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11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King
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John Carter of Mars Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Recent books:
- The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
- Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
- The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
- Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1 by Mark Twain
- Matter (Culture) by Iain M. Banks
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Ding Dong the Witch is Dead- Good Riddance to Borders
Sorry Borders, you lost me a while ago. When you first opened up in out area, I Loved you. Unlike B&N, you carried small press and specialty Books. I bought my “Letters of H.P.Lovecraft” from you. I discovered Borderlands and Crossroads press. While I browsed the Horror and Sci-Fi sections, My family spent time in the Videos and the well stocked Children’s area. But you began to abuse the relationship. Our two local Indie bookshops closed under pressure from the …
Guest Post: Stephen Marshall On “Abraham”, New Novel Free on Google Books
I’m on reddit and this post catches my eye: A free book! Yeah, Right I think. Another first draft, random pass aspiring teenager lloking for free promotion. But I click on it anyway. And am Pleasantly Surprised. There’s the usual appeal: I just finished, Don’t know anything, want to see if anyone likes it here try the links. But the writer has a compelling voice. Self-effacing without being shy. And there’s no typos, misspellings or grammar errors in the post. Good Signs. …
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Tagged Abraham, Amazon Kindle, E-book, Forrest Gump, Google, Google Books, Guest Post, Kansas, Reddit
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E-Book Market Reaches $1 Billion
Image via Wikipedia PRLog (Press Release)Nov 08, 2010 – If you have considered getting into publishing, maybe strongly consider online publishing, in the form of ebook creation. Recent statistics show that sales of ebooks, or electronic books as they are offer referred, are quickly on the rise with around $996 million in sales by the end of 2010. Considering only around 7% of online adults actually read ebooks, that’s still huge, and the potential to grow. If we think back …
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The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 [Kindle Edition]
A collection of the “best of the best” science fiction stories published in 2009 by current and emerging masters of the genre. In “Erosion,” by Ian Creasey, a man tests the limits of his exo-suit prior to leaving a dying Earth. In “As Women Fight,” by Sara Genge, a hunter, in a society of body-switchers, has no time to train for a fight to inhabit his wife’s body. In “A Story, with Beans,” by Steven Gould, the role of religion …
One Hour Guide to Self Publishing
As expected, samples for Kindle on the web are starting to show up in searches. For all the Independent publishers and authors out there, here’sThe One Hour Guide to Self-Publishing: Straight Talk For Fiction & Nonfiction Writers About Producing & Marketing Your Own Books “, a quick (And I do mean quick) guide to getting your book published as professionally as you can.
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Kindle for Web Widget: NaNoWriMo Edition
Big news from Amazon last week was the release of Kindle for Web: Now you can embed a sample of your Kindle eBook directly into your blog post. I’ve been searching a little bit this week for a sample to post here to see how it works. Publishers must enable it on there end, and while I’m sure there’s a rush to do it, I just haven’t seen any samples that I thought you’d be interested in. Until Now. Here, …
