Tobias Buckell has a great recap of the business aspects of the dispute between Amazon and Macmillan that made Amazon remove Macmillan books from the site. Cory Doctorow discusses it well at Boing Boing, too.
The problem, for me, is that writers seem to be on Macmillan’s side of the brouhaha (perhaps a small part of [...]
Watched Dollhouse finale last night. Go Joss. Now this reality mining is really creeping me out. http://bit.ly/bCwAKd #
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@janeaustenworld I went to that fashion museum. Fab. My sisters were ready to drag me out by the hair. in reply to janeaustenworld #
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Wow. The Apple iPad isn’t even shipping yet, and Amazon has announced it will change its pay structure to meet Apple’s 70/30 split (with the publisher/author getting the 70%!).
I’m planning to Kindle my out of print historical romances, and I just decided that I’m going to Kindle my entire file drawer of short stories (this [...]
RT @GalleyCat How Publishers Will Cope with Amazon's Monopoly – mediabistro.com: GalleyCat http://ow.ly/1nGsOq #
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As promised, I would like to introduce you to Nina New Novelist. Nina recently turned 30 and realized that she had neglected her dream to be a career novelist. Instead, to feed herself, she has been working in a bank, doing customer service work, being promoted to management and using her writing talents to create [...]
Going to tackle the 5 year business plan financials sheet today. Fun, fun, fun…not. #
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Anyone who has met me knows that I am not good at small talk. Tackling the problems of the world or the quirks of human nature in long, intense conversations? I’m your girl. But chit chat? No way.
So now, for reasons that may or may not be good, I am attempting to Twitter (see follow [...]
I'm arguing with myself through others. Fun. http://bit.ly/85Nxp7 #
I just found out how to Twitter shorter urls. Same one. Just to test. http://bit.ly/4s3ybJ #
Interesting post on women lacking outward confidence in interviews. http://bitchphd.blogspot.com/2010/01/acting-like-man.html Do I? Yeps. #
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@ChrisKubica if so, I want one, I covet my son's iPod Touch. If it could marry my MacMini, I'd die happy. in reply to ChrisKubica #
Hmm. Kindle App. Now there's something an agency can do to boost authors. If an agency doesn't love its authors's work, who does? #
Thinking about Kindle Apps from an author's [...]
