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I love all of the opinions on this thread, and I'm taking them all in. I can see the very good points about why some do not wish to sell or promote books that are low-priced or free; but I also see the potential benefit of having more visibility by offering books for low prices and for free. I agree that we all have to try and see what works for us. I don't think that giving books away or selling them for a low price is a indicator of the book's value or quality, but I guess many of us instinctively subscribe to the "get what you pay for" theory. I happen not to subscribe to that theory. As an indie-pubbed author, and soon-to-be new publisher on the block, I plan/hope to build my audience by exposing myself and my work as much as I can, and if low-priced or free copies helps with that, then all the better. I'm confident in the quality of my writing, and I hope that readers will see past the low price to give it a chance. We've seen some examples where it works, and some where it doesn't.
But of course, to each his/her own. Happy writing, publishing, and selling (or giving away) to everyone. :) And thanks to everyone for sharing your experiences and ideas. It's very helpful.
Seems to me that the kind of book one writes is the determinant on whether to offer it free or at 99 cents. From what I've seen, the successful low-priced books are fiction (for the most part), written for an audience that has the capacity and desire to read a book a day (maybe an exaggeration) and loves romance/mystery/ quick reads. A non-fiction book with a thoughtful cover and a thoughtful message, or a literary novel with old ladies and not much sex might not sell even at 99 cents without a solid marketing plan. Since I write about old ladies (now that I am one), and I write with solemn themes rippling through the many pages, I don't think that free/cheap books will work for my books. Not sure what will, but I"ll keep trying to find out. As we all will, with our various hope-filled offerings.
Louisa, you are an exception, not the rule. I can't begin to tell you how many authors joined Select in December and after an initial bump from 'free' downloads haven't sold since. I did the a short run of 99cents for the holidays, not good. I got 1 review from the 100 copies sold. That's right, only 100 sold at 99 cents! I've actually none better with my historical fiction at $4.99 since then.
Like you said, if it works for you fine, but don't make your good experience as the rule - it's not. For every author that made money from the free download offers, more failed! At least 15 to 1 that I know of, failure to success - and the last count I saw was 47,000 authors signed up for Kindle. Not great odds.
Having the ability to set your price is a good thing in a free (no pun intended) market. If you want to give your book away or charge 100s of $£ for it. Every strategy isn't going to work for everybody, but they are free to try, and if it works for them, keep doing your thang.
Auctions and auction sites are interesting. I don't shop a lot on eBay, but I have. Auctions are a prime example of where buyer and seller meet. The seller can set a reserve price and the buyer can meet or exceed it or there is no sale. On the other hand, the seller can just put their product out there and see who wants it at whatever price (if any).
Publishing these days, especially with the surge of self publishing, only drives this point home...at least to me, anyway.
I disagree with the idea that putting your book up for free for promotional purposes or putting a short piece up at 99 cents, or pricing your book at $2.99, particularly if you are a relatively unknown author, devalues your work or books in general. My goal as a writer is to get people to read my work, and since I believe my book is good I believe that once people get a chance to read my work that they will value it and then buy other work by my.
I have written a piece on why I think "free" is a good strategy in my latest blog post http://mlouisalocke.com/2012/02/28/why-i-dont-worry-when-people-rea...
My own experience as a self-published author has demonstrated that when you have control over you own pricing, when you can plan when you do promotional opportunities, when you can get royalties at 60-70%, then low books prices, free promotions make sense. My historical mystery, Maids of Misfortune, has sold 20,000 copies-at $2.99-since it was published in December of 2009. After a free promotion of it for 2 days at the end of December 2011 (when nearly 16,000 people downloaded it for free) the book went on to sell 5500 copies in January, and the sales of my sequel more than doubled. I put both books up for free twelve days ago, and 26,000 copies of the books were downloaded, and in the ten days since the promotion ended 5800 people have bought one or the other of the two books. This proves to me that people don't devalue your books if you offer them for free. They appreciate that you are giving them a gift, and when they like the book, they tell your friends, they write positive reviews (I have had nearly 30 positive reviews on Amazon since the free promotions began), and it makes your book more visible to more people as it rises in the best seller lists.
You know that there is a reason traditional book publishers pay to get their books at the front of bookstores (which is of course lost revenue), they do it because no one is going to buy a book they don't see. Free promotions make your ebooks visible. No one is going to buy an ebook they don't see, no matter what its value, and all the promotion in the world by me or any other author isn't going to have the impact of being on the top ten best selling lists on Amazon for mystery, mystery-women sleuth, historical mystery, historical fiction, and romance, which is where my free promotions put my books.
I am sorry to be so adamant. But I hate the idea that authors of good books that should be read by the public might forgo at least giving free promotions a try. If they don't work for you. ok But every time I get an email from a reader who tells me how much they enjoyed my book (which is almost daily), how they have given a copy to their grandmother, how it helped them get through a bout of chemo, or prompted them to look up their families history, etc etc etc, I know my book is valuable, whether offered for free or $2.99.
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I must admit that I offered the ebook version of my novel at $.99 for part of the last quarter of last year.In fact, I just reset it to its original price of $3.99 today.
I haven't done much writing in the last few years because I've been editing and publishing others, but I wanted to try it and see what happened. I didn't shout about it. I just made a few announcements and left it at that. My book has been selling steadily on its own without my doing much direct promo for it, and while the last 4 months have shown an upswing in sales for the title, it's not that much different for the ebook sales overall. For the last 12+ mos ebook sales have been zooming past print sales.
I can understand people wanting to offer a title for free or for a very low price for a short period of time, but I wouldn't base my entire price scale that way. Everyone likes a sale or a discount and we don't mind doing it for our authors--for a limited time. But if it goes on for too long, yes, it's going to look cheap and you get what you pay for.
