LIveJournal stole my Referral Fees... Do you think it will do something to replace them?

All right, thank to the tip found on this LJ

http://caffeinepuppy.livejournal.com/214632.html

or maybe thank to something LJ did overnight, the out links to Amazon pages are now working. But I'm not satisfied! LJ has still not replied to my support request if not with lame excuses, and to give you an idea, in December my Referrals fees were 35 dollars, in January 36 and in February 6! So, more or less, LJ stole 30 dollars from me. They could at least give me 2 years of paid account, or something similar, at least they could answer me!

The only answer I had from them is:

"This problem can be caused by the presence of malware, such as adware or spyware, on your computer and you may wish to perform a scan of your computer to make sure your computer is not infected. Information on what malware is and how to remove it can be found at [http://community.livejournal.com/howto/31316.html]."

Yeah, sure!

Instead the last reply from Amazon was:

"Our technical specialists have investigated the problem with your links, and have determined that it is due to something on the Live Journal system. We suggest that you contact Live Journal to see if there has been a change in their policies for affiliate marketing links."

So Amazon did answer me, and probably they even spent time in investigating, and I'm not paying them! I instead have a paid account with LiveJournal, and they are still not answering me.

I don't know if you can see the request, but this is the link:

http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=1046745

I have no problem to share it, I'm still laughing at the spyware answer

BTW my post on this issue is dated February 22: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/964023.html, but LJ did nothing to help me. Only tonight, after people started to repost about it, something happened. I don't really like the attitude that, if the problem is not public, LJ will do nothing...

ETA: from what I read, I noticed the problem with Amazon, but that happened with ALL referral fees from 150 website (included, i.e. ebay), and all the referrals fees went to the same Associate ID... I would really like to know the name of the owner of that ID. Yesterday night LJ removed the code, and today I found two referral fees on my Amazon account, that was more or less usual before the code. So LJ for more or less a month stole my referral fees, and so it did for all LJ users with an Associate ID from a variety of website.

LIveJournal stole my Referral Fees... Do you think it will do something to replace them?

All right, thank to the tip found on this LJ

http://caffeinepuppy.livejournal.com/214632.html

or maybe thank to something LJ did overnight, the out links to Amazon pages are now working. But I'm not satisfied! LJ has still not replied to my support request if not with lame excuses, and to give you an idea, in December my Referrals fees were 35 dollars, in January 36 and in February 6! So, more or less, LJ stole 30 dollars from me. They could at least give me 2 years of paid account, or something similar, at least they could answer me!

The only answer I had from them is:

"This problem can be caused by the presence of malware, such as adware or spyware, on your computer and you may wish to perform a scan of your computer to make sure your computer is not infected. Information on what malware is and how to remove it can be found at [http://community.livejournal.com/howto/31316.html]."

Yeah, sure!

Instead the last reply from Amazon was:

"Our technical specialists have investigated the problem with your links, and have determined that it is due to something on the Live Journal system. We suggest that you contact Live Journal to see if there has been a change in their policies for affiliate marketing links."

So Amazon did answer me, and probably they even spent time in investigating, and I'm not paying them! I instead have a paid account with LiveJournal, and they are still not answering me.

I don't know if you can see the request, but this is the link:

http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=1046745

I have no problem to share it, I'm still laughing at the spyware answer

BTW my post on this issue is dated February 22: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/964023.html, but LJ did nothing to help me. Only tonight, after people started to repost about it, something happened. I don't really like the attitude that, if the problem is not public, LJ will do nothing...

ETA: from what I read, I noticed the problem with Amazon, but that happened with ALL referral fees from 150 website (included, i.e. ebay), and all the referrals fees went to the same Associate ID... I would really like to know the name of the owner of that ID. Yesterday night LJ removed the code, and today I found two referral fees on my Amazon account, that was more or less usual before the code. So LJ for more or less a month stole my referral fees, and so it did for all LJ users with an Associate ID from a variety of website.

The Inside Reader: Ava March

Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends - Silas Weir Mitchell

For the old romance lovers like me, Ava March is a dream comes true: she writes Regency romance with all male characters, she writes the Breeches Rippers! Sorry if I sound a bit over enthusiastic, but it's really good to have your teenager passions match with your more old self, and so, a new book by Ava March is a new book on my reading list. If you are like me, I bet you will love Ava March's Inside Reader List!

