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Every month the 810 Club receives mail from its members. Many times questions are asked which Tom Read responds to personally. The volunteers suggested that they select some of the best questions and have Mr. Read share the answers with all listeners via this special web page. You are encouraged to Ask Tom Read by emailing your questions to 810club@810club.org. Names will not be used as we do not have permission to include them. Q WHY DO AUTHORS GIVE AWAY THEIR BOOKS? A. Many authors, some who have best selling books on the New York Times best seller list, are indeed giving away copies of their books on their radio programs. They charge a nominal fee for shipping and handling. How Can They Afford To Do This? Since local book stores are almost extinct, and downloaded books are heavily discounted, it is difficult to make money as an author today. So many authors develop a consulting service to assist readers in obtaining further information on the subject of their books. Generally, when they give you a free book, they also offer you a 30 day free trial to use their Internet consulting service. Some of these consulting, web based services are very worthwhile but they do cost money. If you do not specifically inform the author when you order your free book that you do not want to subscribe to their consulting service, they will automatically convert you to a fee basis at the end of the 30 day free trial. This approach is very common, especially in the computer software field. Many people find this convenient such that the consulting service continues automatically. Others, however, do not make good use of the consulting service and therefore should make it known that they do not want the consulting service continued on a fee basis after the free trial. Failure to do so will result in an automatic monthly charge on the credit card you used to pay the nominal postal and handling fee to receive your free book.
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Q IS KTW IN SPOKANE HEARD ON THE INTERNET? Not presently. However, KTW is the flagship station of the Liberty Broadcasting System (LBS) and LBS does stream the network live on the Internet as the ACN network does. But not all of the programs you hear on KTW are LBS programs and therefore are not heard on the LBS live streaming. Some programs on LBS are from KTW and are therefore heard on the LBS streaming as are some of the ACN programs. It has been suggested by numerous ACN listeners, in areas where they do not have reception of KTW, that LBS include more of the KTW programs on their Internet streaming. That is now a reality. Q My wife hates to use our credit card to make a purchase on line but most companies will not allow her to mail them a check. Any suggestions? In talking with a listener who is with a major bank, he shared that one option some people are doing is to obtain a new credit card and instruct the bank to assign a low dollar amount as the maximum that can be charged on the card. Then use that card only for on line purchases or where you must use a credit card for incidental expenses such as mailing and handling. Q Mr. Read wrote in a recent 810 Club Newsletter about his idea for a new "opt out" type of credit card. Could you provide an update? For the answer, please click on Next Page below. |
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