Below are the services offered and rates. We accept check and money orders in US dollars only. For non-US customers, please obtain an international money order made out in US dollars. Pay to L. E. Shaffer Novels/Poetry Company at PO Box 501833, Marathon, FL, USA 33050-1833. Once we have deposited the money into our accounts, services will be rendered. Checks take four to six weeks to clear, while money orders including international money orders take two to four weeks. We do not accept credit/debit cards or PayPal for these services. If you do not see what you want listed below, email us with your proposal. Use the email link near the bottom of this web page. We will get back to you with details and rates.

Advertising rates: We offer a variety of advertising solutions.  Use the email link below for an inquiry.

• Banner ads are $30 per month and $300 per year per web page. We do not provide statistics or click-through rates. Your ad must be 468 by 60 pixels and not exceed 20 kilobytes; about the size of a standard business card. Your ad will display on the ad block near the bottom of the web page. Specific placement costs more the higher the ad is placed on the page.
• Advertising linked from any specific web page, other than entry pages, is $30 per page per month and $300 per year per page. Each linked web page cannot exceed 50 kilobytes including all web elements contained therein. Your ad will display in the ad block near the bottom of the web page. Specific placement costs more the higher the ad is placed on the page. Any web design beyond simple designs will incur more costs on an hourly rate of $150 per hour; the first hour is not prorated.
• The Marathon Florida Keys Journal web magazine and AlphaOmega Bookstore & Publisher sponsor ads are $30 per month and $300 per year. Ads must by 468 by 60 pixels and not exceed 20 kilobytes; about the size of a standard business card. Your ad will display on the ad block near the bottom of the web page. Specific placement costs more the higher the ad is placed on the page.
• Ads placed at the top under the Runes of Ao.com banner will appear on every web page. The daily rate is $625. Your ad can run only a maximum of 7 days per month. Days 1 through 4 are $625 per day. The 5 through 7 day rate is $600 per day.
• Specific placement of ads is charged a quoted rate. Contact Advertising at 305-743-9648.
• Premium ads are $40 per web page per month and $400 per web page per year. Premium ads are placed on entry web pages and any dragon related web pages. Entry web pages are ones that have an "index.htm" in the address bar, folder, or subfolder.
• The main entry web page is $50 per month and $500 per year. This web page only.
• Advertising offers other than the above will be entertained. Please include all details in an email to us. We will provide cost and instructions based on your offer. All advertising is prepaid before placement.

Email accounts: We offer pop3 email accounts with online access including all standard features. You may use any email client to download mail or go online for mail services. We only offer personal accounts, no business accounts. One email account per person please. One email account is $20 per month or $200 per year prepaid.

Consulting services: We offer almost any kind of consultation. If you do not see what you need listed, email us. We will get back to you with details and rates. Hourly rates include the first hour prepaid. Job-based rates are prepaid half of the total price quoted.

• Help with web designs cost $150 per hour with the first hour NOT prorated. We do offer rates based on the job required. Email us with details.
• Computer help with either software or hardware or both cost $150 per hour with the first hour NOT prorated. We do offer rates based on the job required. Email us with details. This service includes purchasing advice.
• Mentoring for artists cost $150 per hour with the first hour NOT prorated. We do offer rates based on the job required. Email us with details.
• Proofreading services cost $150 per hour with the first hour NOT prorated. We do offer rates based on the job required. Email us with details.

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4And Jesus said to them, ‘A prophet is despised only in his own country, among his own relations and in his own house’;5and he could work no miracle there, except that he cured a few sick people by laying his hands on them.6He was amazed at their lack of faith.
The New Jerusalem Bible: Reader’s Edition, (New York: Doubleday.) 1990.