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The Power of Cover Art
This is the story of how someone else’s cover art can sell your book. Cover art is powerful. *That* image, which you recognize as a thumbnail, or even as a corner of a tattered paperback sticking out...
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A Post in Which I Bitch Generally About Copyediting or the Lack Thereof.
Yesterday, I did some research on DAW and found a lot of interesting stuff. So, I feel not too mean about using one of their pubs as an example for the subject of this post. Ok, that’s not true. I feel...
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Reader Responsibilities: Blog Bar Fight Sun Nite
I always feel a little guilty when I don’t finish something. When you set out to read a book, do you always finish it? At what point do you put it down and not pick it up again? Do you ever review...
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To Blog or Not to Blog – The Answered Question
Recently it came to my attention that I was lacking in basic blog knowledge and etiquette. Truly, the vast bulk of my experience lay with Darkcargo and reading a handful of other sites like The Little...
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Book Shopping
I treated myself to a haircut and a trip to the Last Bookstore In America* today. Here’s what I found. First, it took me a while to even find the bloody books. Here’s a photo. You walk in and are...
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Maiden Mother Crone…Other
My mother said a Cool Thing several years back when she first started to realize that she was getting older faster than she was getting younger. She says “why do I have to be a mother, a maiden or a...
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I Need A Man
Yes, I do. I need one to run the steam vac, conveniently reach the top shelves, and harness donkeys. But lately I find myself with a new need. I need to objectify and sexualize one, or more. I am not...
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Stunted by DRM
Digital Rights Management (DRM) has stunted my love affair of the ebook. If I buy a book, or an album, or a movie, I will do what I believe most people will do with such items: enjoy them and then pass...
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Buffet line
Hey! I just returned my first Kindle book for a full refund! Until now, the book industry has felt to me more like a buffet: what you see is what you get. There was no real connecting communication...
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World SF
Why don’t we get more SF/F books from other countries? Turns out that answer isn’t as simple as I’d presumed. The panel discussing this question at Readercon 2012 this year included Michael Swanwick,...
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