{"id":633,"date":"2006-12-21T00:21:47","date_gmt":"2006-12-21T05:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/beyond_books_th"},"modified":"2006-12-21T00:21:47","modified_gmt":"2006-12-21T05:21:47","slug":"beyond_books_th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=633","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Books &#8211; the future of self-publishing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What if you could give away your ideas and still derive income from them?&nbsp; What if this unconventional form of distribution could expose readers to your books who would otherwise never see them?<\/p>\n<p> I am not quite there yet, but I think that day is fast coming, due to the power of context-sensitive advertising. <\/p>\n<p>I was busy building an online book reader when I discovered that Google has already provided this service and my book is available on it now through the power of <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/\">Google Book Search<\/a>.&nbsp; If you go to that site and enter &quot;advice for whistleblowers&quot;, you will see this: <\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"width: 566px; height: 153px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?vid=ISBN0976650304&amp;id=Qqu40-SkYOAC&amp;pg=PA82&amp;lpg=PA82&amp;ots=pCM71ijaEm&amp;dq=advice+for+whistleblowers&amp;sig=ypGqgFqshuCVqgOWkkbYBrtukmM\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"80\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=Qqu40-SkYOAC&amp;pg=PP1&amp;img=1&amp;zoom=5&amp;sig=VbaZvqqd7R-sRUTTJuAeaUePm7g\" class=\"cover\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"resbdy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?vid=ISBN0976650304&amp;id=Qqu40-SkYOAC&amp;pg=PA82&amp;lpg=PA82&amp;ots=pCM71ijaEm&amp;dq=advice+for+whistleblowers&amp;sig=ypGqgFqshuCVqgOWkkbYBrtukmM\" class=\"big\">Danger Quicksand &#8211; Have A Nice Day &#8211; Page 82<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\"><br \/><span class=\"ln2\">by David St Lawrence<\/span><br \/><strong>Whistleblowers<\/strong> are people who tell it like it is, even if they suspect that they<br \/>will lose their jobs and be attacked by people they consider to be friends. <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><br \/>Full view<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\"> &#8211; <a class=\"f1\" href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?vid=ISBN0976650304&amp;id=Qqu40-SkYOAC&amp;printsec=toc&amp;dq=advice+for+whistleblowers&amp;sig=gkI5EnxeMfhc84-poVA0bxVblnE\"><nobr>Table of Contents<\/nobr><\/a> &#8211; <a class=\"f1\" href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?vid=ISBN0976650304&amp;id=Qqu40-SkYOAC&amp;dq=advice+for+whistleblowers\"><nobr>About this book<\/nobr><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>You can scroll through the table of contents or to search the book using the &quot;Search in this book window&quot; for hot topics like &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?vid=ISBN0976650304&amp;id=Qqu40-SkYOAC&amp;pg=PA82&amp;lpg=PA82&amp;ots=pCM71ijaEm&amp;dq=advice+for+whistleblowers&amp;sig=ypGqgFqshuCVqgOWkkbYBrtukmM#PPA64,M1\">nepotism<\/a>&quot; and <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?vid=ISBN0976650304&amp;id=Qqu40-SkYOAC&amp;pg=PA38&amp;lpg=PA38&amp;ots=pCM71ikdGk&amp;dq=Why+your+manager+lies&amp;as_brr=1&amp;sig=T8kOcGoqoOSokGKKyv_5QHR3XwM\">&quot;<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?vid=ISBN0976650304&amp;id=Qqu40-SkYOAC&amp;pg=PA38&amp;lpg=PA38&amp;ots=pCM71ikdGk&amp;dq=Why+your+manager+lies&amp;as_brr=1&amp;sig=T8kOcGoqoOSokGKKyv_5QHR3XwM\">why your manager lies<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?vid=ISBN0976650304&amp;id=Qqu40-SkYOAC&amp;pg=PA38&amp;lpg=PA38&amp;ots=pCM71ikdGk&amp;dq=Why+your+manager+lies&amp;as_brr=1&amp;sig=T8kOcGoqoOSokGKKyv_5QHR3XwM\">&quot;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can amuse yourself by entering these unlikely search terms: sex, interviews, fear, integrity, <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?vid=ISBN0976650304&amp;id=Qqu40-SkYOAC&amp;pg=PA82&amp;lpg=PA82&amp;ots=pCM71ijaEm&amp;dq=advice+for+whistleblowers&amp;sig=ypGqgFqshuCVqgOWkkbYBrtukmM#PPA26,M1\">seduced<\/a>, seduction, and <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?vid=ISBN0976650304&amp;id=Qqu40-SkYOAC&amp;pg=PA82&amp;lpg=PA82&amp;ots=pCM71ijaEm&amp;dq=advice+for+whistleblowers&amp;sig=ypGqgFqshuCVqgOWkkbYBrtukmM#PPA180,M1\">job satisfaction<\/a>. You will be amazed at what you will find. <\/p>\n<p>If you bookmark this site, you have an instant desktop reference to use in everyday work situations.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, my book, Danger Quicksand &#8211; Have A Nice Day, is available as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stlawrence.to\/danger\/\">free download<\/a> until further notice. This is the complete book in PDF format. <\/p>\n<p>I am offering this data as a public service to all who are in danger of receiving a termination as a corporate Christmas present. <\/p>\n<p>It is, after all, the end of another quarter and companies jettison employees at this time in hopes of surviving. I hope you are not in that unhappy situation, but if you know of someone who is, send them a link to this article. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if you could give away your ideas and still derive income from them?&nbsp; What if this unconventional form of distribution could expose readers to your books who would otherwise never see them? 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