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Rowling will sell the Harry Potter ebooks on her own starting in October
The Harry Potter series may take place in the modern world, but it’s always been somewhat removed from it, emphasizing magic and wizarding dynasties over digital technology. The same has held true for the actual books, which have always been … Continue reading
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How Sidney Williams escaped midlist oblivion
In this interview, author Sidney Williams discusses retro computers, how to budget for ebooks, lost gems on Project Gutenberg, and why he’s chosen to publish his novels through Crossroad Press. Continue reading
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Tagged authors, crossroad, ebooks, horror, indie publishing, interviews, midlist, self publishing, thriller
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Instagram users like their Kindles
By michellewegner Instagram is an iOS app that lets you shoot a quick photo, tint it or age it so that it has a more organic/hipster look, and then share it online like a tweet or Tumblr update. I never … Continue reading
Miss Spider’s publisher explains how he’s wanted to create ebook apps since 1972
With all the blog chatter about myopic and hamstrung publishers, it’s easy to forget about the innovators like Nicholas Callaway… Continue reading
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Tagged Apple iOS, cd-roms, childrens books, ebooks, enhanced, innovators, interactive, ios, ipad, publishers, publishing
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Ebook recap for February 2011
All things considered, February was a dismal month for ebook news. Apple dug a moat around its walled iOS garden, then filled that moat with lava; Rupert Murdoch launched a “daily paper” on the iPad but forgot to put decent … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple iOS, borders, ebooks, february 2011, ipad, news, publishing, recaps, timelines
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Ebook recap for January 2011
What was January like in the world of ebooks? Why, it was exactly like this list below! (More or less.) For our amusement, Electric Literature shoots bullets into books (and a Kindle) and films it. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) … Continue reading
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Tagged ebooks, january 2011, news, publishing, recaps, timelines
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The text version of the State of the Union
Watching the State of the Union Address is like sitting through a very dull, very partisan pep rally, where people are forced to clap and cheer at regular intervals so that the nation doesn’t implode with too much contemplation or … Continue reading
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Tagged obama, speech, speeches, state of the union, text, transcription
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What Neil Gaiman likes about the Kindle, and why you should care
Hopefully you don’t need a Famous Author to validate your purchasing decisions, so I’m not posting about Neil Gaiman’s opinions on the Kindle just to make you feel better/worse about your new ereader. Instead, I thought it might provide some … Continue reading →