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This is a list of self-published books known to have been launched or re-launched with the help of Aaron Shepard’s Aiming at Amazon within the first two years of its publication (ending 8/2008). The dates refer to their release through Lightning Source, regardless of earlier publication date. Links are to Amazon.com, an affiliate of this site.

If you have such a book of your own, you’re urged to submit it. Only one title per publisher, please. You must have used Lightning Source either to publish the book originally or to reissue it, and you must have done this after reading Aiming at Amazon. Please include the following info, preferably for a paperback edition: title, author, publisher, publication month and year, Lightning Source on-sale month and year (if later), and ISBN-10 (for linking to Amazon).

8/2008—When You Lose What You Can’t Live Without: Identity Death & Renewal in the Wake of Calamity, Stephen Rich Merriman, Four Rivers Press

7/2008—The Magi of Futurity, Judy Mezen, Radiance Unlimited

5/2008—Get Content. Get Customers. Newt Barrett and Joe Pulizzi, Voyager Media

5/2008—Sold Out, So What! How to Save Money at Concerts & Sporting Events with Tricks the Ticket Brokers and Scalpers Don’t Want You to Know, or The Secret Survival Guide for Live Music, Sports & Theater Lovers, Max Deale, Voyager Media

4/2008—How to Invest in Gold and Silver, Alan Dunwiddie, Ad Publishing

4/2008—Passport: A Novel, Christopher Blunt, Pelican Crossing Press

3/2008—Demystifying Spanish Grammar: Clarifying the Written Accents, Ser/Estar, Para/Por, Imperfect/Preterit, and the Dreaded Spanish Subjunctive, Brandon Simpson, Small Town Press

2/2008—Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World, Ken Beller and Heather Chase, LTS Press

1/2008—Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About Our Money System and How We Can Break Free, Ellen Hodgson Brown, Third Millennium Press

1/2008—Words to Inspire Writers: Writing-Related Quotations—on Writers, Writing, Words, Books, Literature, and Publishing—to Illustrate the Writing Process and to Motivate Authors, Gregory Victor Babic, F. C. Sach & Sons

1/2008—Francey, Martin Dubow, Rembrandt Publishing House

12/2007—Illustration 101: Streetwise Tactics for Surviving as a Freelance Illustrator, Max Scratchmann, Poison Pixie

12/2008—The Kid’s ROTH IRA Handbook: Securing Tax-Free Wealth From a Child’s First Paycheck, or Money Answers for Employed Children, Their Parents, the Self-Employed, and Entrepreneurs, Tracy Foote, TracyTrends

12/2007—The Horsepower Whisperer, Bob Blackman, Anarchadia Publishing

10/2007—An American Hedge Fund: How I Made $2 Million as a Stock Operator & Created a Hedge Fund, Timothy Sykes, BullShip Press

10/2007—Miami Mini-Dramas, Book I: Short Film Scripts for the Amateur Director, Juan del Cerro, ART-ETE

10/2007—Crafting the Travel Guidebook: How to Write, Publish & Sell Your Travel Book, Barbara Hudgins, Woodmont Press

10/2007—Escape 101: The Four Secrets to Taking a Sabbatical or Career Break Without Losing Your Money or Your Mind, Dan Clements and Tara Gignac, The Brain Ranch

10/2007—Provenance, Liz Chang, Book&Arts Press

10/2007—Limitless Living: A Guide to Unconventional Spiritual Exploration and Growth, Prentice Kinser III, Ancient Otter Publishing

9/2007—Book Marketing DeMystified: Enjoy Discovering the Optimal Way to Sell Your Self-Published Book, Bruce T. Batchelor, Agio Publishing

9/2007—Sustainable Ethanol: Biofuels, Biorefineries, Cellulosic Biomass, Flex-Fuel Vehicles, and Sustainable Farming for Energy Independence, Jeffrey Goettemoeller and Adrian Goettemoeller, Prairie Oak Publishing

9/2007—Surprisingly Simple: Independent Contractor, Sole Proprietor, and LLC Taxes Explained in 100 Pages or Less, Mike Piper, Piper Tax Group

9/2007—Fix ’em Up, Rent ’em Out: How to Start Your Own House Fix-up & Rental Business in Your Spare Time; or, Investing in Real Estate and Creating Wealth with Fixer-Upper Houses, Terry Sprouse, Planeta Books

9/2007—Backstage Iditarod, June Price, Sunhusky Productions

9/2007—Lost-Wax Casting: Old, New, and Inexpensive Methods, Fred R. Sias, Jr., Woodsmere Press (originally published 3/2006)

8/2007—Illusion of Luck (Greg Tenorly Mystery Series, Book 3), Robert Burton Robinson

6/2007—Getting Started with Latin: Beginning Latin for Homeschoolers and Self-Taught Students of Any Age, William E. Linney, Armfield Academic Press

5/2007—The Lupus Recovery Diet: A Natural Approach to Autoimmune Disease That Really Works, Jill Harrington, Harbor Point Publishing

5/2007—Republic: A Novel of America’s Future, Charles Sheehan-Miles, Cincinnatus Press

3/2007—Identity Cards: Government Control-Freak Paranoia and the Nightmare State, Barry Tighe, Can Write Will Write

2/2007—Plug Your Book! Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity through Social Networking, Steve Weber, Weber Books

2/2007—Adirondack Nightmare: A Spooky Tale in the North Country, Rebecca Leonard, Leonard Enterprises

1/2007—PeopleSavvy for Sales Professionals, Gregory Stebbins, Savvy Books

6/2006—Organic Disciplemaking: How to Promote Christian Leadership Development Through Personal Relationships, Biblical Discipleship, Mentoring, and Christian Community, Dennis McCallum and Jessica Lowery, Touch Publications

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