<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- generator="wordpress/2.3.3" -->
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Soropa Blog &#187; Book Shop</title>
	<link>http://soropa.com</link>
	<description></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3</generator>
	<language>en</language>
			<item>
		<title>A Niche is Forming&#8230;Run Ahead, Get in Front, and Write e-Books  for its Members !!</title>
		<link>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/07/10/a-niche-is-formingrun-ahead-get-in-front-and-write-e-books-for-its-members/</link>
		<comments>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/07/10/a-niche-is-formingrun-ahead-get-in-front-and-write-e-books-for-its-members/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Book Shop]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://soropa.com/archives/2008/07/10/a-niche-is-formingrun-ahead-get-in-front-and-write-e-books-for-its-members/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m nosy&#8230;have become more so since I began to use the Net.  Search engines really do allow you to look behind and under. I regularly use three or more search engines.  The top ones in my view are  www.Alexa.com, www.Google.com, www.CopernicMetaSearch.com, www.AltaVida.com, and www.Trackengine.com. They show me so much about niches.
I suggest [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m nosy&#8230;have become more so since I began to use the Net.  Search engines really do allow you to look behind and under. I regularly use three or more search engines.  The top ones in my view are  <a href="http://www.Alexa.com" rel="nofollow">www.Alexa.com</a>, <a href="http://www.Google.com" rel="nofollow">www.Google.com</a>, <a href="http://www.CopernicMetaSearch.com" rel="nofollow">www.CopernicMetaSearch.com</a>, <a href="http://www.AltaVida.com" rel="nofollow">www.AltaVida.com</a>, and <a href="http://www.Trackengine.com." rel="nofollow">www.Trackengine.com.</a> They show me so much about niches.</p>
<p>I suggest you study niches and write for niche traffic.  Become THE ONE WHO KNOWS using search engines.</p>
<p>This is how I would get started investigating subjects and writing about them: hire an eleven/twelve  year old computer whiz to put your key words into several search engines looking for niches.  Look at this data with me   &#8212;14,000 clicks four months ago, fourteen percent more clicks through ten weeks later, forty nine percent more clicks through two weeks later still  &#8212; you are on to something. Make the numbers tell a story.  PLOT GRAPHS.  Keep files of baby surges  refresh them and refer to them during your down time.  .  Ask your  whiz kid to continously check the links to these sites&#8230;.and make notes about the links.    Look beyond the screen in other words.</p>
<p>Rather like stock analysis, wouldn&#8217;t you say?!</p>
<p>It is time to write your first article&#8230;about a surging niche member&#8217;s concern.   Maybe you are writing about some aspect of natural healing, pollution in the home, home schooling senior high aged children &#8212; whatever.</p>
<p>1) Write your first article.  Add free content. Get it at  <a href="http://www.articlecity.com." rel="nofollow">www.articlecity.com.</a>  I checked yesterday (16 September,  2005) before putting this article to bed&#8230;.there were more than 500 archived articles  about &#8216;writing&#8217;.  <a href="http://www.Articlecity.com" rel="nofollow">www.Articlecity.com</a>  pieces may make up 60-75 percent of your e-book.  That&#8217;s o.k.  Turn these several articles into an e-book by adding a cover, a table of contents, an index, a preface&#8230;and maybe a summing up section.</p>
<p>Include a comments section from your niche readers.</p>
<p>Create the comment section carefully.  It&#8217;s your way of touching each reader individually.  Write open ended sentences like</p>
<p>&#8220;I learned from this book that &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
I would like &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.to be explained in your second book.</p>
<p>&#8220;since you intend to write a total of three books<br /> about &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.niche, I would like one book to<br /> discuss&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. and the next one to discuss&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>After reading your third book, I hope to be able to &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br />
Find a way to get the forms returned to you.  (I have NOT found out.)<br />  Learn how &#8212; and e-mail me please.</p>
<p>Solicit a single ad for your e-book.  Give that ad to the internet star whom you will ask to review your book:Yanik Silver, Dirk Dupon, Jim Edwards, Jimmy Brown&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>2) create a directory of websites about particular niches. Create two or six or ten or more over three to five years.  Include commentary&#8230;&#8230;be SOLID.  This first directory is your second e-book.</p>