My top ten list of favorite GBLT books reflects the fact that I’m a huge fan of romances. I read for pure escapist pleasure and love nothing more than to be swept away into the characters created by the authors. As such, my list of favorite GBLT books is weighed heavily toward m/m romances. These are my go-to books. The ones I could read ten times and still not tire of them (some of which I have read almost ten times). And I think the list makes it obvious I have a decided preference for sex and angst in my romances. In my opinion, the happily-ever-after is so much sweeter when the characters have to really work for it and overcome formidable obstacles.

I should add the list is in alphabetical order by title. I couldn’t possibly rank them in order - they’d all be tied for the number one spot.

1) As You Are by Ethan Day. This book is one of my more recent reads. It’s a best friends turned lovers story (one of my favorite themes) with an unrequited love element (again, a personal favorite), and it was Julian Hallowell’s character that made me fall in love with the book. Sometimes he’s a bit dramatic, sometimes a bit too self-absorbed to see beyond himself, but he’s so distinctly his own person that as a reader, I couldn’t help but be charmed by him. I eagerly followed his story as he decided to give up his efforts to make his commitment phobic roommate Danny Wallace fall in love with him and to move on with his life, only for Danny and Julian to eventually realize they can only find true happiness with each other.

Publisher: Loose Id LLC (September 29, 2009)
Publisher Link: http://www.loose-id.com/As-You-Are.aspx
ISBN-13: 978-1-60737-440-4
Amazon: As You Are

Operation Danny…that’s all bartender and recent college graduate, Julian Hallowell has had on his mind the past year. Julian may have no idea what he wants to do with his life, but he definitely knows he‘s in love with the boy next door: the next door down the hall to be exact, housing his roommate and used textbook store owner Danny Wallace. While Julian has done his level best to make Danny fall for him, all his hard work has been in vain. Danny doesn’t seem to view Julian as anything other than a roommate and friend. So when new guy in town Andy Baker asks him out on a date, Julian can’t think of a good reason to say no. Instead, he institutes a Reverse Operation Danny plan, which he’s positive will purge all thoughts of love and lust for his roomie out of his head. He’s ready to move on and start looking for his next Mr. Right, and Andy just might fit the bill. But has he given up too soon?

2) At Long Last by Shawn Lane. Again, another book with a strong unrequited love theme. I just can’t seem to help myself - I’m a complete sucker for them. The story is about Preston Reynolds, a divorced lawyer, who has convinced himself he was straight his entire life until his co-worker’s little brother, Scott Trask, returns to work at the law firm. Those feeling he tried to tamp down years ago return, but much stronger this time because now Preston is no longer married. Preston’s struggles to accept his sexuality felt so very real, and my heart went out to Scotty who refused to be the dirty little secret of the man he has loved for years.

Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (March 25, 2009)
Publisher Link: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/AtLongLast.html
ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-449-5
Amazon: Lawyers In Love

When his best friend's younger brother gets a job at their law firm, Preston Reynolds begins to feel the same overwhelming attraction he felt for Scott Trask years earlier. But he couldn't be sexually attracted to the young gay man. Preston isn't gay. Scott has been in love with Preston for years, but the man is straight, and he was married. And now that Preston is divorced, that doesn’t mean he is any more available. The more Preston tries to ignore his attraction, however, the more he thinks about it. Finding himself alone at the office one night with Scott, he finally surrenders to his urges. Afterward, Scott wants to talk about what happened, but Preston doesn’t want to analyze it, still certain he couldn’t prefer men. When Preston suggests to the openly gay man that they keep things between them secret, however, the situation comes to a head. Both men are forced to make difficult decisions, but will their choices tear them apart forever? NOTE: Don't miss the sequel, Until The End Of Time!

( books from 3 to 10 )

So there you have it, my list of favorite GBLT books. You may have noticed something’s missing from the list - historicals. I write Regency-set historical romances and they are the only type of books I can write. Trust me, I tried to do a contemporary once - complete fail. I do read and enjoy historical GBLT books, and I read m/f Regency and Victorian romances for years and still do (my all time favorite of favorite book remains Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen), but for whatever reason contemporaries dominate my list of go-to m/m books. These ten books were the ones that stuck with me long after I read ‘the end’, the books I go back to time and time again when I want to be completely swept up in a story.

