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Monday Mumblings Shares A Few Links
The weekend can be summed up thusly: Meetings. Watch the Rangers lose. Watch the Cowboys win. Watch the Rangers Win. Wait by the mailbox. Which brings me to a shaggy dog story to introduce the first link.
I ordered a book from an independent seller on Amazon.com ten days ago. Given what I paid for shipping I figured it would arrive by Friday. However, the book apparently spent three days sitting in a USPS Sort Facility on the east coast. Three freaking days. A friend suggested...
10/24/2011 10:08:17 AM
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From the Dept. of "Just When I Think I've Seen It All"
James D. Macdonald points out over at Absolute Write that someone at Authonomy is plagiarizing Atlanta Nights.
They even took the name Travis Tea. Either this is a sting on Authonomy (why, I wouldn't know) or someone eithe...
3/16/2010 9:07:00 PM
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Check Out This Offering From P.N. Elrod
You may (or may not) be familiar with P. N. Elrod, author of The Vampire Files series of books. I've had a couple of stories in anthologies that she's edited. If you are a fan and you can't wait for the next book in September, she's got something to tide you over: A limited edition printing of a story featuring Jack Fleming and Jonathan Barrett.
It's called The Devil You Know, and you can read an excerpt and pre-order a s...
5/12/2009 1:49:53 PM
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Zoe's Tale
I lied last night. Well, it technically wasn't a lie, because I thought I was so tired that I wouldn't make it past a few pages in the book I was reading.
Darn you, John Scalzi. I ended up finishing Zoe's Tale. Good thing Paul put the fixin's for a large pot o' coffee on the timer last night.
Today is the official release date for the book, but there were copies available at ArmadilloCon over the weekend.
Zoe's Tale is set in the Old Man's War uni...
8/19/2008 11:21:58 AM
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Continuing to Update the Amazon/BookSurge Story
You'll find updates here.
And now the story has been slashdotted.
Now that I've had some time to digest this news, I have mixed feelings. Most folks who buy books from small publishers and self-publishers will go where the publisher or author tells them to go. On the other hand, Amazon is the 500-pound gorilla in the online bookselling world. Borders is powered ...
3/30/2008 11:17:41 AM
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Amazon Sticks it to Some POD Publishers
(Note: I'll update this story as I get more information. Updates will be at the bottom, or click the link in the previous sentence.)
Amazon.com seems to be giving the brush-off to Print On Demand publishers that do not use their BookSurge service. Writers Weekly (their publisher also also owns POD press BookLocker.com) has this to say on the topic.
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3/28/2008 9:49:33 AM
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