Several new e-books are currently being prepared and will be released during the next two months - as all my e-books, they will be free for all my members:

• How to create your own e-books with OpenOffice / LibreOffice (this one will be an introduction for beginners to the most common techniques required to make your own e-books properly),
• How to create your own squeeze page,
• How to use a secret traffic source I have just discovered (and that I am currently testing, I will write this e-book once its efficiency is confirmed).

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By CALEB CALHOUN

4:44 p.m. EST, January 18, 2012

Hagerstown resident Kelly Renner, 50, was not shy Wednesday about her opposition to the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, that Congress is considering.

She said online companies should not be required to make sure people are not getting content for free illegally on their websites.

"I don't think they can completely control it," she said. "I don't think there is any way they can stop online piracy 100 percent."

Renner, who owns Carol and Company on West Washington Street in downtown Hagerstown, was among city residents who offered their opinions when asked about SOPA on Wednesday.

SOPA is a bill that, if passed, would give the federal government more power to crack down on copyright infringement by restricting access to websites that host or allow pirated content.

Wikipedia was among a number of popular Internet sites that shut down Wednesday in protest of the bill.

Read the complete story here

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