Others may and will have success with this model, but there is a lot to be said for perceived value.
Then again, ebook publishers who have been publishing ebooks LONG before Amazon, et al got into the game discovered their sweet spot for pricing ebooks, and in my opinion, there's no reason why an ebook should cost the same as print.
I have disagreed with the "free" KDS practice since the frenzy began. Giving 'free' or 99 cent only serves to bring down the entire market value of books. In fact, traditional publishers raised the price of their e-books to distance their authors from self-published authors. It also shows a sense of desperation to give 'free' books with no thought to whom or what type of people are actually taking advantage of the offer.
I know a fellow author who admitted to download 700 books during December! Won't be needing any books in the near future with that amount. There are 700 author who just gave her hours, months, years of reading enjoyment and gained nothing in return.
Lynne, I couldn't agree more. We at Seedpod flat out refuse to discount our titles for this very reason. Having had a career in packaged goods marketing, I can tell you there is substantial research to back that up. In fact, we're seeing one of our titles growing in sales month after month with zero marketing effort whatsoever (see what I did there ;) ) It is my belief that our collective value is indeed reduced by this price battle. Just look at any other commodity or dollar store model for proof. It works when you can produce very, very cheaply and sell massive quantities. Hello Target.
Sorry, Jennifer. No offense meant. Just disagreement.
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You "GET" to offer it for free? Sigh.
I just don't think that works to build a readership. When I stop and analyze my own habits I have to confess I've yet to read any book I've downloaded for free. And from what analysis/feedback I've seen on the subject of giving away your books, that holds true for most freebies.
I think there is a definite lack of perceived value at play subconsciously. You get what you pay for. I wish I could recall who wrote a piece about the value of a book and the value of the reader—anyway, the point was the higher the price paid for a book the more likely it was that the purchaser would read it. Finding that tipping point of price a reader will pay and read an ebook is the sweet spot you're looking for.
If writing is your career, and you intend to write and sell more books you need to build a fan base, a reliable readership. In order to do so you have to get them to read your book. To my mind-that doesn't happen when the price of your book is too low or free.
There is no working model right now for authors that proves one way or another what is going to work or not work in the long-term. And that this is all still very experimental for ebook/self-publishers.
Here is one interesting article, made more so because of the comments it generated.
I hope you do well with the give-a-away Jennifer. Please let us know how this model of promotion works for you. I'm very interested to know what your expectations are.
Could you share what kind of feedback you get, and how this affects your long term goals?
In regards to the free ebook, if you are hoping for the most downloads possible regardless of whether it gets read, what effect does that have on your sales afterwards? Does a high download number reflect a ranking of some sort that could result in higher sales in the future?
Since I self-published my ebook in KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing), one of the ways that I have to market my book is that I get 5 days during a 6 month period to offer it for FREE. I chose today and tomorrow, 2/28 and 2/29 as the first 2 of those days. I would love for you to get my book The Gamer Generation: Reaping the Benefits of Video Games for free.


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- Place on lightly floured cookie sheet.
- Bake at 375 for 30 minutes.
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Traditional harvesting and marketing of honey and wax in the upper Kapuas Lake region, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Apiculture, forest products, honey, income generation, natural resources, wax
Introducing the practice
Traditional activities surrounding the
harvest of honey and beeswax are being improved under the Danau Sentarum
Conservation Projects (1992-1997) Conservation Products Enterprise programme.
While the traditional harvesting system is being maintained, certain harvest and
post-harvest practices are being adapted in order to increase yields and improve
the quality of honey and beeswax derived from giant Asian honeybees, or Apis
The programme is taking place in various
villages within Indonesias Danau Sentarum National Park, formerly known as
the Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve (DSWR). This is in West Kalimantan (Indonesian
Borneo). The villages include Semalah, Bukit Tekenang, Semangit, and Nanga
The traditional systems of tikung
(or honey board) and lalau (tall tree) were first described by Dutch
explorers in the 1850s. These are both seasonal systems which depend on the
weather and other factors that influence the arrival and swarming of the giant
The research and subsequent improvements
described here began in late 1994 and ended with the conclusion of the Danau
Sentarum Wildlife Conservation Project in July 1997. This was Project 5:
ConservationIndonesiaUK Tropical Forest Management Programme (DSWR
Conservation Project).
Prior to the conclusion of the DSWR
project, funding was secured from the British Embassy in Jakarta for a
three-year extension to the Conservation Products Enterprise programme, of which
the honey and beeswax project was a part. With the help of former local staff of
the DSWR, a local NGO called Yayasan Dian Tama carried on this work until July
2000 with communities in the wildlife reserve. The same local individuals are
still administering and supporting these activities, although the reserve is now
a national park and the NGO is a new one called Yayasan Riak Bumi (Ripples of
the Earth).
The tikung or honey-board harvest
system is named after the carved hardwood plank (approximately 0.8 - 2.5 m long
by 25 - 40 cm wide), which is convex on one side. Properly carving and shaping a
tikung is a time-consuming process, often taking a full day to complete
just one board. Tikung boards are attached to tree branches in the
stunted flooded forests using notches and wooden pegs. They are positioned at a
30° slope with the upper part oriented towards the sky and the concave side
facing downward to facilitate rainwater runoff. The planks are made of durable
tembesu wood that can last over two generations and still be used after enduring
a forest fire.
