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Trying to balance the year that was
The year is almost over and it’s that time again of frantic shopping and binge merriment, of meeting people you haven’t seen since, well, last Christmas; a time of false camaraderie, of debt accumulation, of non-ending festive music, of crowds … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Afghanistan, after, authors, Christmas, Flood, nuclear, publishing, stock, tsunami, year
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Those who say “yes” have more fun – by Linda La Roche
This is the second of Linda’s posts – for those who may be fearful of taking the leap into writing. Enjoy! Shane Those who say “yes” have more fun – by Linda La Roche August 11, 2011 How do we … Continue reading
No two ways about it – by Linda LaRoche
This week I am featuring guest blogger, Linda LaRoche, an author and editor who teaches Creative Writing and Blogging at College of Southern Nevada. Linda shares my zest for travel and for getting to the heart of why we write. … Continue reading
So Amazon and Kobo want to be Publishers, eh?
The recent announcement by these players to advance up the book industry value chain from retailing to publishing comes as no surprise. In an industry which has many handoffs in its delivery process, and many players, each player muzzles for … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, author, bed, book, books, chain, creator, distributor, Industry, Kobo, mates, proposition, publisher, sleep, technology, Value
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Is the e-book going to stall without standards?
Let’s see, a hard cover is a hard cover no matter which bookstore you buy it from, and a trade paperback is the same. But an e-book? At the technology end, there are formats as diverse as Kindles and .epubs … Continue reading
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Tagged .epub, Amazon. kindle, device, e-book, e-reader, Microsoft, standards
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Completing the Circle
I did not have the opportunity to go backpacking in Europe during my undergraduate years when it was a fashionable rite of passage among North Americans, and a safe one, for if you ran out of money you could always … Continue reading
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Tagged circle, Europe, immigrant, Luxembourg, Metz, Nancy, Strasbourg, Vosges
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Caught between Fear and Greed
It seems that fear and greed have taken firm hold of the world. Aided by instant communications that keep us up-to-the minute on everyone else’s fear and greed, we are able to spread this contagion everywhere. In good times, we … Continue reading
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Tagged buy, double-dip, fear, greed, herds, investment, market, recession, sell, stock, Value
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Is Writing like Farming?
I was trying to find an analogy for writing when farming came to mind. A new novel is like a farmer’s new crop. Consider what goes into getting the novel to that stage: first there are the seeds of an … Continue reading
