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Natural Selection

As part of my continuing experiment with electronic publishing, I have added my short story “Natural Selection” to my eBook store.  When this story was originally published last October in Cantaraville, wrote extensively about how it came to be written … Continue reading

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iPad Books for Sale

Two of my mini-eBooks (After the Fire and A Couple) made it into the first electronic shipment of premium catalog titles from Smashwords to the Apple iPad bookstore.  It took quite a big effort on the part of the people … Continue reading

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eBook Week, Meta-Memoir

The Reader is Horizontal As I wrote yesterday, this week is “Read an eBook Week.”  While the printed book is in no danger of extinction, technological innovations, as well as business model innovations, make it clear that the way books … Continue reading

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eBook Week, We Are the World

Living in Interesting Times This week, March 7 through 13, is “Read an eBook Week.”  Mark Coker, the founder of Smashwords.com, has an interview at Huffington Post with Rita Toews, who created the annual event in 2004, long before all … Continue reading

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My Old Man, BS Ph

The price war that erupted this week among Amazon, Wal-Mart, Target, and Barnes & Noble has authors, publishers, and independent booksellers nervously speculating about what the future holds for them.  Ironically, Barnes & Noble, whose sheer size gave it pricing … Continue reading

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