Oh Amazon!
“I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13 (NLT) Several years ago, I learned that Christian bookstores were in a bit of hot water. Then my kind, caring, persevering publisher in Italy had to close down the warehouse. One could be a little discouraged. Pastor Pietro (publisher of Destiny Image Europe which became EM) was and is a pastor and a publisher- and all this closing down activity was before Covid. Was it his faith that kept him going? In a word, yes. He has encouraged his authors to believe in the message God gave us to write, and to not give up. While I never gave up on writing, it would be true to say I never really got started on learning how to be both the marketing and sales department. At first, speaking was fun. I enjoy speaking to groups of people, and I’ve learned to even give a mention to one of my three published books. I have learned to set up a book sales table, though I haven’t learned how to sign and sell...