Ownership of a tikung is
indicated by an individual owners mark (tikap), usually a series of
indentations at the side of the plank, recognized as the family mark. Each new
generation (son) adds a new indentation (taka). This mark system
is complicated, but well understood by all the tikung holders in a given
In one day five or six tikung
planks can be placed in the submerged forest, usually two meters above the
highest water level reached during the rainy season. Bee swarms arrive in tikung
areas between December and February, although their arrival also depends on the
timing of the preceding dry season. Prior to the arrival of the swarms,
undergrowth is sometimes cleared and a small boat channel to the tikung
might be dug. The last blossom from the tahun (Carallia bracteata)
is the signal that honey is ready for harvest.
A five-step process took place during the DSWR Conservation Project to determine how the honey-collection system could be improved:
Research on systems of bee management and honey collection was conducted in the wildlife reserve in late 1994 (Rouquette 1995).
In early 1995, DSWR honey harvesters took part in planning activities to improve honey marketing and sales (Wickham 1995). DSWR was visited in early 1996 by technical staff representing a similar Apis dorsata honey-management system practised in Vietnam. DSWR honey harvesters paid a return visit to Vietnam in late 1996 (Wickham 1997a).
Various meetings, training workshops and
field trials took place as improvements to the honey collection techniques were
adopted (Wickham 1997b and YDT 2000).
Through the project, a traditional honey
collection system and post-harvesting methods that have been practised for
generations were described. The project also identified a number of common
techniques that were harmful to the bees, produced an inferior product, or were
wasteful of the resource.
Below is a table describing the adaptations that the DSWR project field staff initiated with the honey harvesters of Danau Sentarum in order to improve upon traditional practices and thus to produce larger quantities of better-quality honey and beeswax. The revised practice has the potential to generate more income for the communities, while also supporting and reinforcing principles of sustainability.
Table 2.
for improved tikung beekeeping and better honey and beeswax yields
and beneficiaries
This project was one of a number of
conservation enterprise projects which DSWR project staff (including local
staff) initiated together with some 30-40 honey harvesters living on the
wildlife reserve.
It also involved taking three tikung
honey harvesters to southern Vietnam, where they visited honey collectors who
use a similar system and had adopted similar improvements. These individuals
became local champions because of the improvements made to the tikung
Local people become involved because
they see the economic benefits of adopting improved harvest techniques,
especially if these techniques prove to increase the overall yields and market
value of these products.
As honey and wax generated more income,
appreciation for the need to protect local forests from both fire and
over-harvesting grew.
Men are the main collectors of honey and
wax, but women and teenagers also take part in the post-harvest processing of
honey and wax. How the financial benefits are shared among these beneficiaries
has not been tracked, but could be the subject of further research.
Based on research undertaken within the DSWR project, approximately 25% of the people living in the reserve (up to 250 families) are engaged in the tikung honey collection system. This would be approximately 1500 to 2000 people in total.
The role of indigenous knowledge
The project worked with the indigenous
knowledge and belief systems that were present in the community and that the
people were familiar with. It did not try to introduce an entirely new activity,
or worse, to introduce another bee species or import a foreign bee-keeping
system with expensive materials and technologies. Instead the project was
grounded in the belief that the unique and traditional honey-board tikung
system is a valuable asset (in particular for marketing purposes). A training
programme was built around the existing indigenous knowledge system and how it
could be improved using simple and inexpensive, locally available materials.
Some of the suggested changes (outlined in table 2) were met with scepticism, but rather than insisting that these be adopted without question, project staff took local honey collectors on a fieldtrip to southern Vietnam to see how their Vietnamese counterparts had introduced these changes in similar surroundings. Following this exchange, these collectors became the greatest advocates of the changes.
Achievements and results
The improved quality of honey and wax
has increased their value by a factor of 5 in the case of honey, and a factor of
10 in the case of beeswax. Improved harvest and post-harvest practices have
increased yields of honey by up to 75% and of beeswax by 50%.
The local population is more aware of
the value of their non-timber forest products, and of the need to protect them
from unsustainable use and forest fires. Improved honey harvesting techniques
which employ hand-held smokers are also reducing bee mortality.
While it is more difficult to measure,
another result of the project is the sense of pride that has developed among the
people who took part it. Their products are now bottled, labelled and marketed
to retailers in Pontianak, Jakarta, Singapore and the UK. They are even
available via the Internet (see: www.tropicalforest.com).
The people are proud not only of the products, but also of the knowledge they
possess to make these products.
It is important to note that the NGO
that has emerged from this project was created by, and is comprised entirely of,
local peoplethose with the greatest stake in ensuring the success of the
and weaknesses of the practice
The project worked with and built upon
local indigenous knowledge and local resources. It did not try to replace them
or expect people to invest in something costly or new. The Best Practice is a
hybrid of the best of the original indigenous practices combined with proven
Any time the people did not understand
or believe in the suggested improvements, the revised practices were
demonstrated to them by local people who had visited other communities and had
seen the benefits for themselves. It was a farmer-to-farmer approach.
But the economic benefits of bigger and
better yields of honey and wax can be realized only if local NGOs continue to
provide transportation and marketing support.
Why this is a Best Practice:
· It makes use of an existing practice (i.e. honey harvesting).
· It employs traditional skills, techniques and available resources (i.e. honey boards placed in trees, and local bee species).
· Local people are hired and trained to act as champions on behalf of the project.
· Suggestions are made as to how indigenous practices could be changed to improve the quality and the quantity of the harvest.
· Local people were taken to demonstration sites to see similar activities being undertaken by honey harvesters elsewhere.
· With help, the product was marketed regionally and internationally.
Producers earned maximum profits.
During the two-year period from 1995 to 1997, ten villages collected over 3200 kg of honey, which was marketed to retailers in Pontianak, Jakarta, Riau, Singapore and the UK. Honey brought in ten times more income than it did before 1995.