<p>3) Too busy right now to create that third e-book?  Here are two  sources where e-books are written inexpensively: <a href="http://www.elance.com" rel="nofollow">www.elance.com</a> and <a href="http://movingaheadcommercials.com." rel="nofollow">http://movingaheadcommercials.com.</a></p>
<p>4) Still busy?  Here is your fourth e- book.  Make a list of persons to interview about topics that interest the niche members.  Ask KEY questions by e-mail or by telephone.  (This book you&#8217;ll write AFTER you have done some significant study yourself.)</p>
<p>Get permission to use the interviewee&#8217;s words, and put the book together&#8230;or send it out as an online CD   E-book four</p>
<p>Repeat step 2).  I see, in one year, six or more e-books completed!</p>
<p>Need help writing?  Go to <a href="http://www.bookcoachking.com/opt-in.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.bookcoachking.com/opt-in.shtml</a> .  Judy Collins offers two helpful aids for e-book writers&#8230;a monthly e-zine named THE BOOK COACH SAYS and regular monthly writing tips.</p>
<p>O.K.  Now, get started!!  Sit right down&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: white; background-color: white"></div>
<p>Gladys Margaret Williams will be busy as a one armed paperhanger at the White House over the coming months&#8230;marketing her new CBMall website with articles and an e-book!  She continues to add to her Tips on Gardening, Health, and Wellbeing, created in memory of her late mother, an Alzheimer&#8217;s victim in 1997.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/07/10/a-niche-is-formingrun-ahead-get-in-front-and-write-e-books-for-its-members/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Review of the Rich Jerk and its Pros and Cons</title>
		<link>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/05/25/review-of-the-rich-jerk-and-its-pros-and-cons/</link>
		<comments>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/05/25/review-of-the-rich-jerk-and-its-pros-and-cons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 22:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Book Shop]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://soropa.com/archives/2008/05/25/review-of-the-rich-jerk-and-its-pros-and-cons/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a short review of the Rich Jerk and its Pros and Cons.
The Rich Jerk is great but there is another BETTER alternative
to Online business. 
PRO
The Rich Jerk Ebook is one of the best sources of information on
how to make money on the Internet. Our Staff has reviewed
hundreds of e-products over the past 4 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a short review of the Rich Jerk and its Pros and Cons.<br />
The Rich Jerk is great but there is another BETTER alternative<br />
to Online business. </p>
<p>PRO</p>
<p>The Rich Jerk Ebook is one of the best sources of information on<br />
how to make money on the Internet. Our Staff has reviewed<br />
hundreds of e-products over the past 4 years. This is one of the<br />
highest quality products we have ever come across and provides<br />
very valuable information well worth the money. There are many<br />
highly profitable techniques discussed in this ebook. However if<br />
you are a novice to Internet marketing you will need to do some<br />
additional research before you are able to apply them. One nice<br />
thing about this ebook is that it is relatively short in length<br />
only 47 pages. You should be able to read the entire ebook in<br />
about 2 to 3 hours.</p>
<p>Who is the Rich Jerk ? His real name is Kelly Felix, he is the<br />
27 year old founder of Credit Pro Inc. Kelly also owns and<br />
operates guesswhatiheard.com which is a site similar to my space<br />
and friendster. Kelly and his wife Summer run the company out of<br />
an office in Carlsbad California. He is a self made entrepreneur<br />
and cuts out all the BS in everything he does. We have<br />
researched several other projects he has worked on and his style<br />
of work has remained the same, straight to the point.</p>
<p>The RichJerk.com is not the first profitable clickbank web site<br />
Kelly Felix has owned. In June 2005 he sold another one of his<br />
web sites that used clickbank, this site which had recorded<br />
profits of $55,000 per month sold for $379,000. This website was<br />
sold on Ebay.</p>
<p>One of the more interesting techniques discussed in this ebook<br />
is that of being a traffic middle man, generating profits with<br />
Google Adsense. The basis of this is purchasing cheap pay per<br />
click traffic from smaller PPC search engines and then showing<br />
