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30% OFF Square Card Reader.

Accept chip and PIN cards, contactless cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay

Pay one flat rate for all major cards - Visa, Mastercard and even Amex

Connect wirelessly to your iOS or Android device with Bluetooth LE

Our free point-of-sale app takes care of payments, invoices, inventory, reports and more

Deposits direct to your bank account as fast as the next business day

No monthly or hidden fees or long term commitments

Please note that this product does not work in: The Republic of Ireland, The Isle of Man, Jersey (Channel Island) or Guernsey (Channel Island)

For the Brooklyn Book Festival this weekend, Papercutz will be in different locations on Saturday and Sunday, and that means other publishers will too.  In yesterday's post, the Metro Tech location is for SATURDAY ONLY, and Papercutz will be at booth #3.  Most Children's Day activities will be going on in the Metro Tech Commons.  Sunday, the main day of the Festival, Papercutz will move outdoors to Booth 308, near the court house, and here's the map.  It'll be beautiful weather this weekend, so hope to see you there!

If you're an indie artist or own a small business and accept credit payments, listen up:  you need to be ready for the "Liability Shift" in 2 weeks.  Basically, credit cards are moving towards having tiny chips inside them instead of the magnetic strip, which will apparently be more secure.  If you have a Square card reader, you have to buy a $49 new reader to accept credit payments.  If you don't, and you swipe a fraudulent card, YOU'LL be responsible for the lost charges, NOT the banks.  It looks like getting the new reader is the way to go because it will protect everyone more.  Granted, Square said they'll reimburse for the reader up to $49 in their fee credits after you use it for 3 months.  However, their fees are very small, and I don't use the reader that much.  I use it once a month for comic conventions, but actually most people pay in cash.  I'm glad to have the Square reader though, because it does help like 20% of the time.  But no way will I charge enough people to make up the $49 in small fees over 3 months, and will probably still end up paying around $45.  So even though I pre-ordered the new chip Square reader, I feel forced into it.

This brings to mind that the way technology is going, we artists have to keep buying more and more expensive tech tools just to keep up.  Adobe's new payment system has me and others locked into paying $50/month for the programs we need, and they have a monopoly because they're the industry standard.  My Mac is pushing 5 years old, and is running terribly show.  I fear the day it will konk out completely, because I can't afford a new one.  This has already happened to some of my artist friends, and it's like a catch 22 - they can't afford a new computer or the programs they need, so then they can't get new jobs in their field.  And because they can't get those jobs, they can't make more money to buy new upgrades.  This is something that seriously scares me and I don't know the solution to it.  

SQUARE, ARISTOTLE INK EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP -- If you’re a campaign hoping to deploy Square readers in the field to collect donations from supporters, you’re now able to do it through Aristotle under a new deal between the two companies. While it doesn’t mean campaigns using smartphones to rake in the dough have to use Aristotle’s software, they certainly can, which Aristotle says will help operatives canvassing supporters to “obtain voter files, integrated compliance software and up-to-date permission-based emails of registered voters.”

Ironically I think today would be as good as any to redirect the flow of this blog. I mentioned previously that I switched companies, the new one being much closer to the City of Atlanta – where all the action is.

Well, I am parked at a Whole Foods sucking up some free Wi-Fi. The reason being that the computer that runs the taxi, i.e. it gives us the calls, fares, etc., has been on the blink for a couple days now, so they are finally deciding to pay some attention to it.  A message was sent out saying the system would be down for 15 mins so I decided I had better hit the keys and puts some words up on this blog before it is swallowed up into cyberspace as another blog abandoned by its author.

As for the change, the main difference has been the fact that just about everything is computer driven. This, of course has many positives and alternatively on a day like today where the computer is on the fritz one see the drawbacks.

The biggest (material) benefit is that the fares are larger. Naturally the taxi lease fee is also more expensive but it is in line with the increased possibilities of larger fares and tips.

The customer base is also a little more intellectually stimulating which is always a good thing. The only issue that has shown itself is with credit card transactions. The company has a built in card reader but it does not take debit cards and they extract a hefty fee (10%!!!) from the fare. But have no fear @Square www.squareup.com is here!. If you are not hip to the @square card reader, well you need to be. I can take credit/debit card payments by attaching the reader to my (i)phone, swipe, wait for the approval, then I’m done. The customer has a choice of getting an electronic receipt via email or via sms to their mobile phone. Its quick, its easy, and for most customers actually fun!