Archive for January, 2009

Manning the eStore

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Can’t believe that its afternoon … Have been working on books and more books… both book stores…. Bought lots of books this morning some are repeats of what i have lots of but when I have good customers who treat me good.. I like to do good by them also… I can always use them, just not right now so they will be left in the boxes till I can use them… Also I got a big box out and was cleaning up my room of stuff from the holidays that did not sell.. Will put them in my yard sale when I have one… Maybe the end of the month when it warms up alittle more.

Was reading todays paper and there was a 83 year old lady to cuts and ships coupons to the bases overseas… I saved it and its on my bullintin board so I can send her some when I get extra… A stamp is a small price to pay to help someone else do good…   I got to open one of my birthday presents today it was 8 days early but my daughter asked me to… I put her on speaker phone when I did it and it is just great… a braclet with 5 of my grandchildrens names on it… These girls are always a surprise  to me…

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Books

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Good Morning world, little room, to me…. no one is up….. been up sence 4:30, could not sleep so worked on putting books into my stores, getting orders ready to go out this morning.. Will be doing less work this week on putting books in as We will have company.. My Bestest Friend form high school will be here… Can’t wait she gets her tomorrow for a whole week… My daughter who is the computer person of the girls (have 3 and a daughter in law) has been helping me on here and with my book sites… remember I have one on  eCRATER   www.donawest1313.ecrater.com/ and  www.readerwave.com  is eBay.   This morning I have been working on Joan Johnston books  her wed site is www.joanjohnston.com    She is one of my favorites, have read everyone of her books… love the series Bitter Creek… I just put the new Christmas book on my eCRATER  site.  Well guess I will work on my emails I am writing to all my last years customers… I hope they find their way here…

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iPhones, Hurricanes and Weatherangels…

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

So, I’ve come into this with really no information on what I want to write.  Just the expectation from my Mom that I should write something :)   So I am here to write something.  Something.

Okay, task one done!

I’ve been helping my Mom set up her first blog.  It’s been fun, and the awesome part is that she can finally do so much on her own!  I tried to teach my Mom about computers back in the 1980′s, when I was in middle and high school, learning about computers, bulletin board systems (BBSes) and all the cool things you could do with a computer.  It was only after she met my Dad that she finally wanted to really understand – and I’ve done my best to teach her what I can. She’s been a great student of technology, especially since it changes so fast! I think it has finally gotten “easy enough” for most people to handle, instead of only the geeky people like me.

Recently I have discovered that I absolutely LOVE wordpress.  For quite a while I didn’t understand the love affair with it, but now that it has matured, even my Mom can use it with a fair amount of ease, and only a few questions!  I’ve been able to point her at the docs (not doctors), and she’s found them, read them and understands them (I think).  It’s killer! And that’s Kudos to the wordpress team!

I will probably be jumping on here from time to time, helping out my Mom, and getting things set up.  I may even write a few book reviews, which I’ve wanted to do anyway, but never had a place to put them :)

Mom wanted me to mention something about what I do professionally also… I’ve been writing Web Applications for 13 years now – which in itself is hard to believe! My most recent accomplishment is being a part of a two woman programming team, and writing Hurricane for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It has been a great challenge, and a lot of fun to watch something we created not only come to life, but be appreciated.

I suppose I should mention that my favorite authors, since this is a book related site. They are Johanna Lindsey, Madeline Hunter, Elizabeth Boyle and Elaine Coffman.  I can thank my Mom’s book store for that one — she handed me my first Johanna Lindsey book about 3 years ago and I fell in LOVE with her writing style, and eagerly await each new Malory searies book!  I’ve spent MANY a night up almost all night reading instead of sleeping.

If there’s anything you would like to see here, just let us know!  And if you are looking for a book you can’t seem to find, just let my Mom know!  She will do her best to track down the book for you – she is extremely good at finding those hard to find books, so just ask!

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iPhone

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

My daughter was helping to understand this bloging… and how people come in etc…. She is so busy with her job and her iPhone creation that she made to track hurricanes … I don’t know anything about these things.But I am trying to learn so as not to bother her so much…. I hope she will come in and write about her site so someone can see it… Thanks my child…..

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Books

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Its only 10:30 and already having troubles with one store… Have a customer form another country who wants “Waiting For Agnes”  and we can’t seem to get the shipping to come up right for him to pay a fair price.  This book is doing quite well for me this week.. Have sold three and this customer might buy two… I am going to try and get author to sign in and write something about his book.. He is a local author here in my town…

written by local North Florida Author Joe Bullard

written by local North Florida Author Joe Bullard

Have been entering Linda Lael Miller books this morning into my ebay store, have some brand new one that will go into my ecrater store this afternoon.   you can see Ms. Millers website at www.LindaLaelMiller.com and my web stores at www.donawest1313.ecrater.com/  or www.readerwave.com   Its Friday! WE go to lunch with out local adult family members every Friday… we try to find a different place each week.. since we live in three different small area towns its quite easy. There is 7 of us.  Well must get going we eat at 11:30 as they all get up earlier than I do….

