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    Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: Regardless of the opinions of others or what the US media says, the facts clearly prove US public schools are not broken and most public school teachers are succeeding at the job they were hired to do, which is teaching American children each state’s mandated academic curriculum to prepare for college…

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    Authors Finding Readers – Part 4/4

    It is crucial for an author to identify the interests of his or her potential readers before building and branding a proper Internet platform.

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    Authors Finding Readers – Part 3/4

    Now that we have a better idea about the size of the reading public and its reading habits, how does an author go about attracting the right sort of reader for his or her work?

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    Authors Finding Readers – Part 2/4

    According to consumers, free chapters or sample giveaways had the largest impact on buying e books.

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    Authors Finding Readers – Part 1/4

    This belief is the same as tying fifty-pounds of iron to an infant then throwing the three-month-old child in the ocean expecting him to swim ten-miles to shore.

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    Conservative Red versus Liberal Blue – a new way to see politics in America

    I believe the results of this unbiased study without any political agenda may surprise you and change your perception of how conservatives and liberals think.

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    Reading this reblogged post may start the day with laughter. It worked for me.

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    The NEED to Edit – Part 6/6

    The focus of the public schools is reading literacy—not editing literacy and reaching grade-level reading literacy for more than half of the students is a challenge.

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    The NEED to Edit – Part 5/6

    As Amanda Hocking once said, editing is exhausting.

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    The NEED to Edit – Part 4/6

    There are 62 million avid readers in the United States. Most authors must write for this audience.