your visitors relevant Google Adsense ads. Every time someone<br />
clicks on one of the Adsense ads you make money. To understand<br />
this technique completely you will have to read chapter 2 of the<br />
rich jerk.</p>
<p>The Rich Jerk also provides a quality list of wholesale<br />
suppliers for those people interested in selling on ebay. We<br />
have reviewed hundreds of wholesale supply lists and his list<br />
rivals many of the top wholesale supply list&#8217;s being sold for<br />
$50.00. Now while the list is relatively short the suppliers<br />
listed are top quality. When dealing with wholesale supply<br />
list&#8217;s a quality list is much more important than quantity. For<br />
RICH JERK E-Book go to the following URL:<br />
<a href="http://cashprint.richjerk.hop.clickbank.net" rel="nofollow">http://cashprint.richjerk.hop.clickbank.net</a></p>
<p>CON</p>
<p>The Rich Jerk is a bestselling ebook written by an anonymous<br />
millionaire who reveals the secrets he or she used to amass a<br />
fortune. It is not a step-by-step guide to making money, but<br />
rather a book of ideas. Any one of the ideas, if applied<br />
correctly, could make you a lot of money.I have no clue who the<br />
Rich Jerk is, and frankly, I don&#8217;t care. The information in the<br />
book was solid and original, and after reading it just once, I<br />
got some pretty good ideas of new ways to make money online.<br />
Some of the topics covered in the book are: Making money with<br />
affiliate programs Making money with Adwords/Adsense E-currency<br />
Trading HYIPs Selling on Ebay Search Engine Optimization Sales<br />
lettersOn the whole, I thought this was an excellent book<br />
because it covered so many different topics, was easy to read,<br />
and refreshingly short (just 47 pages). But don&#8217;t let the length<br />
fool you into thinking there is not much information. The Rich<br />
Jerk had better content that most other ebooks I have read,<br />
which were typically much longer and filled with a lot of<br />
fluff.I recommend the Rich Jerk to: Anyone who wants to start an<br />
online business, but is not sure which opportunity to pursue<br />
People who already have a business, but want some fresh ideas on<br />
marketing and making more money with their sites. HOWEVER, If<br />
you are visiting this website, most likely you made a search in<br />
Google or Yahoo about the Rich Jerk or about Making Money<br />
Online. The Rich Jerk may have a strangely appealing Sales<br />
Pitch, but his ebook is overpriced at $47.00 I don&#8217;t believe<br />
it&#8217;s right to charge that much for this type of information. So,<br />
Holly Mann wrote her own ebook about how to make money online.<br />
She is selling it at such a low price of $14.95 because she<br />
wants it to be affordable for the average person. The major<br />
difference between her ebook and the Rich Jerk&#8217;s ebook is in the<br />
PRICE. And her ebook offers MORE ways to start making money<br />
right NOW WITHOUT startup money to invest. Her ebook is not<br />
written in such a style that information is thrown out there, so<br />
you can figure it all out by yourself. Every Single<br />
Profit-Building Technique and Strategy is broken-down so you can<br />
understand not only what to do, but how to do it and how to<br />
profit from it the most. You shouldn&#8217;t have to pay $97 or even<br />
$47 to make a new millionaire richer. For HOLLY&#8217;s BOOK for only<br />
$14.95 and to get free gifts as well go to the following URL:<br />
<a href="http://cashprint.mannco.hop.clickbank.net" rel="nofollow">http://cashprint.mannco.hop.clickbank.net</a> </p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/05/25/review-of-the-rich-jerk-and-its-pros-and-cons/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Time Has Come - Book Review</title>
		<link>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/04/18/the-time-has-come-book-review/</link>
		<comments>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/04/18/the-time-has-come-book-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Book Shop]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://soropa.com/archives/2008/04/18/the-time-has-come-book-review/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Time Has Come is the first book of a mystical and spiritual trilogy written by Barbara Oleynick, a highly educated nurse who&#8217;s life work is to help make the world a more peaceful place in any way that she can. Barbara is an English instructor, a faculty member of a community college and an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Time Has Come is the first book of a mystical and spiritual trilogy written by Barbara Oleynick, a highly educated nurse who&#8217;s life work is to help make the world a more peaceful place in any way that she can. Barbara is an English instructor, a faculty member of a community college and an accomplished musical theater director and producer.</p>