Source of inspiration
The adaptations of the traditional
harvesting system described here are often done insimilar situations elsewhere.
But to our knowledge, certainly within the West Kalimantan region, this is a
rare undertaking. This example has the potential to demonstrate to local,
regional, provincial and national government officials, NGO staff and academics
the broad range of possibilities which exist for supporting and improving upon
indigenous practices in Indonesia.
This particular practice would be
difficult to replicate in other communities, however, as it relies upon a number
of climatic, biological and ecological factors. But technical replication is not
the only thing that matters. Of perhaps even greater importance are the attitude
and behaviour of project staff that work with local people. They need to be
willing to respect and work with indigenous knowledge and to add extra value to
it through the addition of other types of knowledge. This is particularly
challenging, not only for expatriate staff (who often continue to discount the
value of indigenous knowledge) but also for local staff and/or the rural people
themselves, whose formal, western-oriented education has often denigrated their
own local knowledge and practices.
The arrival of the bees and thus the season for harvesting honey is strongly influenced by two factors: the level of water in the lakes, which influences when the trees flower, andin recent yearsthe forest fires that have plagued Borneo.
Very much depends on the accessibility
of sites where A. dorsata can build their combs. In this respect the
situations in the lake region of Danau Sentarum and in U Minh in Vietnam are
unique. If accessible trees are not available, the bees will nest in tall trees.
Areas where these practices could be
replicated include the marshy coastal region of the Sundarbas in India and
Bangladesh and the Irriwaddy plains in Burma.
If you think that this case could be useful in a different context than the one described here, please get in touch first with the contact person listed below (Administrative data). Intellectual property rights could be an issue.
Additional remarks and information
A great deal of the knowledge required for this project came from the experiences of Mr Vincent Mulder (see address and contact numbers below), who worked with a similar honey-harvesting system in the U Minh Forest, in Minh Hai Province, Vietnam. He visited DSWR in January 1996 and sponsored a return visit to Vietnam in October of that same year.
Recent articles that have been published which describe this project in more detail include:
Vincent Mulder, Valentinus Heri and Trevor Wickham (2000) Traditional
Honey and Wax Collection with Apis Dorsata in the Upper Kapuas Lake Region, West
Kalimantan. In: Borneo Research Bulletin, Special Issue on Danau
Sentarum National Park.
Vincent Mulder, Valentinus Heri and Trevor Wickham (2001) Traditional
Honey and Wax Collection from Apis Dorsata in West Kalimantan. In:
Beekeeping and Development, Number 59, 4-7.
Vincent Mulder, Valentinus Heri and Trevor Wickham (forthcoming)
Honey and Beeswax Marketing: Techniques to Improve Traditional Tikung
Beekeeping from Apis Dorsata in West Kalimantan. In: Beekeeping and
Development, Number 60.
Other project reports are also available. Please contact Trevor Wickham directly.
Readers are invited to send us any additional information about your project, work or organization which you think might be useful.
Administrative data
Committee Science and Technology for Vietnam (Mr Vincent Mulder)
P.O. Box 43
6700 AA Wageningen
The Netherlands
Fax: +31 317 4250670
E-mail: email@example.com
Trevor Wickham or Valentinus Heri (see below)
P.O. Box 158, Tofino, British Columbia V0R 2Z0, Canada
Tel.: +1 250 7254413
Fax: +1 250 7254413 (call first)
E-mail: email@example.com
partner(s) involved in this practice
The following two non-governmental organizations have provided technical and administrative support, have facilitated activities, and have helped with marketing.
Yayasan Riak Bumi (Ripples of the Earth)
Yayasan Dian Tama
Because this project was one of a number of initiatives undertaken by the DSWR Conservation Project over a five-year period (1992-1997), it is difficult to estimate the total amount that was allocated exclusively to this one project. From 1997 to 2000, the project also received support from the British Partnership Scheme (ODA) administered by the British Embassy in Jakarta. A very rough estimate of the funds allocated to this project over the eight years would be USD 150,000 to USD 175,000.
who have described this Best Practice
Trevor Wickham
Eco-Planning and Associates, Canada
Tel.: +1 250 7252346
Fax: +1 250 7252346
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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J.C. Penney Co Inc said on Friday said it fully backs its partnership with chat show host Ellen DeGeneres after a conservative group urged the retailer to reconsider hiring DeGeneres as a spokeswoman because she is a lesbian.
Penney's decision to hire DeGeneres spurred conservative group One Million Moms, a division of the American Family Association, to slam the company for not being "neutral in the culture war."
"Funny that JC Penney thinks hiring an open homosexual spokesperson will help their business when most of their customers are traditional families. More sales will be lost than gained unless they replace their spokesperson quickly," the organization posted on their website, urging supporters to call their local J.C. Penney store manager to lodge complaints against hiring DeGeneres.
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Ellen Degenerate. There, I fixed it for you.
I actually like Elen...but there no reason whatsoever for having her as a rep save for another weak-d*ck liberal appeal to the gays. JCP is like many other companies that appear to forget that they are there to make us happy by selling us things we want...not to vend silly political causes.
As for Jacque Cee Penays.....they are toast.
Adios, JCP.
JC Penny might want to just revamp their entire marketing plan. I know they think because Ellen has the number one show on daytime that somehow that means people will flock to her store. It isn't happening. Although she seems wholesome on the show, she is not in real life and that is one reason why JC Penny is going down. But really I think it is because JC Penny's is a run down store. Both JC Penny's and Sears are like a mismash of crap all over the place without any identity. Khols, Macy's and other retail stores are able to keep with with what people want.
