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Publetariat asking for dollar donations to stay afloat
If you write with the intention of publishing, and if you’re online much at all, you’ve probably come across Publetariat, a popular online community serving authors and publishers. Today the editor posted a public request for donations to keep the … Continue reading
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Tagged donations, financial crisis, online resources, publishing, self publishing, websites, writers
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Amazon and Penguin announce fourth annual novel writing competition
I hesitate to post this now that NaNoWriMo has just wrapped up, but fortunately the submission period doesn’t begin until the end of January, so you’ve got a couple of months to cool down and start rewrites. Anyway: Penguin and … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, authors, contests, ebooks, kindle, penguin, publishing, writers, young adult
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The Paris Review posts over 300 author interviews online
If you enjoy learning how your favorite authors think, write, and argue, then you’ll love this amazing new resource now available for free online. The Paris Review has been interviewing the world’s most famous authors for over five decades, and … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, culture, free, history, interviews, journals, kindle, literature, paris review, playwrights, writers, writing
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Five editors and authors discuss the role of the editor
Here are the three key points made in a recent BBC Open Book program about the role of the editor in pubilshing. Continue reading
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Tagged athill, bbc, books, ebooks, editors, interviews, publishers, publishing, radio programs, summaries, uglow, writers
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Screens: Jane Austen
Thomas K. wrote, “Is there any chance you just might find a picture good enough for our kindle of Jane Austen?”
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Tagged authors, free screensaver, images, jane austen, kindle, kindle customization, screens, screensavers, writers
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Screen: Edgar Allen Poe #2
Here’s a larger version of Poe, looking sufficiently melancholy. Probably thinking of what rhymes with sepulchre or something like that. Update:This image and others are now collected on the Free Screens page of the site.
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Tagged American, authors, daguerreotypes, E.A. Poe, edgar allen poe, free, kindle, kindle screen, screensaver, writers
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Screen: Edgar Allen Poe #1
A reader asked me about a Poe screensaver, so I decided to make one. My god, he looks gloomy. That’s Poe for ya. Update:This image and others are now collected on the Free Screens page of the site.
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Tagged American, authors, daguerreotypes, E.A. Poe, Edgar Allen, free screensaver, kindle, kindle screen, Poe, writers
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Notes from yesterday's Google Book Search settlement workshop
Here were the main themes discussed at yesterday’s Google Book Search settlement workshop hosted by the National Writers Union (NWU). Continue reading →