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Blog postEXPANDED DISTRIBUTION Amazon KDP now offers two Expanded Distribution channels. In addition to the usual Expanded Distribution channel for the US, they have added an Expanded Distribution channel for the UK.
Authors and publishers using Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing for paperbacks may now add the Expanded Distribution channel for the UK. Each title must be individually enrolled. To sign up for Expanded Distribution in the UK, find a book on your Bookshelf, and go to Page 3 of the -
Blog postCHANGES AT AUTHOR CENTRAL If you haven’t already done so, when you next visit Author Central, it will ask you to sign up (even if you are already signed up). This part should be easy. It found my previous information and quickly transferred it over. I checked my biography and author photos, which were the same (although I noticed a couple of duplicate photos and deleted the duplicates). At first, it seemed like my blog feeds were missing, but when I proceeded to add them, I saw that they wer
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Blog postAMS NOW AVAILABLE IN CANADA AND AUSTRALIA Amazon has made advertising in Canada (print or ebook) and Australia (ebook only) available at AMS via KDP. (Regions previously available include the USA, UK, and continental Europe).
Are you having trouble logging in and setting up an account either in Canada or Australia? If so, this solution may help you:
Don’t go to Reports > Ad Campaigns > Learn more > Canada (or Australia).
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Blog postHere you can find the answer key to Division Facts Practice Book by Chris McMullen, Ph.D. This practice workbook is part of the Improve Your Math Fluency series of workbooks. Most of the workbooks in this series contain the answers at the back of the book. However, the original editions of the basic facts books did not contain the answers. By request, I am adding the answer key for the Division Facts Practice Book to my blog. Here you will find just the answers (not the problems).
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HOW MUCH DID KINDLE UNLIMITED PAY PER PAGE? Following is a monthly breakdown. I’ll update this page monthly to add the latest amount when it becomes available. I won’t be making a new post every month as I have done in the past; I’ll just update this article once per month. Check around the 15th of each month to find the per-page rate for the previous month. For example, July’s per-page rate will be available around August 15.
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Blog postThe Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate for January, 2020 $0.004411 is the per-page rate for KENP read for Kindle Unlimited in January, 2020. It’s down from December’s rate of $0.004664, which was also down from November. It takes a dip around this time almost every year, probably an effect characteristic of the holidays. Fortunately, even after the dip, it’s still significantly above $0.004 per page.
The KDP Select Global Fund rose to a record high of $28.2 million for January, 2020. -
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Blog postThe December, 2019, Kindle Unlimited Per Page Rate The Kindle Unlimited per-page rate was 0.004664 in December, 2019. It’s down from December, perhaps from holiday Kindle sales, but close to what it had been in October.
The KDP Select Global Fund rose to a new high of $26.2 million for December, 2019.
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Chris McMullen Author of the Improve Your Math Fluency series of math workbooks and self-publishing guides
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Blog postAMAZON FOUR-STAR STORE I recently visited an Amazon 4-Star store. I had no idea what to expect, other than my assumption that every product in the store was rated 4 stars or above.
(My daughter asked why they didn’t have a 5-star store. I tried to explain that it would be virtually impossible, since if a product had 49 5-star reviews and one 4-star review, it would drop the average below 5 stars.)
The first thing I realized was that it wasn’t a bookstore. There were a few boo -
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Blog postThe Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate for November, 2019 In November, 2019, Amazon KDP paid $0.004925 (nearly $0.005) per page read for Kindle Unlimited.
This is up from October’s rate of $0.0047.
The rate is nice now (it seldom rises above $0.005). At the beginning of the year, the rate sometimes takes a quick dip, perhaps due to extra holiday reading or from the many Kindles that Amazon sells for the holidays. If it does dip in January, note that it usually picks back up fairl -
Blog postREAD TUESDAY The Read Tuesday website is now active again.
What is Read Tuesday? The idea is to help readers find books that are on sale.
It is starting small. Currently, there is one page for Romance novels. Additional pages for other genres may be coming soon.
The idea is simple. Authors or publishers may add a short comment to the Romance page on the Read Tuesday website to indicate that their romance novel is on sale. Please read the instructions at the top of the -
Blog postHAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Thank you for reading our blogs.
Thank you for reading our books.
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Thank you for telling your acquaintances about what you’re reading.
Thank you for recommending good books.
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May you have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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ESSENTIAL CALCULUS SKILLS You learn a lot during a calculus course.
How much of this is useful?
Of course, it depends on what you do after calculus.
For example, much of the material is needed in higher-level math courses.
