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I took this screen shot earlier this month when I hit 1,000,000 page views on Yahoo! Voices.  I have a nice "trophy" to go with it. I started writing for Yahoo in 2008 when it was Associated Content, making $1.50 for every 1,000 page views my articles received. As I wrote more articles, they gradually attracted more viewers. At different levels, I earned a few more cents per page view. At 1,000,000 page views I have now reached the highest level of  pay -- $2.00 per 1,000 page views. Obviously, Yahoo is not going to make me rich, and I have averaged $30 or $40 a month there. However, occasionally an older article will suddenly pull in a bunch of page views and I will have a really good month. August is going to be my best month ever, not because each month my payment rise, but because I had three old articles take off and pull in a bunch of page views. Months like this make it worthwhile financially. The rest of the time I write because I'm a writer. What els...

Top Ten Reasons Why it is Wrong to Copy or Rewrite Someone Else's Article I have often wondered about the mental state of copyright infringers. Do they assume other authors don't need the money or do they simply not care that they are stealing someone else's work? Did they miss class the day their teachers told them not to copy the work of others? Via: Top Ten Reasons Why it is Wrong to Copy or Rewrite Someone Else's Article « Seekyt :

Pet peeve: Plagiarism & copyright Infringement of doll articles As recently reported in Pet peeve: 'Rare' & 'HTF' dolls on ebay , one of my pet peeves is sellers using descriptions that amount to fraud on ebay. Another way that doll collectors and sellers defraud others is by plagiarism and copyright infringement of doll articles, photos and other intellectual property. Sometimes I find my doll articles and photos on blogs, websites, and Facebook, often copied WORD-FOR-WORD, with only my name and links removed. Read more at: Pet peeve: Plagiarism & copyright Infringement of doll articles - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner

Bukisa's Creative Commons -- Gateway to Black Hat Copyright Infringement n the past two weeks, Google Alerts has been sending me a constant stream of my titles and quotes from my Bukisa articles appearing on other websites. Bukisa encourages use of the Syndication feature or the Creative Commons - Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported Read more: http://www.bukisa.com/articles/518463_bukisas-creative-commons-gateway-to-black-hat-copyright-infringement Also see: Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement: Thou Shalt Not Steal

How to Promote Your Book on a Shoestring Budget started its life as the 8-page booklet "How to Promote Your Benefit Concert on a Shoestring Budget" way back in 1990. That's how long I have been organizing promotional, marketing and publicity tips along with event-planning ideas. I started work on this book in September of 2006, and even had a proof copy done at a local vanity press. However, I was very unhappy with the results and have spent the past two years refining the book, adding four new chapters plus a checklist, as well as workbook pages with every chapter. The book has been through the editing process, has been proof read, designed and laid out, and now I am just waiting for the final product to roll off the presses, hopefully by the end of August! If you order the book, I want you to know that's not all you get! I have just created a Yahoo group where my readers will have access to me and to other writers where you can give feedback, ask questions, and sh...