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...money yourself." King used every available middleman to publish this novella in e-book format. He used an agent, a publisher, e-book distributors and several online bookstores. He didn't publish or distribute the book himself, nor did he sell it himself through his own website. Maybe the middlemen cut themselves out profitwise to offer the e-novella for free, but they sure weren't cut out otherwise. JAMIE ENGLE eBook Connections, Inc. Garland, Texas...
...largest gourmet-coffee company, caved last Friday, agreeing to launch a line of Fair Trade-Certified beans. The politically correct coffee is grown on small farm cooperatives rather than large plantations. It sells for a minimum of $1.26 per lb.--which goes directly to the farmers rather than the middlemen, who often pay growers less than 50[cents] per lb. The increase means that the farmers, who hand-pluck their beans and carry them down the mountain in 100-lb. sacks, can afford to send their children to school. "Fair Trade gets the benefit back to the family farmer," says...
...creating a global market where everyone competes on an equal footing. One pet project is an effort to bring a Guatemalan village into the global economy by hooking it up to eBay. Consumers in the developed world could buy local handcrafts at lower prices, and eliminating layers of middlemen would allow villagers to keep more of the purchase price for themselves...
...Biologists today are talking of using cloning to bring the woolly mammoth and other extinct animals back to life. Maybe Democrats and Republicans would want to try something similar. After all, candidates are always trying to link themselves to great leaders of the past. Why not cut out the middlemen? Given the pace of scientific progress, plus sufficiently audacious party leaders, the presidential debates of 2044 could feature some pretty impressive lineups. Imagine Abraham Lincoln taking on F.D.R. Or J.F.K. going up against Thomas Jefferson. Or Millard Fillmore vs. Warren Harding...
...broke off talks when America's Most Wanted aired its segment. Says Hatfield: "Kathy's side thought that the show indicated bad faith" on the FBI's part. She also became skittish when L.A.P.D.. detective David Reyes, one of King's men, insisted on cutting out the middlemen and talking directly to Soliah...