Special Events

 

Special Events

 

Kids Book Club

Black Locust Hops Farm Brewery, 21305 Heathcote Rd, Freeland, MD

Sponsored by Night Owl Books, Hosted by local author Phyl Campbell

First Sunday of every month

 

March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4, July 2, Aug 6, Sept 3, Oct 8, Nov 5, Dec 3

Different books shared each month!

 

Best for ages 4-14, all ages welcome

Kids will hear 2-3 books by local author Phyl Campbell. There will be an art project and possibly a game (created by Campbell). FREE event. No reservations required. Drop in & enjoy!

 

 

 

KIDS MAKE-A-BOOK Club

Blissful Bonita Art Studio and Gallery, 1047 E Market St, York, PA

Best for ages 6-12, all ages welcome

 

Thursdays 4-6PM

 

Participants will make a 6–8-page book from a single sheet of paper. Advanced groups can work on projects with larger word/page counts. First session free. Then $10/session. Reservations required due to limited space. Contact PHYLN@hotmail.com or 479.283.7114

 

 

 

Valentine’s Day Event for Adults

Night Owl Books and Collectibles, 12 N. Second Street New Freedom, PA 17349

 

Sunday 2/14 2PM

 

Local Author Phyl Campbell will perform a reading from her anti-romantic comedy, #25 Reasons (Why Charlie Should Never Read Jane’s Books to Jane), lead a Q&A, and sign copies of her book, which will be available for purchase. Drop ins welcome!

 

Free event. Book purchase encouraged.

 

 

 

Does your group need a special event? Contact Phyl Campbell for special appearance or workshop pricing. PHYLN@hotmail.com or 479.283.7114

 

 

Check out books by Phyl Campbell www.phylcampbell.com/store.html

KDP -- the Saga Continues

What's that Blues Traveler song?

The latest from KDP is that they're still refusing to take responsibility for blocking my Health Journal series. They expect me to take down and resubmit the paperbacks -- that are currently LIVE -- to get rid of the attached ebooks that they don't want me to have. Yet I, as a platform user, am not allowed to delete things I have submiitted for publication, so even if I followed the steps they advise, the items blocking my series would still be there. Plus, then I would have duplicate listings for the same print books. There must be a fix on their end -- because there isn't on mine without violating the T&C of the platform, which is what I feel they're asking me to do.

Then, they were kind enough to threaten to suspend or cancel my account, and then thanked me for publishing with them.

Can you tell I'm a bit frustrated? Because I am. I have published and unpublished nearly 100 books with the KDP platform. My time in publishing is longer than theirs, as I worked with CreateSpace before them and Lulu during the transition. If KDP were not a necessary aspect to publishing books on Amazon, as evidenced by the many struggles others are having with IS, D2D, and other platforms that feed into Amazon via a 3rd party, I would go back to Lulu. But Amazon, like WalMart to this native Arkansan, has become a necessary nuisance.

This is not capitalism. This is gatekeeping at a level that KDP's predecessor CreateSpace specifically claimed to be against. Perhaps CreateSpace made too many opportunities for small fish to have a chance in a big pond. Perhaps that is why KDP killed it. I know other authors are being pirated and losing their accounts -- I am relieved to not be having that problem. But then other low content book creators are able to make mortgage payments solely off passive income streams -- with the one star reviews to show for it. I'm not jealous of them. I just want an equitable chance to list my products and make them easy for customers to find.

Until then, here are the products that may be found and purchased on Amazon. The 8x10 versions are $14.90 and the 6x9 versions are $12.90. The Yin Yang cat version is still available as ebook for those who have their own blank books to fill in. Clicking on the picture should take you to the corresponding Amazon page.