<p>This book is like a combination of the movie the Golden Child (with Eddie Murphy), Micheal Scallion&#8217;s land change predictions through his spirit guide, and vibration-frequency theories which are currently being studied in both traditional and alternative sciences - all rolled up in one fiction story. </p>
<p>A 13-year-old child, Rachel, has a baby girl named Grace who is sent to bring peace to the world. I cried huge crocodile tears at Grace&#8217;s birth, again at the love in Albert and Henna&#8217;s home and yet again found myself sobbing when their drug-crazed mother murders Rachel&#8217;s sister.</p>
<p>In the beginning, The Time Has Come is only religious in that the Creator is thought to reside in every molecule and that there is purpose to our lives. The author briefly discusses historical religious events at various points in the story. The aspect that appealed to me the most was the main focus of each person having a legacy to leave behind and that it is up to each one of us to find a way to perform the tasks set before us.</p>
<p>I found on the whole, the story line was interesting and yet shocking to my nerves at the same time. Despite this, I felt the author became too heavy with spiritual ideas and the depressing negative world news during the final chapters. </p>
<p>ISBN#: 0975592254<br />
Author: Barbara Oleynick<br />
Publisher: Synergy Books<br />
192 Pages</p>
<p class="articletext">
<p class="articletext">
~ Lillian Brummet - Book Reviewer - Co-author of the book Trash Talk, a guide for anyone concerned about his or her impact on the environment - Author of Towards Understanding, a collection of poetry. (<a href="http://www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit)" rel="nofollow">www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit)</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/04/18/the-time-has-come-book-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;Memoirs of a Shape-Shifter&#8221; author Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield: BOOK REVIEW</title>
		<link>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/04/05/memoirs-of-a-shape-shifter-author-thomas-kaplan-maxfield-book-review/</link>
		<comments>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/04/05/memoirs-of-a-shape-shifter-author-thomas-kaplan-maxfield-book-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Book Shop]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://soropa.com/archives/2008/04/05/memoirs-of-a-shape-shifter-author-thomas-kaplan-maxfield-book-review/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Memoirs of a Shape-Shifter
 By Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield
 Kepler Press (2005)
 Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (3/06)
I thoroughly enjoyed &#8220;Memoirs of a Shape-shifter.&#8221;  Most gothic type stories
 tend to be to short for me, just as I am getting into the story, it is over.  Not
 so with &#8220;Memoirs.&#8221; The story takes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><i>Memoirs of a Shape-Shifter<Br><br />
 By Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield</i></b><br />
 Kepler Press (2005)<br />
 Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (3/06)</p>
<p>I thoroughly enjoyed &#8220;Memoirs of a Shape-shifter.&#8221;  Most gothic type stories<br />
 tend to be to short for me, just as I am getting into the story, it is over.  Not<br />
 so with &#8220;Memoirs.&#8221; The story takes you from modern times, through early<br />
 America, then back into ancient Ireland. The journey follows a modern<br />
 woman, Nikki, on her journey of self-discovery as a woman and as a Druidic<br />
 priestess, down the path of her ancestor Anne Cleves.</p>
<p>At 40 years of age, Nikki starts exploring her past and how experiences in<br />
 her childhood, especially with her abusive father have affected her<br />
 emotionally.  These experiences have especially affected her ability to love.<br />
 As Nikki explores her past she learns about the women in her family&#8217;s<br />
 involvement with witchcraft and druidism.  She begins to follow this path and<br />
 is able to heal herself.</p>
<p>This story is very suspenseful and the characters are well developed.  I<br />
 highly recommend this book to people who enjoy suspenseful novels that<br />
 have a touch of magic in them.   The way that the author is able to intertwine<br />
 the past with the present really allows for some rich reading.  His descriptive<br />
 text makes the reader feel more like they are enjoying a movie instead of<br />
 reading printed material.</p>
<div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<div class="sig">
<p>Paige Lovitt is a Reviewer for Reader Views.<br />
