Review: Inspiring stories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2013
I can't believe how many people have used Amazon's tools to make their books and businesses a success.  It was heartwarming to hear about authors who'd spent years being rejected, trying to get past the gatekeepers that keep authors from their audience.  Truly the world is changing for the better when we all have the tools in our hands, to make our ideas available to the general public.  No more do we have to impress one person at a publishing house, who might or might not like our work.  It's now up to the public to decide with the readily available access to our dreams.With the overview given for several of these authors, I wanted to read each of their books myself.  Theresa Ragan spent 19 years being rejected until she self-published her book to became an overnight success. That's not to say that many other authors self-published and didn't sell millions(I did this myself, so I know), but it does give us all a fair shake at success.There's the story of Anji Cozart who started a business called the Art of Appreciation.  Amazon noticed her and asked if she'd like to try selling them online.  In no time, her sales doubled.  Now she employes 40 people.High School teacher Gigi Whiteside uses Kindles to help struggling readers, where they can listen to books on Kindles.  Gigi has never seen such a rise in reading scores in her 19 years of teaching.What Amazon has created with the ability to package products, and ship them for enterprising entrepreneurs, and authors who just ask for a chance at the public seeing their work, is nothing less than a miracle.  Amazon has taken away all of our excuses for our lack of success.  I can't tell you how inspiring short book is, how listening to the stories of real people makes me want to try again.  Thank you Jeff Bezos.