About Ava March: Ava March is a multi-published author of regency-set m/m historical erotic romances. She loves writing in the regency time period, where proper decorum is of the utmost importance, but where anything can happen behind closed doors. She has a daughter and is married to a wonderful man who doesn’t mind in the slightest that she spends her evenings writing naughty books.

She is published with Loose Id, LLC and Samhain Publishing. Her titles include BOUND BY DECEPTION, BOUND TO HIM, CONVINCING ARTHUR and OBJECT OF HIS DESIRE.

Author website: www.AvaMarch.com

Author blog: www.AvaMarch.blogspot.com

Newest release: FROM AFAR, available February 23, 2010 from Samhain Publishing: http://samhainpublishing.com/authors/ava-march

From Afar by Ava March
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Publisher Link: http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/from-afar 
ISBN-13: 978-1-60504-896-3
Amazon Kindle: From Afar

Some rules are destined to be broken.

Loneliness. A concept with which Raphael Laurent is very familiar. He’s lived a solitary life for thirty-six years, shunning the excesses of the local vampire clan—until he spots Lord Aleric Vane, the handsome and dissolute third son of a duke. For three years Raphael has watched from a distance, for only when he is near Aleric does the hollow, empty ache in his chest ease.

Cut off from his family for refusing to follow his father’s dictates, Aleric’s nights are filled with vice. But after three years in London, the city has lost all appeal. Desolate and penniless, his future appears bleak. Until a mysterious man drops from the shadows to drive off a trio of murderous thieves.

When Aleric awakens, he finds himself forever changed. The itch for more that drove him to London is gone. In its place is the feeling that he’s known the beautiful Raphael all his life.

But to save Aleric, Raphael had to break the rules, giving him a chance to love the one man he never thought he could have—a chance that could be ripped away by Aleric himself…

The Inside Reader: Ava March

Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends - Silas Weir Mitchell

For the old romance lovers like me, Ava March is a dream comes true: she writes Regency romance with all male characters, she writes the Breeches Rippers! Sorry if I sound a bit over enthusiastic, but it's really good to have your teenager passions match with your more old self, and so, a new book by Ava March is a new book on my reading list. If you are like me, I bet you will love Ava March's Inside Reader List!

My top ten list of favorite GBLT books reflects the fact that I’m a huge fan of romances. I read for pure escapist pleasure and love nothing more than to be swept away into the characters created by the authors. As such, my list of favorite GBLT books is weighed heavily toward m/m romances. These are my go-to books. The ones I could read ten times and still not tire of them (some of which I have read almost ten times). And I think the list makes it obvious I have a decided preference for sex and angst in my romances. In my opinion, the happily-ever-after is so much sweeter when the characters have to really work for it and overcome formidable obstacles.

I should add the list is in alphabetical order by title. I couldn’t possibly rank them in order - they’d all be tied for the number one spot.

1) As You Are by Ethan Day. This book is one of my more recent reads. It’s a best friends turned lovers story (one of my favorite themes) with an unrequited love element (again, a personal favorite), and it was Julian Hallowell’s character that made me fall in love with the book. Sometimes he’s a bit dramatic, sometimes a bit too self-absorbed to see beyond himself, but he’s so distinctly his own person that as a reader, I couldn’t help but be charmed by him. I eagerly followed his story as he decided to give up his efforts to make his commitment phobic roommate Danny Wallace fall in love with him and to move on with his life, only for Danny and Julian to eventually realize they can only find true happiness with each other.

Publisher: Loose Id LLC (September 29, 2009)
Publisher Link: http://www.loose-id.com/As-You-Are.aspx
ISBN-13: 978-1-60737-440-4
Amazon: As You Are

Operation Danny…that’s all bartender and recent college graduate, Julian Hallowell has had on his mind the past year. Julian may have no idea what he wants to do with his life, but he definitely knows he‘s in love with the boy next door: the next door down the hall to be exact, housing his roommate and used textbook store owner Danny Wallace. While Julian has done his level best to make Danny fall for him, all his hard work has been in vain. Danny doesn’t seem to view Julian as anything other than a roommate and friend. So when new guy in town Andy Baker asks him out on a date, Julian can’t think of a good reason to say no. Instead, he institutes a Reverse Operation Danny plan, which he’s positive will purge all thoughts of love and lust for his roomie out of his head. He’s ready to move on and start looking for his next Mr. Right, and Andy just might fit the bill. But has he given up too soon?