Stand by your friendly neighborhood DeGeneres. How'd THAT work for ya huh? Ya FUBAR!
One Million Moms.
I heard from someone that One Million Moms had less than 20 thousand members but just liked the name. I didn't belive that so I had to look at Facebook and dang it if they weren't right. They have about 17,000. I wonder why they use One Million Moms and what the heck do they do?
Believe me, it is hard for us to wean our way off JCPenney's. We've been loyal customers of the store for at least 3 generations.
It is rather amazing how quickly poor management can destroy a well-established firm these days
17,000 vocal with the rest being a silent majority ?
Maybe. But people like numbers and back up proof. It gives people more respect for the organization. That is why the Million Man March was always a joke and taken that way because they never had the numbers that they insinuated.
Well, I certainly voted with my feet and pocketbook when they used Degenerate...and I used to shop there a lot.
I also do not go to Macy's, use Revlon, Cover Girl, and other companies who have no problem using libs but would never hire Rush.
Yes, it's hard to stick by this but I do the best I can...
I rarely go to malls anymore...just happened to walk into a local Pennys on my way to another store...weekday morning...I believe I was the only non-employee in the entire store.
In fact, there weren't many employees either. The place was one, huge, empty barn filled with inventory. How much longer can they hang-on? If they think signing on with Team Obama media types is a good idea...I question their marketing.
Hard to revamp the marketing plan when your head ceo just quit. The third ceo who has jumped ship in seven months.
The store is in trouble because Johnson hasn't a clue what the public wants and isn't listening to those who are trying to tell him..including the public.
There's also a huge gap in communication from top to bottom. You cannot leave management teams dangling without knowing the plans. Johnson operates as he did at Apple, keeping everything with his circle..he does not understand the open door communication retail requires.
The stock holders are not going to give him much more rope....he's on a short leash now and must make a favorable difference within a few months if not weeks now.
It is like anything else with liberals, they would rather go down with the ship than admit being wrong.
I work there....we've lost so many customers that it's hard to believe the difference from just a year ago....and it wasn't all that good then.
The public is very angry over these changes, and they were quick to air their anger to employees daily....getting to the point where employees left...it was like getting beat up every day. These were long term employees leaving.
I haven't shopped there since the she became the spokesman. I will walk around outside to get to another store even if it is longer.
So sorry to hear that. JCP employees always have been nice and we relied on them to help us with things like fitting draperies and such, also their clothing has been of good quality and reasonable price most of the time, too.
It is EASY for us to drop Star*ucks (their product has no taste at all, and their prices are outrageious). But dropping JCP is really much more difficult (yes I know there are other places that sell drapes and clothing, and we will go there, but when you have been "raised" by your parents and grandparents to patronize a store, it is a bit harder to move along to other merchants)
The remain liquid because of their properties and they've extended their credit line . ..but they cannot continue as is for much longer.
I don't see bankruptcy ahead at all....and I work there. If it continues to slide there are varying options they can resort to...one of which Johnson will be booted....IMO should have been awhile back.
But the problem is the customers are not buying the changes....they've lost their base customers and have yet to attract the younger customers.....this was expected but certainly not to the degree that's playing out.
No more jcp for me. It was the one place I could easily find clothes to fit as I am short. Loved the prices and the quality... loved St. John's Bay and it always seemed like a good middle class family store. Now with the gay agenda, "shops" and the cheesy store brand who can even tell who they are. The store in my neck of the woods is empty. I head to Belks now and find everything I want plus amazing sales! Without the agenda. Who the heck needs politics when all you want is a good day shopping!
CNBC has not had one peep about Degenerate causing the collapse of JCP. They blame everything else BUT bad decisions.
Those experts do not see the current ceo lasting the year. The board is in full omg omg omg omg alert.
Hard for employees right now...moral is so very low..even with management.
The deciding factor ahead will be how the opening of the Home Departments go.....and this rests on how the Martha Stewart lawsuit pans out.
Unfortunately some vendors have pulled out who were going to be part of the new changes....it's pretty much a risk for most now.
I am so sorry for the employees... and I do apologize to all of you. I'm afraid I vented my displeasure to a saleswoman too. I guess she was just a face to face target. It is upsetting to all of us who loved the store. Sad to see.
There's also been inside trading going on.....it's rating is in "Hold" but some are now encouraging "sell" in the stock arena.
As for Degenerate...well I can say there was certainly an uproar where I work....customers were livid. But when they issued the catalog that pretty much caused a grand exodus......however, the new products are not going over either for those who remain customers. Much of which the focus is on young folk.
Then JC Penny will follow K-Mart into oblivion.
My gosh...I've had customers throw their garmets at me...yell at me...argue when you're tryiing to help them....it's been truly awful. Even when you agree with them, the anger is so overwhelming for them.
So when I say they are truly angry....I mean just that, and many more than people realize. Nothing said can deter it....I think i've tried pretty much everything, including saying nothing at all.
Might be.... But they do have more options than K-Mart had....in fact Sears is the one that went down...K-Mart bought Sears...just so you know. Which really shocked many!
They have a ways to go yet before they go completely down......understanding that already there is the option to sell and or lease selling areas, which some companies are interested in doing....time will tell.
Do the employees report these incidences to management? I would think they'd want to know what the customers are saying.
I feel bad for you guys.
love Kohls--i don't care who their spokesperson is... recently i have had good experiences shopping at JCP... prices are very good... but i agree--it seems very generic... Sears is awful... i have never liked Sears... even when i was growing up in the 70s, my family never shopped at Sears... everything in that stores looks cheap... the only reason we would go to Sears back in the day was to buy candy or popcorn... or an ICEE... remember when Sears sold candy? so did Montgomery Ward... another store we didn't shop at...
