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No, Mr. Murdoch; that was a movie, this is a book

Posted Friday May 2, 2008, 11:34 am, Over one day old

In a word, stigma. | | Before consolidations began, back in the days when publishers generously dotted the landscape of America, there was a lot of truth in the assumption that the only author who resorts to self-publication is an author whose work isn?t good enough to attract a?real? publisher.

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$20 Kindle rebate: Legit and the first of many?

Posted Friday May 2, 2008, 11:34 am, Over one day old

Mail this completed certificate along with a photocopy of your packing slip and the original Kindle UPC (cut out from the box) to:| | Amy’s Tech Store Kindle Rebate PO Box 56612 Atlanta GA 30343″ | | Assuming the offer is legit, is there a publicity angle here—nothing more?

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Introducing April Hamilton?writing on challenges for self-published writers

Posted Friday May 2, 2008, 11:34 am, Over one day old

(Read Amazon.com reviews of Snow Ball and Adelaide Einstein.) | | Technorati Tags: April Hamilton, writing, freelance writing, idie publishers, indie publishing, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Adelaide Einstein, Snow Ball |

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Of e-books, the XO-1 and OLPC?s possible Windows switch: Wake-up call for ?free? and open source boosters

Posted Friday May 2, 2008, 11:34 am, Over one day old

Does Richard Stallman, one of the world’s foremost advocates of free software, read e-books on his XO-1 from One Laptop per Child?

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HarperCollins deal start of trend? Big conglomerates to snap up little e-related publishers like The Friday Project?

Posted Friday May 2, 2008, 11:34 am, Over one day old

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Do people really want e-books?

Posted Friday May 2, 2008, 11:34 am, Over one day old

I was in New York City today and took a shot of this iPhone sign with my iPhone. If you can’t read the sign it says, “Apple iPhones Unlocked In Stock.” | | Such sights made me think about e-books and the relative lack of demand for them. Is is just us techies who want them?

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Video of ?World?s first full-sized e-paper newspaper?

Posted Friday May 2, 2008, 11:34 am, Over one day old

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Could e-reading revitalize the short story as a literary form?

Posted Friday May 2, 2008, 11:34 am, Over one day old

You can buy just one short story if you want to. And more importantly, publishers can sell just one, something they never could do before. | | Form Factor: Many people complain that it is not comfortable to read an entire novel on a laptop screen, or worse, on a tiny cell phone.

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Making Social DRM work for e-books?with maximum privacy protection

Posted Friday May 2, 2008, 11:34 am, Over one day old

But people could avoid the problem by making backups—without any unlocking needed in the future, even for use on new devices.| | Meanwhile I would point out that the eReader system is already using encrypted credit card numbers to discourage the sharing of material.

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Bookhitch: A way for the little guy to promo books?and open-minded readers to discover them

Posted Friday May 2, 2008, 11:35 am, Over one day old

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