2) At Long Last by Shawn Lane. Again, another book with a strong unrequited love theme. I just can’t seem to help myself - I’m a complete sucker for them. The story is about Preston Reynolds, a divorced lawyer, who has convinced himself he was straight his entire life until his co-worker’s little brother, Scott Trask, returns to work at the law firm. Those feeling he tried to tamp down years ago return, but much stronger this time because now Preston is no longer married. Preston’s struggles to accept his sexuality felt so very real, and my heart went out to Scotty who refused to be the dirty little secret of the man he has loved for years.

Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (March 25, 2009)
Publisher Link: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/AtLongLast.html
ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-449-5
Amazon: Lawyers In Love

When his best friend's younger brother gets a job at their law firm, Preston Reynolds begins to feel the same overwhelming attraction he felt for Scott Trask years earlier. But he couldn't be sexually attracted to the young gay man. Preston isn't gay. Scott has been in love with Preston for years, but the man is straight, and he was married. And now that Preston is divorced, that doesn’t mean he is any more available. The more Preston tries to ignore his attraction, however, the more he thinks about it. Finding himself alone at the office one night with Scott, he finally surrenders to his urges. Afterward, Scott wants to talk about what happened, but Preston doesn’t want to analyze it, still certain he couldn’t prefer men. When Preston suggests to the openly gay man that they keep things between them secret, however, the situation comes to a head. Both men are forced to make difficult decisions, but will their choices tear them apart forever? NOTE: Don't miss the sequel, Until The End Of Time!

( books from 3 to 10 )

So there you have it, my list of favorite GBLT books. You may have noticed something’s missing from the list - historicals. I write Regency-set historical romances and they are the only type of books I can write. Trust me, I tried to do a contemporary once - complete fail. I do read and enjoy historical GBLT books, and I read m/f Regency and Victorian romances for years and still do (my all time favorite of favorite book remains Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen), but for whatever reason contemporaries dominate my list of go-to m/m books. These ten books were the ones that stuck with me long after I read ‘the end’, the books I go back to time and time again when I want to be completely swept up in a story.

About Ava March: Ava March is a multi-published author of regency-set m/m historical erotic romances. She loves writing in the regency time period, where proper decorum is of the utmost importance, but where anything can happen behind closed doors. She has a daughter and is married to a wonderful man who doesn’t mind in the slightest that she spends her evenings writing naughty books.

She is published with Loose Id, LLC and Samhain Publishing. Her titles include BOUND BY DECEPTION, BOUND TO HIM, CONVINCING ARTHUR and OBJECT OF HIS DESIRE.

Author website: www.AvaMarch.com

Author blog: www.AvaMarch.blogspot.com

Newest release: FROM AFAR, available February 23, 2010 from Samhain Publishing: http://samhainpublishing.com/authors/ava-march

From Afar by Ava March
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Publisher Link: http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/from-afar 
ISBN-13: 978-1-60504-896-3
Amazon Kindle: From Afar

Some rules are destined to be broken.

Loneliness. A concept with which Raphael Laurent is very familiar. He’s lived a solitary life for thirty-six years, shunning the excesses of the local vampire clan—until he spots Lord Aleric Vane, the handsome and dissolute third son of a duke. For three years Raphael has watched from a distance, for only when he is near Aleric does the hollow, empty ache in his chest ease.

Cut off from his family for refusing to follow his father’s dictates, Aleric’s nights are filled with vice. But after three years in London, the city has lost all appeal. Desolate and penniless, his future appears bleak. Until a mysterious man drops from the shadows to drive off a trio of murderous thieves.

When Aleric awakens, he finds himself forever changed. The itch for more that drove him to London is gone. In its place is the feeling that he’s known the beautiful Raphael all his life.

