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November 4, 2009
- I'll be a real book slut and piggy back my foray into thrillerdom by starting my better-be-a-surefire-hit-thriller novel this month. This morning, in fact. I'll plot it, character it and even have an ending before I start - totally unlike my usual writing method. How many words - hmmm?
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October 31, 2009
- Would you, as an author, be willing to share your book in return for a book from another author to give an honest review? Sort of a review for a review. You could go down a list of books - that had been registered by their authors as available, with brief descriptions, and offer to review that title. If the author was interested in trading for your title he/she would send you the book in ...
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October 23, 2009
- "Unless those massive chains start discounting all hardcover books, the independents will be fine," Murphy said. "We'll just stop selling the New York Times bestsellers, and sell more of the books we love." Liz Murphy, owner of The Learned Owl Book ShopHudson, OH"I'm tickled pink (that Wal-Mart and Amazon.com are fighting), and I'm hoping that they lose a lot of ...
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October 23, 2009
- By Jim Milliot -- Publishers Weekly, 10/22/2009 4:30:00 PMIn a letter sent to the antitrust division of the Department of Justice Thursday, the board of directors of the American Booksellers Association requested that the government begin an investigation into what the organization believes is the illegal predatory pricing policies being carried out by Amazon, Wal-Mart and Target in selling 10 ...
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October 5, 2009
- So your book has been published and is available in various formats like ebooks, hardcover, paperback, mp3-4, etc. Now your promoting your own book as your publisher has asked you to do because your not Dan Brown or James Patterson at your time and expense. You worry about this new social media thing and you worry about not being a three week statistic. Then you find out that your ebook has ...
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October 1, 2009
- Just found out last week that the Polish translation rights to Going Nowhere Faster were sold, which sounds like a dumb joke but isn't. I'm ecstatic that the teens of Krakow may soon be reading a Polish version of GNF and can't wait to see what the new title is going to be idiomatically.
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September 28, 2009
- Bookseller, where art thou?Kristina Chetcuti " What happened to the art of bookselling? The days when you'd skip out of a bookshop hugging a treasured book that the bookseller specifically recommended to you and you alone, and you knew that he'd be recommending a totally different kind of book to the next customer.And that's because a true bookseller knows his customers' reading habits ...
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September 22, 2009
- I was in Birmingham last Saturday, signing copies of 'The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy' at Borders in the Bull Ring. The signing was a special one for two reasons. Firstly, I was born and brought up in Birmingham, so going back was like going home. I've moved around a fair bit and currently live in Weston-super-Mare, but Birmingham will always occupy a special place in my heart. It's ...
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September 13, 2009
- Twitter Influence My husband is a professional businessman that has successfully built and expanded his company.I was his secretary and file clerk (many years ago) in our home office before we were introduced to computers. The lack of knowledge with the computer paralyzed me to continue to assist him any further. His love of technology brought him to excel in his skill ...
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August 22, 2009
- I found a new toy! I'm caught between writing and playing. Jingproject.com is a free piece of a larger piece of software that allows me to capture anything from my screen into a video. Just like that! Pull down their little sun, park it on my screen, and presto! I have a five minute only video. I can use free stock photography, free stock music, and my own collection of photography, ...
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