Julie's Journal

I unpacked more books yesterday to list on Amazon.com. My last lot net me about $385 in only one month. I should have them all listed by tomorrow afternoon on my Amazon Store, (which is empty now because I sold everything!).

See anything you want? Make me an offer:

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I got the opportunity to read the book America At Home – A Close-up Look At How We Live and I wanted to share with you guys how awesome it is.

What does the concept of “home” mean to you? Is it the furniture you’ve purchased? Is it the backyard you’ve landscaped? Maybe it’s the actual structure itself, or the people that live inside it. Whatever “home” means to you I know you will find something inside the book America At Home that will move and inspire you.

Created by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, the same team that brought you A Day in the Life of America and America 24/7 (one of Oprah Winfrey’s “favorite things” in 2004), it features more than 250 images taken by professional photographers, journalists, noted writers, information researchers and tens of thousands of amateur photographers.

The book is filled with images of Americans living their daily lives. How they work and play, how they interact with friends and family, and where they live. And don’t forget about the family pets. They are included in the book also. It also features a hilarious introduction by Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening.

Another feature that I thought was very unique is that you can create your own custom cover for the book on the website My America At Home. I used this picture of Michael and I while we were hiking in the Valley of Fire back in 2006.

I encourage you to take a look inside the book at My America At Home and see how beautiful the images are. Don’t you think the book, with a custom cover that you create, would make an amazing gift this holiday season?

America At Home – A Close-up Look At How We Live
Created by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt
Running Press
Publication date: April 1, 2008
$40.00 hardcover.
ISBN#: ISBN 9780-7624-3415-2

[tags]America At Home, Rick Smolan, Jennifer Erwitt[/tags]

Michael ordered a book for me from Amazon that just came the other day. It’s called Chick Wit and it is really great! It’s all quotes that famous people have said throughout the years.

I keep pulling quotes from it and reading them out loud. Everyone is getting a good chuckle out of it. Here is a few of my favorite ones, but you have to order it for your own enjoyment!

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Ingrid Bergman

Next time I’m not just having an epidural for the birth – I’m having one for the conception as well.

Sally James

Men are emotional bonsai. You have to whack the fertilizer on to get any feelings out of them.

Irma Kurtz

I’m the intelligent, independent-type woman. In other words, a girl who can’t get a man.

Shelley Winters

I could go on and on. It’s 223 pages filled with these

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I’m reading this really great book called Word of Mouth Marketing by Andy Sernovitz, and he’s talking about how popular Target is. How every women loves to shop there, and every women talks about them.

I got to thinking how every time I go to a new town, I usually end up going to the Target. It’s the same damn store as the one I have near my house, but it’s a new Target, in a new town, and I just have to check to see if they have anything different.

Target really has grabbed the word-of-mouth marketing campaign and rolled with it. I bet I could go through all the blogs that I read and find at least two woman that went to Target today and wrote about it on their blog.

Just who doesn’t love Target?

[tags]Target, word of mouth marketing[/tags]

Well my name got drawn, and I am the winner of the book The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer, at Ms. Kat’s blog contest. I’ve never heard of it, but it has 106 customer reviews, and 3 out of 5 stars on Amazon. A couple of the reviews actually said it was the worst book they ever read. LOL! Someone always says that in those reviews though. I guess it’s a personal preference and something in our DNA that makes us like it or not.

The first thing I noticed was the Masonic symbol on the cover, but no where in the reviews does it mention the Mason’s at all. Michael’s uncle was a Mason, and so was my father, so I am curious to read this book, and see what it is all about.

Thanks again Kat, that was fun!

[tags]blog promotion, online contest, The Book of Fate, Brad Meltzer[/tags]