Archive for the ‘How-To Projects’ Category

Hidden Links To Amazon.com Discounts

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

How would you like to uncover all the best deals available on Amazon.com?

I have uncovered a secret method of searching through the Amazon.com product database and showing only items that are on sale. You can pick the product category and exact discount range you want to search and Amazon will do the rest.

AndrewSeltz.com Is The Number 11 Result On Google

Friday, November 10th, 2006

I was looking through the stats for this site today and saw that someone had followed a Google search for “The Go To Guy” and arrived at my homepage.

Being the curious type, I clicked on the referring link to see what came up on a Google search for that phrase and where www.AndrewSeltz.com placed in the search results.

Great Quotations From Mark Twain

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

“People commonly use statistics like a drunk uses a lamp post — for support rather than illumination” — Mark Twain

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” — Mark Twain

“I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.” — Mark Twain

Making Booklets From PDF Files

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

Are you trying to print out the contents of a PDF document in booklet format?

A colleague of mine just told me about a very long and drawn out process he went through to create a booklet for his work. The original file he was given for the project had been created with Microsoft Publisher. He, being a Mac Guy, was using Quark for page design. Overall, it just did not go well.

How To Create Covers For Your Self-Published Books

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

My Do-It-Yourself Bookbinding article has turned out to be one of the most popular articles on this site. It came from my desire to have printed copies of some of the many e-books I have collected over the years. Very often I don’t worry about putting a cover on the book and just bind the pages or I cover the book with plain heavy cardstock and hand-write the title. But what if you really want to put together a polished book that looks store-bought?

Reprints and Syndication

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

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Turn Your Favorite E-Book Into Your Favorite Trade Paperback Book

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

Have you every stared at your computer screen while reading an e-book until you just could not focus your eyes anymore? Have you ever wished you could reach up to the screen and jot a quick note in the margin? Do you find the speed of downloading an E-Book satisfying but the lack of a physical book limiting? There is a solution that is easy, inexpensive, and fun!

Market Testing - The Price of Failure: $4.46

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006


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My most recent failure cost me $4.46. I couldn’t be happier. For the price of a Venti Latte at Starbucks I was able to market test a book idea and drop the project before investing major time or money in its development. There just wasn’t enough interest in the product to turn a profit - I discovered this BEFORE I had even written one word.

How To Make A Video Projection Screen

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Building a home theater? I just posted a new article on my www.ColossalTV.com website titled How to Make A Projection Screen.

Check it out and let me know what you think. I’d appreciate feedback.

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Strategy For Book Writing - 20 Questions

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

Do you know a lot of information but can’t seem to get focussed enough to write a book? This is one of my biggest problems. I start trying to write down everything that I think is important and before long I’m looking at pages of information that are as overwhelming as what is in my head.

This problem never gets in the way when someone comes up and asks me for help! When that happens, I can zero in on my audience and give the information that is necessary to answer their questions.