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Apr.19.2013
Wrong Side of the Tracks hits Amazon Best Seller List!
The rags to riches story of Ron McElroy Wrong Side of the Tracks, a transformation memoir of his journey from escaping drugs, alcohol, and violence to maturing as a real estate mogul, has received the declaration of Amazon Bestseller in...
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Apr.15.2013
Everyone knows the superstars of self-publishing, but many others are earning a living, selling foreign rights, and being courted by traditional publishers.
By Robin Sullivan
June 27, 2011
There have been many articles about self-published superstars like Amanda Hocking, Joe Konrath, and...
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Apr.11.2013
It's going to be a busy day at work today and I planned on going in early for my own sake and I have class tonight, which I'm not sure I will make. It depends on how the day unfolds. I'll have to take it a moment at a time. I did decide that I needed to write and that I would go in a bit later, so...
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Apr.09.2013
Gayle Shanks of Changing Hands Bookstore on How Writers Can Work with Booksellers to Achieve Success
Huffington Post interview: http://huff.to/Xqfxc6
The Book Doctors have helped dozens and dozens of amateur writers become professionally published authors. They edit and develop books, help writers develop a platform, and connect them with agents and publishers. Their book is The Essential Guide...
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Apr.08.2013
Anna Baddeley The Observer, Saturday 23 February 2013
Apple's iBookstore is the latest to promote self-published authors. But how will this benefit readers?
When people talk about self-publishing, it's common to hear words such as "revolution" and "democratising". Normally, I...
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Apr.07.2013
Photo: The Rose Main Reading Room of the New York Public Library, Manhattan
I realized recently that I have a book-hoarding problem. You know, like those people on the show Hoarders, who have psychotic breaks when a professional therapist, visiting the squalid house, tells them that...
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Apr.06.2013
Writers are a bit like gardeners. We plant seeds, lots of seeds, and hope they'll sprout and take hold in the muck that fertilizes such things and helps them grow. Like gardeners, we don’t always succeed. But when we do, and the result of our meticulous tending blooms, it’s a moment of such pride...
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Apr.01.2013
by Matthew Gasda
Mar 06, 2013 originally published at indiereader.com
Porter: Here’s a knocking indeed! If a man were porter of hell-gate, he should have old turning the key.Knock, knock, knock! Who’s there, i’ the name of Beelzebub? Here’s a farmer, that hanged himself on the expectation of plenty...
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Mar.30.2013
Photo: Wikipedia page for "Spiderman." From The Amazing Spider-Man #547 (March 2008); Art by Steve McNiven and Dexter Vines
A very cool entry about a missing house spider on Michael Seidel's blog amused me to no end, as I thought I was the only one with an odd connection to a...
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