Rants
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How A Sci-Fi Magazine Uses Facebook to Sell Issues
When authors talk about promoting their books, the “S” word isn’t far behind. Everyone knows social media is important for writers in some abstract context, but they’re not sure how it actually works. That includes me. I’ve tried investigating it all month, first by interviewing author Holly Robinson about how she uses Twitter. Then, by taking…
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The Future of Books (Calm Down Edition)
Let’s talk about the future of books by stating the obvious: books take a long time to write. In fact, per hour, I think they’re definitely one of the top most time-consuming forms of art. Writing a book in a year is considered almost a heroic effort. Two, three years, well, that’s about normal. A…
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5 Famous Authors on Facebook… Let’s See if it’s Useful
With more than 1 billion users registered with Facebook, when authors are considering social media to promote their books, it’s often the first Social Media Channel they explore. Publishers urge authors to get acquainted with Facebook, too. In fact, I recently overheard (at the gym locker room, believe it or not), that one guy who…
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What the Penguin & Random House Merger Means for Authors
For the past few years, authors have kind of looked on in dismay as publishing houses like Penguin and Random House lumbered like dinosaurs underneath the growing shadow of the meteoric threat known as ebooks. I was – and continue to be – part of that group, so I was proud to hear of the…
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Why You Should Care About Tumblr (And Why You Shouldn’t)
Tumblr. Heard of it? It’s a nifty, micro-blogging website that takes the best parts of Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook, then mercilessly mashes them altogether. More than anything, it looks like an interactive copyright violation. But this interactive copyright violation has been picking up steam. I’ve wanted to write about it for a month, especially after…
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When Does the iPhone Become an iMemory?
For New Year’s Eve, I was in Amsterdam, visiting my dad. At the time, I dared to wander out onto the downtown streets to witness the all-day fireworks marathon around eight or nine at night. People swarmed the cobbled alleys, plazas, and vast field behind the Van Gogh Museum, where a gargantuan stage was being…
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The New Language Barrier: The Relationship Between Technology & Demographics
When we usually think of language barriers, we think about different cultures and different people. We think about countries where we would probably have a hard time ordering from a menu. That’s not the language barrier I’m talking about. I’m talking about the language barrier of technology. What you’re using right now to read this…
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