But to save Aleric, Raphael had to break the rules, giving him a chance to love the one man he never thought he could have—a chance that could be ripped away by Aleric himself…

Coming Home by Ava Rose Johnson

If you know what to expect, Coming Home is a good contemporary western romance. Brett and Cade suddenly inherited a ranch together; they respective parents both died in the same airplane crash and since they were business partners, now the ranch they owned is fifty of Brett and fifty of Cade. Where Brett was already living in the small town where the ranch is located and working with his father, Cade left the ranch many years ago and now he is a successful business man in New York City.

This is probably the reason why, meeting again Cade at their parents’ funeral, Brett is not so happy to reacquaintance with the man; I didn’t feel any really negative vibes, if not maybe, the fear of what you don’t know, even if Brett is big and strong, losing his parents was not easy, and he now is convinced that Cade will want to sell as soon as possible, and he has not yet the money to liquidate him. This is not the “Diana Palmer” contemporary western romance, where all the Long Tall Texan ranchers are filthy rich, here you gain your day with a lot of sweat.

But Cade is not of the idea of leaving soon; maybe I felt also a bit of boringness in him, of New York City and of his job there, and maybe he is also regretting to have lost contact with his parents and the life in a ranch; and maybe he is renlightening his youth passion for Brett, the same passion that made him sneak in his house to have a glimpse of his nude body. Now both of them are all grown up, and maybe it will be easier for Cade to have a taste of that body.

The strange thing is that, both men are, indeed, bisexual. Strange is, since probably it’s the first time I find this pair in a gay romance, usually one of them is, but both? First time. And they have sex with different female partners in the book, both alone than together, and they indeed enjoy it. And it’s not wrong, absolutely not, but maybe warning me before? The book is listed as Gay Romance, there is a funny warning that says there is a ménages in it (but it’s not said what type of ménages).

As I said, don’t get me wrong, the book is not bad, and probably the character of Jessica, the main female character, it’s even a good one, after all I did like her, but I didn’t like her with and in between the two men. But said that, this is my opinion, and instead, if you like a good ménages, MMF and MFM, this is probably a good one.

http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/coming-home

Amazon Kindle: Coming Home

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading_list&view=elisa.rolle


Cover Art by Kanaxa

Coming Home by Ava Rose Johnson

If you know what to expect, Coming Home is a good contemporary western romance. Brett and Cade suddenly inherited a ranch together; they respective parents both died in the same airplane crash and since they were business partners, now the ranch they owned is fifty of Brett and fifty of Cade. Where Brett was already living in the small town where the ranch is located and working with his father, Cade left the ranch many years ago and now he is a successful business man in New York City.

This is probably the reason why, meeting again Cade at their parents’ funeral, Brett is not so happy to reacquaintance with the man; I didn’t feel any really negative vibes, if not maybe, the fear of what you don’t know, even if Brett is big and strong, losing his parents was not easy, and he now is convinced that Cade will want to sell as soon as possible, and he has not yet the money to liquidate him. This is not the “Diana Palmer” contemporary western romance, where all the Long Tall Texan ranchers are filthy rich, here you gain your day with a lot of sweat.

But Cade is not of the idea of leaving soon; maybe I felt also a bit of boringness in him, of New York City and of his job there, and maybe he is also regretting to have lost contact with his parents and the life in a ranch; and maybe he is renlightening his youth passion for Brett, the same passion that made him sneak in his house to have a glimpse of his nude body. Now both of them are all grown up, and maybe it will be easier for Cade to have a taste of that body.

The strange thing is that, both men are, indeed, bisexual. Strange is, since probably it’s the first time I find this pair in a gay romance, usually one of them is, but both? First time. And they have sex with different female partners in the book, both alone than together, and they indeed enjoy it. And it’s not wrong, absolutely not, but maybe warning me before? The book is listed as Gay Romance, there is a funny warning that says there is a ménages in it (but it’s not said what type of ménages).

As I said, don’t get me wrong, the book is not bad, and probably the character of Jessica, the main female character, it’s even a good one, after all I did like her, but I didn’t like her with and in between the two men. But said that, this is my opinion, and instead, if you like a good ménages, MMF and MFM, this is probably a good one.

http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/coming-home

Amazon Kindle: Coming Home

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading_list&view=elisa.rolle


Cover Art by Kanaxa