The issue was never whether DeGeneres is a lesbian, it was that she is an obnoxious, obscene, aggressive and deliberately offensive lesbian activist making verbal war on a large proportion of JC Penneys' customer base. Countering that by bleating "Well, you're just a homophobe if you don't shop here" isn't going to pay the rent. As is now obvious.
Oh my yes. But management too is overwhelmed with the complaints...there is nothing they can do but report to those above them..and they do. Unfortunately I think the guy at the top has closed ears ...he's on a mission he intends to carry out regardless.
I think ive tried pretty much everything, including saying nothing at all.
You would not be the only JCP employee to have that issue- it does not do any good to lash out at the employee, but unfortunately that is what people do. I try to kill the message, not the messenger.
That's terrible for you and not at all fair. It's too bad there isn't somewhere customers can voice concerns and actually have those get to the people who should see what's going on! I've even closed my charge account, but I know no one hears what I have to say. You are the face of the store and unfortunately the only connection.
It's pretty widespread for most employees....it does wear you down and you have no enthusiasm for going into work....you are on the defensive because the complaints continue and you never know when the next ones going to "hit".
I liked her a lot when she was a professional comedian who happened to be a lesbian. I don't like since she's become a professional lesbian who happens to work as a comedian.
Well they are surely listening now, problem is it's too late...the store really cannot undo the changes ...they have to go forward. They can hike the prices, as they're doing, and offer coupons again....but it's the product line and whole manner of changes that are affecting customers.
You cannot cash out a customer on an I-pod and when done tell them they have to go to a register anyway , because they're paying in cash. You've just taken their time all over again. Same if they want a hard copy receipt...they have to go to a register to get it.
The board is already looking for Johnson's replacement. They are looking for a real turnaround person which means more cuts, but a different approach to marketing and merchandising. Bad news is bankruptcy filing is likely early next year unless there is a Christmas Miracle.
Who's going to want the challege if Johnson's out?....
And I cannot see how many more employees they can cut....I've watched part-time hours go to 4 and 8 hrs for the entire week for some. Not to mention the staff is already a skeleton.
You have to look closer than Christmas, in this respect. Vendors prepare ahead for the season..and are now lining up their wares for the store buyers...many are very timid now concerning the state of affairs, and some have pulled out already...( The coffee company earmarked for the stores backed out a week or so ago).....there's allot of work to do even in sustaining the status quo, let alone another taking over....which could in itself crash the business altogether.
IMO Johnson has them over a barrel....danged if they do or don't keep him.
Right now, Johnson isn't calling the shots any more. The board is. The Christmas situation is really tough for the vendors. They're the ones that are going to get screwed bigtime in bankruptcy. As well as the stockholders, of course.
I stopped buying there too. Maybe their business can operate with purchases from 3 % of the buying public but from a business decision standpoint it was a very stupid thing to do.
But I have not seen any changes in the general direction they are taking the stores.....regardless of who is calling the shots or not. It's still all systems go to change the face and workings of the company.
Right and shouldn't these highly paid genius executives who make hideous amounts of money know better? You and I do....
Thanks. It's good to hear from someone who sees these effects firsthand.
I also once worked at Penney part-time many years age to supplement my income. Yes, it was nearly all families who shopped there over a decade ago. And family-type people worked there as well. You felt you were safe when shopping there.
I haven't darkened their door for over a year now. Not sure what type of people work there now, but the last time I was in, it seemed to be nothing but unkempt kids with body piercings, tattoos, and baggy pants, slouching through the store, unable to answer my questions.
It's changing there pretty much every day. We'll be going to required apparel for employees in the near future. This way the puplic will be able to tell who the employees are.
News organizations revealed today new Jewelery lines coming in this month.... none of us knew about this...we have to find out what's what the same as the public! So there's no way we can share with the public what to expect....
BTW when you mention the board making decisions now...better to narrow that down to 'one' individual who owns the highest number of stocks in the company.....same one responsible for bringing in 'Johnson' in the first place.
He tried to get on Target's Board and was not accepted or they'd probably be singing the same song as Penney's.
Not to forget also, that Johnson was 25yrs. with Target BEFORE he went to Apple or came to Penney's thereafter.
As I see it ..between that guy and Johnson they have a straight-jacket on the board....
Actually, Bill Ackman isn't calling the shots as a board member any more. He's lost his cred about Johnson and he's being tarred by the other board members and institutional investors for Johnson's failure. His allies are running away from him now. His enemies are buying JCP debt.
Of course Johnson failed...he didn't know what he was doing in the first place...Penney's isn't Apple...nor is it Target, though we at the store thought he was trying to make us look like Target...too many similarities....But I do think Ackman was the heavy weight for a time, if he isn't now.
What can they do at this point? ....Penney's changed so much they can't go back...and most of the merchandise coming in is "Vogue" style.....or junk...or both....The area we're at is a small country city and the products just aren't attracting the people here who want a more conservative style.... ah hum...or the tramp style. Neither of which they know how to dress their body size.
I came from the High Fashion Industry...trust me this is not going to fly here....but who knows at this point...either way they are staying with the agenda I see.
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I feel like not having a jungler is just giving up way too much map/objective control. And there are enough Bruisers that can handle 2v1.
So you suggest giving opponent more buffs by 2 top, and maybe (certainly) have their solotop have easy farming due to duo top constantly pushing lane.That Soraka jungler idea earlier today seemed better.
