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Amazon KDP Select free promotion program - Day 1

I began an experiment with the Amazon KDP Select free promotion program today. I just released my new eBook, How I Sold My Business: A Personal Diary, on Monday of this past week, and when I learned about the KDP Select program, I thought I'd give it a try.

By Alvin Alexander on May 5, 2013

New eBook - How I Sold My Business: A Personal Diary

March 5, 2012: I just released my first book, an eBook named “How I Sold My Business: A Personal Diary.” As the name implies, the book tells the story of how I sold my small computer programming company, in a diary format.

The book is currently available for the Kindle through Amazon.com. If all goes well it will soon be available at Barnes & Noble and the Apple iBookstore.

By Alvin Alexander on March 5, 2012

Win a $50 gift card for Amazon or Barnes and Noble

NOTE: This contest has ended, but you're still welcome to join our mailing list, where you'll automatically be eligible for future prizes.

Background: Founded way back in 1998, devdaily.com has over 2,000 online tutorials, and receives millions of page views every year, and in 2011 I'm giving away more prizes than ever before.

For December, instead of giving away the usual book, I'm giving away something we can all use: A $50 Amazon.com OR Barnes & Noble gift card.

By Alvin Alexander on December 21, 2011

Holiday 2011 sales and discounts (DecalGirl, ThinkGeek, MacMall, iHome)

I'm keeping it short and sweet today: devdaily.com is an affiliate with a number of great companies (DecalGirl, ThinkGeek, MacMall, iHome, Discovery Channel) offering nice sales/discounts for the 2011 holiday season, and on this page I'm sharing all the Christmas/holiday links that they've sent me.

So, without any further ado, happy holidays, and enjoy the savings.

10% off at DecalGirl

DecalGirl is offering 10% of all orders:

By Alvin Alexander on December 3, 2011

Boulder, Colorado computer programming consultant

Just a quick note here that I've just moved to Broomfield, Colorado, and I've brought my computer programming consulting services (Valley Programming) with me.

So, if you're looking for a Java computer programmer in the Boulder, Louisville, Lafayette, and Broomfield, Colorado areas, give me a call. All initial consultations are free, and if I know how to do something I'll let you know, and if I don't, I'll let you know that also.

By Alvin Alexander on December 13, 2011

Win a copy of Introducing HTML5 (free)

Note: This contest has expired, but if you join our mailing list, you'll automatically be eligible to win future prizes.

Background

Founded in 1998, devdaily.com has over 2,000 online tutorials, and receives millions of page views every year.

In 2011 I'm giving away more prizes than ever before. This month I'm giving away two copies of a terrific and extremely popular book, Introducing HTML5.

By Alvin Alexander on December 6, 2011

Report search engine spam (and SEO abuse)

Tired of seeing "junk" in the Google search engine results pages? This week I'm launching a new website named Report Search Spam (ReportSearchSpam.com), where regular, everyday users will be able to report the search engine spam they see.

You know search engine spam when you see it:

By Alvin Alexander on June 6, 2011

The devdaily newsletter (May, 2011)

Just a quick note that the devdaily.com monthly newsletter is now in the mail, email that is. If you're not on the devdaily.com mailing list, here's a link to our May, 2011 monthly newsletter.

If you're not signed up for our newsletter, too bad, you're missing out on a chance to win a free copy of jQuery in Action, and other prizes we're giving away this year. 

By Alvin Alexander on May 8, 2011

This is Why We Still Sing the Blues

A friend of a friend has created a documentary titled "This Is Why We Still Sing The Blues", and with my own interest in the Blues (I'm listening to them now), I thought I'd share a few banners leading to his website. Here's the first one:

This Is Why We Still Sing the Blues - A film by Lee Gordon

By Alvin Alexander on March 17, 2011

2011 Iditarod video - Lance Mackey at the starting gate

2011 Iditarod News: Some times you just happen to be in the right place at the right time. At the Iditarod "restart"event in Willow, Alaska today, I happened to be standing at the starting gate when four-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey stepped on the dog sled and headed for Nome, Alaska. Here's a link to the video on my One Man's Alaska website: 

By Alvin Alexander on March 7, 2011
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