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Books

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Received in the mail today a newsletter and bookmark from Linda Lael Millers, pubic relations…. Told of her books coming out… I put one on my birthday list for Gene…The Montana Creeds   and another Stone Creek Novel will be coming out in August you can buy used books of her from me at   www.donawest1313.ecrater.com/    or www.readerwave.com  see her website at www.LindaLaelMiller.com          I don’t have many on at the monent but will have more by Saturday.

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Books and Friends

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Trying to change my email address to readerwave on my new ecrater store is so difficult.. I don’t know if they don’t understand what I am saying or that they are just being diffcult.   I have come to the idea this morning I am not inviting anyone younger than me to my birthday… That way I will not be dissapointed… and they won’t have to feel bad because I got mad at them for not coming… That should solve all the problems of the past… Roberta says she is coming but anything can happen between now and Sunday. And I am old enough finnelly to not care if it does… I do not mean I want sickness or anything to happen or not happen I just mean I will treat it like another day… after all 60 is just a number right……….ya right.I guess the kid in me never left….                         Gene has gone back to bed and I am going in the living room and read some of my book… Its a Harliquin with three stories in it…   Have dishes to take out of dishwasher and need to get a shower and dress… but with Gene in the bedroom sleeping I have to wait on that.

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Friends

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!  That’s how I feel some part of every day now.. I have so many books.. I really over bought last year and now have no room to add on… And no where to unload them… I have two websites and don’t know which one to put which book… I have been trying to put the ones I don’t want to charge so much for   Crater…  I think I have enough on there for right now… I have only had one sale so want to see if it gets better before I do more. 

Have not had time to read the book I have started at all the past two days. There are so many things going around in my head…. I have 9 boxes of books in our bedroom so they are out of my sight and not in the way so I can walk around in my little room… I had over 2500 books listed last year and between both sights I have less than 600 this year so far… I got upset with ebay and took almost everything out…. and was moving it to ecrater… now I have both… I ran across a book I read last year it was good and worth reading again..The Opposite Shore my Maryanne Stahl her husband and sister are caught by her kissing and it goes from there telling what she does to get past it… She also wrote Forgive the Moon.  was good… There is a new book out by Jayne Ann Krantz that I want to get but I may wait awhile as I have a bag full of books again… And two of them are new… Gene asked me what I want for my birthday… He knows I want a trip to Eva’s but say no to expensive so while at Sam’sI bought myself a book and give it to him…. My friend from HS is coming on Sunday for a week I can hardly wait… we talk almost every day either on phone or email… we will have so much fun.. we go off by ourselves and talk and talk…. we both have a parent that has or is living with us so we have allot in common.. and our other parent died of cancer.. Miss you Dad I know your birthday is in a few days and we will be thinking of you allot more on that day…. And our grandson’s birthday is on the 8th.. as is mine… we won’t be together this year… Gene does not travel well anymore due to his bursitis.. Gene’s son’s birthday is today. I sent him a email at work this morning and gene will call him tonight.

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Friends

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Oh I just had a email from my dearest friend. She is coming to visit me, next week she says… That will be so great. She has not been to this house and we have lived here three yrs next month.  And never went to my other place and that was five years… Came to my other place before that the day we moved out… so sad… Well that is going to change… we were to her house in October  last year… Had a great time took Mom with us..

Had my first order on eCRATER today..It was such a nice surprise.

Pilot Mountain,NC

Pilot Mountain,NC

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Books

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Well it took me three days to find the Publish… Pretty sad… I am not very good a reading directions or finding them I guess.. Today have to go to post office and mail packages.. I hope business picks up this week.. I am also taking some books to the library to leave for the selling room.  Will pick up some talking books for my Mom.. they are so nice for her to listen and still work with her hands.  Some times when she has it a little loud I find myself  listening.  I was just writting and reading my Fav. authors blog,Debbie Macomber.  I have been to her home town of Port Orchard.. So charming.

Debbies Newest Christmas book

Debbies Newest Christmas book

This is a wonderful book and its brand new it can be found on my newest store front at www.donawest1313.ecrater.com/     Debbie’s website and her blog can be found at   www.debbiemacomber.com

 

 

So now I have two store one on eBay, one on eCRATER and my blog here.. All are named Readerwave.. Stores are Readerwave Online Booktore,Blog is Readerwave’s Blog.  I am in the middle of cleaning up my reading room or shelf room I still need to move three boxes of books off the floor to make it easier to get around… I am getting off now so that I can get busy…

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