Based on the majority of these posts, again, I don't expect much from gamefaqs.The idea is that thresh gains ap and armor by 'supporting' top. The change in meta comes from the 'obvious' 2v1 that is now on top. You shut down their bruiser, and most likely will get tower or a few kills very quickly. You can accomplish this without setting thresh back much at all. Is this more advantageous to having a jungler? Maybe. Thats the point of discussion here. Yes, it requires some thought on your end, some inference...but that should come automatically if you've graduated middle school.
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I just setup WordPress with one of my other domains, http://www.rootedup.net. I am hosting it as an Add-On domain to my account that was created for http://www.rootedup.com and have spent the afternoon uploading wordpress-2.8.6, wp-easy-uploader, and eshop zip files to the correct folders in cPanel File Manager (probably T.M.I, but hopefully gives you an idea of where I am at, and what I know).
I created a new post and assigned all the correct fields to create a downloadable file for $10. When I view the page I can click on the poast title and am then able to add the file to my cart and proceed to checkout.
My problem is that when I click on the Products Page I don't see this item listed there...?
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Hi, as some others have posted, it's not clear how DB-Toolkit looks in the front end (or even if it does have a front end presentation or if it's just a back end tool). Also I haven't been able to find examples of how you implement it in the front end.
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This week on Inside Washington: Mitt Romney's not-so-excellent London adventure. "You didn't build that," revisited.
President Obama's back-pedaling ad on American business.
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I am new to WP and have chosen the Twenty Ten theme, as it looked the most basic and there seems to be a lot written on it, but I have got stuck before I have even started really, and I have lots of question for anyone kind enough to help!
Is it possible to change the colour of the text in the website title?
And the colour of the text in the page title?
They are both black which I find too dark.
Also, can I change the heavy black background to the page menu?
I was presuming that all these things were customisable. If they aren't, can anyone recommend a basic theme where I can customise all the colours used?
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I cannot even begin to describe what the past few days have been like for me. There are so many ways I could talk about this. I'm still not sure how or even if I want to yet. But, I feel compelled to say something. It is too historic not to.
Imagine being in the world and being able to appreciate and understand what was going on when George Washington was elected first president of the U.S. Or slavery ended. Or when Brown v. Board of Education was handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Or the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Or when women were finally given the right to vote.
Except for the Brown decision and the Civil Rights Act, you see how few and notable (what an understatement!) and far between these things are.
Come to think of it, I could add to that list, or when the first black president was elected.
There are some things that when they happen, you just know they are historic and that it is going to create a sea-change. Friday June 26, 2015 was such a day for me.
And I am blessed to have been living at a time when many, many things have happened that have profoundly changed history in some way, shape or form. Some come creeping in. Some come in with a bang, but you don't know the significance of them at the time. And some…well…you just know when it's happening that it's one for the books.
When personal computers first came in, especially portable ones (hah! Portable?! In 1982 my Osborne weighed at least 30 pounds!), I knew they would be big. But, I was the only one I knew who both had one and thought so. I work in a male-dominated field and when I lugged my portable computer into the office, everyone gathered around my door. No one could imagine what I would ever want with a computer. But, I did. I dreamed of ditching the infernal drudgery of having to write an article by hand, give it to a secretary, complete with incessant interlineations and time lags, getting it back in typed form, physically cutting and pasting my changes as I read over it, giving it back for re-typing, then proofreading the typed version, making more cut and paste changes, and doing so ad nauseum. I immediately saw the value of being able to type my paper, electronically cutting and pasting as I went.
For my male colleagues, typing was women's work since all secretaries were women, so they could not imagine a time when a computer would be of any value to them. I remember laughing to myself as computers became more and more popular and replaced typewriters, males sitting at their desks pecking away at a foreign keyboard. Since I was female (and thus presumed to one day be making a living as a secretary or clerical), at 15, I had typing in my high school curriculum—a factor for which I will be forever grateful. It was especially helpful in law school. ;-) But, when personal computers that we cannot now imagine life without first showed up, no one had a clue that they would one day be omnipresent. My male colleagues had no idea that they were looking at history as they crowded around my door. To them, it was just Dawn being the outlier she was regularly perceived to be.
Hah! I got the last laugh on that one, fellas! ;-)
I can also remember the first time I saw a laptop. I absolutely could not believe it would do what the store clerk told me it would do. By then I had moved on to a desktop with a larger screen. There was no way that entire desktop could be contained in this little thing I was looking at. The store clerk laughed at my reaction and actually allowed me to take it home over the weekend so that I could see it for myself and believe him. Enthralled that he was indeed telling the truth, I came back on Monday and bought two—–one for me and one for my partner. I had no idea that they would one day pretty much replace PCs. Again, history had crept in.
I've always loved electronics, so my kids were also the first ones to have these cute little things I found that turned out to be early versions of MP3 players. Awesome. Who knew we would one day all be carrying iPhones that would contain all of our favorite music in their version of MP3s? Or before that, a WalkMan? Or before that, a cassette player?
Having a man on the moon was one of those things that came in with a bang, and it was historic and interesting, and you knew it would change things in some way, but I didn't perceive it as having any personal impact on my life.
Watching the election returns in 2008 and realizing around 11 p.m. that our next president would be black was a day you knew you lived history, but you weren't quite sure what it would mean other than he had gotten elected. But, in the days to come, it was clear that even the folks who hadn't voted for him or weren't sure of what his presidency would be like appreciated that history had surely been made when we lived in a country that could go from slavery to a black president in 143 years.
Attending the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 as a 12-year-old was hugely historic, and you could say it went on with a bang, but I don't think anyone there thought it would have the kind of lasting historical impact that it did. Nowadays when I mention to my students that I was there, it is as if something magic just happened. Like they saw Abraham Lincoln, or something. Even though it was big, we had no idea at the time that it would be the historic occasion it turned out to be.
