you will stand out and that recruiters will call you for a face-to-face interview where you can further wow them with your skills and professionalism.

Hale will show you what employers have come to prefer in terms of resume content, length, and format. These preferences have changed recently due to dramatic changes in technology and increased resume traffic. The author will also help you understand the functions of a resume and the psychological profile of the person who evaluates it.

You will also learn how to present yourself so hiring personnel will see you in the position they are filling. You will have a shine on your resume that gets you noticed.

“Getting Seen: The Ultimate Guide to Creating the Most Important Document of Your Life – Your Resume” will give you the tools you need to land the job you want. The book is available free through the Amazon.com Kindle store Thursday and Friday of this week.

Bestseller Eye Floaters Solutions Book on Amazon only $.99 for Limited Time

Are you suffering with eye floaters? Here is help — Download for the Kindle today

Thousands and thousands of people suffer with a nagging problem known as muscae volitantes, or more commonly known as eye floaters. Author Chantal Romy suffered with this issue for over four years before developing solutions to dramatically reduce the occurrence of this little “buggers” from her field of vision.

The key to getting rid of this annoying problem is what author Chantal Romy refers to as the ‘secret weapon,’ an incredibly easy-to-apply solution for eye floaters (muscae volitantes). The beauty of this process, too, is that you can begin applying these steps the day you download this e-book. In a short time you can expect to see a dramatic decrease in the number of floaters that you view on a daily basis until they are no longer an issue in your life.

If your vision is affected by floaters then you can’t afford to miss reading this incredible book today. The process will take a few weeks but you can expect to see a dramatic reduction in eye floaters and soon they will not be a problem in your life.

For the next 48 hours this book is significantly reduced in price to only $.99. Click here to download “The Eye Floaters Solutions“ to your Kindle eReader or read it online with the free Kindle Cloud.

Please note that this short e-book is not a medical guide or a scientific study, but rather the solutions discovered by a well educated person who suffered with floaters for many years.

“The Eye Floaters Solutions“ is currently 1st or in the top 2 of three different categories in the Amazon Kindle store.

Independent Bookstores Can Survive

So how can the little guy – the local bookstore – compete with the likes of Amazon?

Some market analysts speculate that Amazon sales will account for 50 percent of all book sales in the US by the end of 2012, which is stunning since book-selling has actually become the minority revenue stream for Amazon now that the company has branched out into a market for everything from video games to sex toys. Amazon has become a primary competitor not just to Barnes & Noble but also to Walmart, eBay, Apple’s iTunes, and even Netflix.

Amazon’s influence has allowed it to position itself not only as the largest bookseller in the country but also as a distributor. This means that it has effectively cut the middleman out of publishing, allowing it to offer books to the reader at the lowest price while paying the publisher a larger percentage of the sales. For me as a publisher, this means that not only can you get the latest title from my press, Black Ocean, for less from Amazon, but my little indie press will also probably make more off that purchase than if you had bought it at your local bookseller.

In the Boston area, two bookstores have managed to not only survive but thrive: the Harvard Bookstore (not affiliated with Harvard University) in Cambridge and Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, MA. These two stores have a few elements in common that have undoubtedly contributed to their lasting success:

In addition to new books, they also sell a great selection of used titles at lower prices.
They have robust websites that offer options to buy online with quick local delivery (the Harvard Bookstore even offers next-day delivery by bicycle to select areas) as well as blog posts and features.
They have interesting and revelatory staff selections.
They each host over 100 readings a year (Brookline Booksmith hosts around 150, and Harvard Bookstore is closer to 300).
Both stores have been enthusiastic with their response when approached by Black Ocean to sell our titles.

Long article but great read on how independent bookstores can survive in this new publishing world that is dominated by online giant Amazon.

Is $9.99 still the Magic Price for an e-book?

“What ebooks I buy for my Kindle and what I am willing to pay for them has absolutely nothing to do with the price of the device itself. And to say that it does is ridiculous. I buy between 20 – 40 books for my Kindle per month. I am a voracious reader. Unless a book is by an author that I like enormously I will not pay over $9.99. I usually don’t buy books that cost even that much. Period. I put books that cost that much on my Wish List & check back periodicaly to see if the price has dropped, which usually happens when a paperback edition of the book is released. I don’t read as many mysteries anymore because for some reason that genre has higher prices than any other. I’m a patient person. I wait until the price goes down. Or get it from the library.

Publishers need to realize that by lowering their prices they’ll make more money from ebooks because they’d sell many, many more. Even old books that were published 60 – 80 years ago are being put out by publishers at $9.99! Get real. Once a book is on the publisher’s computers for publishing, the editing and other technical details are done anyway. The only thing they have to do for an ebook edition is to format it properly. It’s all digital. No additional costs for cover art. No cost for warehousing ebooks. No returns processing for ebooks. No printing costs for ebooks. And publishers expect us to pay the same prices they charge for hard copy books?!?”

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A Look at the 4 Kindle eReaders including the Fire

Everyone expected news about the Kindle Fire tablet, but Amazon surprised (and dazzled) ereader fans with three new Kindles on September 28, 2011.

September, 2011 has been a big month for Kindle users. First, Amazon Local (which offers Groupon style local shopping deals) became a Kindle feature. Kindle users can finally check out library books and read the ebooks on their Kindles. Finally, Amazon splashed new excitement into the digital media world on September 28, 2011 with the long-awaited Kindle tablet, which Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says, “brings together all of the things we’ve been working on at Amazon for over 15 years into a single, fully-integrated service for customers.”

Portland Library offers Kindle books

A library in Mulnomah County (Portland, OR) said cardholders can now check out e-books on their Amazon Kindle or mobile devices, such as the iPhone, tablets such as the iPad, and devices running Google Inc.’s Android operating system with the free Kindle app.

More than 10,000 titles are available and patrons will need both a library card and, of course, an Amazon account.

The length of the loan, the library says, depends on the format and the patron’s preference.

Unflattering Review of the Amazon Tablet, aka Kindle Fire

Amazon Kindle Fire tablet — ETC@USC/flickr

Tomorrow Amazon will unveil its answer to the iPad, says TechCrunch’s MG Seigler. “On Wednesday morning in New York City, Amazon will unveil the Kindle Fire, which is expected to retail for around $250.

It is designed for two fingers, instead of ten. It is described as “like the BlackBerry Playbook, but not in a good way.”

Daily Deals on Kindle Books

Amazon is now offering “daily deals” on Kindle books. Competing against the likes of Groupon, this idea seems long overdue and welcome news to avid readers.

Yes, let’s hope that Amazon continues to offer book deals across a wide range of genres.

Click here for More details on the new Amazon program. Here is a link directly to the Kindle Deals page.

War is On! Kindle Cloud Reader to combat Apple iTunes

On July 26 of this year, following pressure from Apple that it would begin strenuously enforcing its 30 percent commission rate, Amazon and Barnes & Noble announced they were shutting down their in-app sales. Customers were instead instructed to go to the Internet and buy directly from their respective websites.

Amazon just released the new Kindle Cloud Reader for quick and easy reading right in your web browser.

There are already free Kindle apps out there, but Kindle Cloud Reader extends the popular digital book store and library to PCs and tablets that run browsers based on HTML 5. This includes Safari on iPad and desktops as well as the desktop version of Google Chrome.

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