Welcome to Red Hot August!

We are really glad that August is here, because July was a rough one. From a woman who openly admits that she had never read our books, publicly slandering us on Amazon by stating that the authors, or their publicists, obviously wrote their own reviews, to Yahoo shutting down every one of our 62 Networking groups and stranding over 2,000 members who were networking and getting support in these groups, July was one heck of a month!

Let us state here for anyone who may be on a vendetta to hurt our company: NO MATTER WHAT, WE WILL NOT GIVE IN TO THESE NEGATIVE SITUATIONS! Things like this just make us all the more determined to provide women a safe space worldwide.

Sure, it's tough when our Sex Tips Guide went from 55% people purchasing it on Amazon to 32% from the negative "review." Yeah, it's a drag when months of work nurturing the 62 Networking groups is flushed down the Yahoo toilet within 5 minutes of receiving a warning that, for some unknown reason, we had gone against their Terms Of Service; but when bad things happen it just makes us even more sure that we will never give up! An old friend used to always say "If at first you don't succeed, keep on suckin' 'til you do succeed!" and that's exactly what we will do!

We contacted our lawyer who believes that these situations, and several others that we did not mention, may be related. If the people responsible continue, we will have grounds for a hate crime law suit. We'd rather not go there unless we are pushed into a corner, so instead of stooping to those levels, we decided to take the high road!

To turn those July lemons into refreshing lemonade, the authors of Lesbian Sex Tips responded on Amazon with a statement that they have never written their own reviews--only readers of our books write reviews. They mentioned the fact that the Lesbian Sex Tips Ebook is also sold directly from the Amazing Dreams Publishing website with a 100%, no questions asked, money-back guarantee, and the fact that we have only had 1 Ebook returned in three years. After the authors' response, our Ebook sales went way up. We also contacted the people who have read our books, and asked them to post reviews on Amazon. We had a great response from people worldwide who were wanting to help.

As for our 62 Lesbian/Bi Women Networking Groups, after days of going back and forth with at least six people at Yahoo, someone took pity on us, and on August 1st, at 2:30am, our groups started coming back online! Thank You, YAHOO!

The old saying of "You don't know what you've got until it's gone," was certainly appropriate, because our groups have taken off like wildfire! We've had many women volunteer to moderate their state groups, and one brave woman volunteered to moderate 4 groups!!!!

If you want to network with other women in your state, please feel free to join our Networking Groups. The following groups still need a moderator: AK, AL, AR, CA, Canada, CT , DC, DL, FL, HI, LA, MA, MS. MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, OZ, PR, SD, TN, USA, WA, WY. If you'd like to volunteer some time to moderate your state's networking group, just visit our Networking Groups Page, click on your state, register as a member, and send an email to the group owner. Please include the name of the group you would like to moderate.

We just wanted to say thanks to all of you who have stood by us though thick and thin! Your words of encouragement mean so much. If you'd like to help us to help other women worldwide, be sure to check out our affiliate programs listed at the bottom of this newsletter. You can also help us by spreading the word about our services! See our July Newsletter for simple ideas that are both free and fun.

NEW LESBIAN PHOTO BOOK FEATURED IN OUR BOOKSTORE
She Kissed Me chronicles what kissing means to lesbians. Alison Dubois explores this intimate gesture between women using their own words and candid photos to represent a wide array of the community that crosses ethnic, age, income and class barriers. One reviewer said: "Is a kiss ever just a kiss? And what does kissing mean to lesbians? Alison Dubois' book, She Kissed Me, reveals the answer by providing photographs and text supplied by the lesbian community. With this book, she has put the introspective lens on."

Complimenting the book, Dubois has also released a 2007 calendar with 13 photos from She Kissed Me. Purchase the calendar with the book, and you can get them both for $40--a savings of over $12!
To see more about Alison's book, visit our Lesbian Sexuality Books. To purchase the calendar book deal, please visit her website.

An interesting note: After putting out a call for artwork, our Ecard Artist, Mara McWilliams designed the cover of Alison's book! Networking really does work. See Mara's Ecards.

ALONG WITH THE BOOK, WE HAVE NEW ECARDS BY ALISON
We loved the photos so much from Alison's book, She Kissed Me, that we asked her to please let us feature them in our Sensual Ecard galleries. She sent us 15 beautiful photos, and you all are the first to see them. Alison profiles what kissing means to lesbians in the lesbian community. This collection crosses ethnic, age, class and income levels and represents women from all around the world that sent photos. ENJOY!
Visit Alison's website to see her book, or her Ecard Page to send beautiful free Ecards.

OUR COMING OUT GROUP
Our coming out group has broken an all-time record: 544 members from all over the world! Just this month we've had 491 messages, and the support that is going on in this group is incredible! Here's what a new member said about our group:

"I only became a member of the group on Saturday, and I am touched by the warmth and compassion that emanates from these postings. I feel blessed to have found this refuge; a safe place to listen, talk if I need to and maybe learn how to finally make peace with who I am."

If you need support coming out, or you'd like to be a helpful big sister to women who are in their process, please see our Support For Lesbians Coming Out information page.

WHAT OUR LOYAL SUPPORTERS ARE SAYING ABOUT US
Many people have Emailed us about our website, and we now have 8 pages of your comments! If you have a comment you would like to share, or information about your own website and what you are doing, just use our Contact Form to send us a paragraph about your website, and we will list your comments and your link in our new section.
To see what other people are saying about us CLICK HERE..

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