But, Friday June 26, 2015? The day LOVE WON at the U.S. Supreme Court? The day my first black president sang "Amazing Grace" and told white America that racism didn't have to be big, but could be deciding to call back Johnny for that interview rather than Jamal as he delivered the eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney who was killed on June 17 when a 21-year-old white man who had sat in Bible Study with black Mother Emmanuel AME Church members for an hour opened fire and killed 9 church members because he said he wanted to start a race war? That was one for the books. That was one you knew right then and there would make history. You knew that was a turning point for society. It is now Sunday and I am still processing it all.
It was a great day.
It was a great day to be alive. It was a great day to be an American. It was a great day to be black.
My epitaph, whether it is on a slab of marble or simply in the minds of those who knew me, will most assuredly say, "It's ALL about LOVE…" I have one tattoo on my body. In the middle of my chest I have a Maori-styled heart that I got in Maui. Actually, after Friday, I'm thinking of getting another that says "Love wins." For me, life is all about Love. Notice I capitalize it.
I am talking about universal love, not just romantic love. I'm talking about the way you go through the world and conduct each and every interaction you have. You do it with the knowledge that we are all human and we matter, even in the smallest ways. I'm talking about caring enough about others that you give them a smile rather than a frown, even if you don't know them. I'm talking about Love that takes you through the world choosing to believe the best rather than assuming the worst, but being prepared for it to be otherwise. I'm talking about Love that makes it so that just today I spoke with each of my two former husbands and my former female partner (couldn't get married then) and each of them was a warm, wonderful conversation, even tho our romantic relationships ended 35, 9 and 22 years ago, respectively. I mean a Love that lets me view people as spiritual creatures whose spirit matters most, rather than physical creatures whose hair, clothing or car I focus on. I have lived that truth all of my life and tried to get the message across by example.
In the end, it is Love that rules. Regardless of wars. Regardless of politics. Regardless of differences. In the end, it's truly ALL about Love.
In its Obergefell v. Hodges ruling the Supreme Court of the United States realized this too.
As a lawyer, I am totally comfortable with its reasoning. I have the ability to be able to separate myself from what I want, and if the reasoning was not sound, then even though I might like the outcome, I would not be OK with it. But, it is. You will hear people say otherwise, but it is a legally sound decision. That matters to me a great deal. We live in a democracy. We all have to take turns winning and losing. I don't like the idea of running roughshod over others to get where I want to go. This was not that. This was legally sound and imminently reasoned and reasonable.
And as someone whose longest relationship was with someone of the same gender and we raised three daughters together, for me the outcome was a good one. Especially when, upon hearing about the Supreme Court's decision one daughter texted "Whooo Hoooo!!". The second, "Holy f*** shit!!!!!" with emoticons of hearts, kisses and all variations of couples. And the third, "It must be so wonderful to see of your hard work pay off. Knowing you have come so far and no longer have to hide….how wonderful. F*** the closet. Now that's where we can put the haters."
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DALLAS (AP) - A Dallas woman who tried to drown her two young daughters after the girls pleaded for snacks was stopped by her 18-year-old son, who grabbed his drenched sisters and carried them from the apartment, police say.
INKSTER, Mich. (AP) - A Detroit-area woman, a member of a select group of the living to have been born in the 19th century, is celebrating a birthday on Friday.
CLEVELAND (AP) - The superintendent of the eastern Ohio district where two high school football players were found guilty of rape in a high-profile case last year wiped computer hard drives, erased emails and lied to investigators about his knowledge of the allegations against the boys, newly released court documents say.
NEW YORK (AP) - Visa and MasterCard are renewing a push to speed the adoption of microchips into U.S. credit and debit cards in the wake of recent high-profile data breaches, including this week's revelation that hackers stole consumer data from eBay's computer systems.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new antibiotic from Durata Therapeutics Inc. to treat adults with common skin infections often acquired in U.S. hospitals.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Reynolds American Inc. is expanding its Tobaccoville, North Carolina, manufacturing complex as it plans national distribution of its Vuse brand electronic cigarette this summer, the company said Friday.
WHITEWATER, Wis. (AP) - A University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor is suing a former graduate student who posted online comments and videos that the teacher considers defamatory.
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City prosecutors say a 75-year-old man beat his wife to death because she served him lentils for dinner instead of the goat he was craving.
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City is using a novel way to uncover cases of food poisoning - reading Yelp restaurant reviews.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police in southern Oregon held an unlikely suspect overnight: an adorable black bear cub.
HOUSTON (AP) - Hot and tired from a three-hour drive inside a trailer behind a pickup truck, the 600-pound English Charolais calf was content to lay on the grass behind a south Houston building while a team of technicians worked on its hind legs.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has decided how it will respond to a nationwide scarcity of lethal injection drugs for death-row inmates: with the electric chair.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A US Airways jetliner flew through a hailstorm on its descent into Philadelphia on Thursday landed with a cracked windshield, the airline said.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A Florida prosecutor apologized Thursday for social media posts that included him referring to drug addicts as "crack hoes" and suggesting that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's appointment was due to affirmative action.
DENVER (AP) - An appeals court on Thursday denied a request by a federal prisoner convicted of killing three people behind bars to be released from solitary confinement, where he has been held the past 30 years.
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Braving intense radiation, a NASA spacecraft reached Jupiter on Monday after a five-year voyage to begin exploring the king of the planets.
SAN JOSE (AP) - Keith David spent years flying around the globe on covert missions, making life-and-death decisions and overseeing multiple units unleashing airstrikes against insurgents ...
Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson sees a path to the White House. The former Republican governor of New Mexico can boast a running mate, former Massachusetts ...
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