 <a href="http://www.readerviews.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.readerviews.com</a></p>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div style="padding:0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: white; background-color: white;"></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/04/05/memoirs-of-a-shape-shifter-author-thomas-kaplan-maxfield-book-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Semi-Pros</title>
		<link>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/04/03/the-semi-pros/</link>
		<comments>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/04/03/the-semi-pros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Book Shop]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://soropa.com/archives/2008/04/03/the-semi-pros/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alan Mrozek brings to life the world of semi-professional football in his novel The Semi-Pros.  The Semi-Pros tells the story of the Coalcrackers, a semi-professional football team from the small town of Waylon, Pennsylvania.  Much like the town, the once mighty Coalcrackers have fallen on hard times and haven&#8217;t won a championship or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alan Mrozek brings to life the world of semi-professional football in his novel The Semi-Pros.  The Semi-Pros tells the story of the Coalcrackers, a semi-professional football team from the small town of Waylon, Pennsylvania.  Much like the town, the once mighty Coalcrackers have fallen on hard times and haven&#8217;t won a championship or had a winning season in nearly twenty years.  So in steps Mike Rader, quarterback of the last Coalcracker championship team and in many ways the Coalcracker&#8217;s and Waylon&#8217;s last hope of turning their ailing fortunes around.</p>
<p>In describing the hard scrabble world of semi-professional football Mrozek does an excellent job in conveying the love and sacrifice that goes into playing tackle football for no pay and little recognition.  Semi-pro football is truly for those who love the sport and Mrozek lets you know that.  He gives amazing detail of the game and how its played, so that anyone, even the most clueless of people can follow along and understand how football is played and won.</p>
<p>The problem with the novel is outside of the game details it doesn&#8217;t have much else to offer.  All of the characters, while endearing, are one dimensional and lack any sort of depth.  We know Rader loves football but that&#8217;s all we know about him  Joe Welzack, head of the Athletic Club where the Coalcrackers play, doesn&#8217;t seem to have any other aspect to his personality outside of his love for Coalcracker football and his role as team historian.  Leah Marciniak, Rader&#8217;s love interest, seems nice but the only thing we ever learn about her is that she had crush on Rader when she was young and how badly she wanted to leave Waylon growing up.  Mrozek doesn&#8217;t offer us any other side to the characters personality that isn&#8217;t directly related to either the town or the sport.  Without the added depth it makes it difficult to empathize with them in any way and to ultimately care about what happens to them or their town.</p>
<p>The other major problem with the novel is that at 440 pages it is about 220 pages too long.  Some detail is good, but too much of it can bog the reader down in page after page of unnecessary information.  Like I said, the detailed football information was great.  It was nice to have a play by play break down of the games as they occurred but there are several games in the book and after a while those details become repetitive and boring.  Also, other parts of the novel where just useless, such as the love affair between Mike and Leah.  Leah first appears early in the novel as a love-struck teenager and doesn&#8217;t appear again until the middle of the novel and even then there&#8217;s no real explanation as to why they even like each other, let alone end up in a relationship.  It is a storyline that could be cut completely from the novel and the story wouldn&#8217;t suffer any.</p>
<p>All in all Mrozek offers an inside look at a world many didn&#8217;t know existed, however the lack of attention to other details of the novel, such as character development, prevent The Semi-Pros from being the exciting and innovating novel it could have been.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: white; background-color: white"></div>
<p>In Need of a Review?  PrologueReviews.com Offers Professional Reviews for Everyday Artists.  To Have Your Book, Music, Film or Video Reviewed Visit <a href="http://www.prologuereviews.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.prologuereviews.com</a> Today!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://soropa.com/archives/2008/04/03/the-semi-pros/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