But how about for physics, engineering, and other applications of calculus?
derivatives of polynomials and trig functions are absolutely essential. You need to practice these until you’re fluent. for integration, sometimes -
Blog postCHECKING YOUR ANSWERS: Many math books post the answers to selected questions in the back of the book. Most of my workbooks include the answers to every question in the back of the book.
A few students get a different form of the same answer, and mistakenly believe that the answer in the back of the book is wrong, when it’s really correct.
One common example occurs when the student gets a squareroot in the denominator, like:
The above answer isn’t in standard form. Mo -
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Blog postCONTENTS This article includes the following sections:
Ways to Challenge Advanced Students How to Make Challenging Algebra Problems A Couple of Sample Problems (from my latest book) 50 Challenging Algebra Problems – Fully Solved (my latest workbook) WAYS TO CHALLENGE ADVANCED STUDENTS Some students catch on quickly, while others struggle to understand.
So how can you engage and challenge the better problem-solvers without blowing the minds of the other students?
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ESSENTIAL FRACTION SKILLS Not everyone loves fractions, but fraction skills are important for a number of reasons.
It helps to be fluent with fraction skills when you take algebra, trigonometry, and calculus courses. When you solve for an unknown in algebra, the answer doesn’t always turn out to be a whole number. One reason that cross multiplication is difficult for many students is that the problems inherently involve fractions. In calculus -
Blog postPOWERS OF 10 What are powers of 10?
How do you multiply or divide powers of 10?
What are negative powers of 10?
What is 10 raised to the power of zero?
Compare positive and negative powers of 10. Note that the number of zeros is a little different with positive and negative powers of 10. See the chart below.
Examples:
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Blog postBlock Sliding Down an Inclined Plane Consider the block sliding down an inclined plane (with friction) illustrated below.
When we apply Newton’s second law to the box, we set the sum of the x-components of the forces equal to max and the sum of the y-components equal to may.
One of the forces is weight, which equals mg (mass times gravitational acceleration).
The x-component of mg has a sine function, whereas the y-component of mg has a cosine function:
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Blog postSources of Error in Physics This article will help you:
learn how to identify sources of error for a physics experiment describe common mistakes that students make in physics lab reports provide examples of how to describe sources of error What Are Sources of Error? In everyday English, the words “error” and “mistake” may seem similar.
However, in physics, these two words have very different meanings:
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Blog postUSING ALGEBRA IN ARITHMETIC It’s interesting that algebra can be useful in arithmetic.
Since arithmetic is a prerequsite to learning algebra, most algebra courses don’t focus on how to apply algebra to do arithmetic.
However, you can apply your algebra skills to arithmetic problems.
Following is an example.
Suppose that you would like to multiply 58 times 58, but don’t have a calculator (or cell phone) handy.
One way to do this, which is often taught i -
Blog postNUMBER PATTERN PUZZLE Here is an exercise in pattern recognition.
It’s not a linear pattern.
This is an array, so there is a slight geometric element to the pattern.
See if you can figure out the missing numbers in the above puzzle.
Study the four arrays.
See if you can recognize the pattern.
Once you identify the pattern, apply it to the fifth array.
Spoiler alert.
If you scroll down too far…
You will run into the answe -
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MATH PUZZLES Here is a math puzzle challenge.
Hint: Each of the 5 patterns below has something in common.
Directions: See if you can figure out which numbers go in the blanks.
1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22, _, _ 4, 6, 10, 14, 22, 26, 34, 38, _, _ 3, 7, 13, 19, 29, 37, _, _ 4, 9, 25, 49, 121, 169, 289, _, _ 5, 8, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 52, 60, 68, _, _ If you need help, you can find hints below.
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Blog postHOW TO FIND THE SLOPE OF A STRAIGHT LINE Slope is a measure that indicates how steep or shallow a straight line is:
A line with greater slope is steeper. A line with less slope is shallower. A horizontal line has zero slope. Slope can be positive or negative:
A line with positive slope slants upward. A line with negative slope slants downward. A line with zero slope is horizontal. The slope of a straight line equals rise over run.
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Books By Chris McMullen
Logarithms and Exponentials Essential Skills Practice Workbook with Answers (Improve Your Math Fluency)
Jul 26, 2020
$4.99
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Trigonometry Essentials Practice Workbook with Answers: Master Basic Trig Skills (Improve Your Math Fluency)
Jul 18, 2015
$4.99
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Paperback
How to Self-Publish a Book on Amazon.com: Writing, Editing, Designing, Publishing, and Marketing (Detailed Guide 3)
May 17, 2009
$2.99
Other Formats:
Paperback
300+ Mathematical Pattern Puzzles: Number Pattern Recognition & Reasoning (Improve Your Math Fluency)
Sep 13, 2015
$4.99
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Paperback
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