
I called my mother to wish her a happy mother's day--swelling the revenues of AT&T. I don't know if this is still the case, but back when I worked for the FCC, mother's day was the biggest calling day of the year. Pretty good for a holiday basically manufactured by the greeting card business. My sisters were visiting my mother (I'm a bad child) and my sister Jane told me about her dancing addiction. Sounds serious--at least her kids think it is--they want her home more.
David Rothman, over at www.teleread.org/blog has posted my detailed explanation of my pricing policy (in response to the slam I talked about yesterday). I don't think anyone really knows whether they're setting the right price--you compare the competition, you analyze your costs, you think about elasticity (that's economics for how responsive customers are to changes in price), then you take a wild guess.
I had big plans for getting a lot of work done this weekend but that didn't happen. Tomorrow starts another week. I've got a lot to get done. I did replace the batteries in my Palm and load up a new book--which came in handy as Karen and I went for a walk (I read while she looks at birds).
I'm going to make THE CHICKEN RESCUE LEAGUE by Amy Eastlake the www.BooksForABuck.com book of the day. The second in my Texas Trailer Park Mystery series, Chicken Rescue finds trailer park manager Tina Anderson with another dead boyfriend--and this time her ex-husband is the lead suspect. As Tina investigates, she learns that her boyfriend had a secret life--could the Chicken Rescue League have taken extreme steps? Sassy and fun--only $3.99. Learn more, read the free excerpt, or buy the entire eNovel here: www.booksforabuck.com/mystery/mys_04/chicken_rescue.html. (Available in HTML, Adobe Acrobat PDF, Palm Reader/eReader and Microsoft Reader formats). Here's the cover (cover design by Karen Leabo):

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