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Jan.21.2013
I, like most of us, have begun to think seriously of late about various socio-political things facing us everyday (trust me - this will have to do with my usual subject matter of media, technology, creativity, etc.), particularly the gun-realted tragedies of the past few years, but also...
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Jan.21.2013
They used to call it the "vanity press," and the phrase itself spoke volumes. Self-published authors were considered not good enough to get a real publishing contract. They had to pay to see their book in print. But with the advent of e-books, self-publishing has exploded, and a handful of...
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Jan.14.2013
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New America Media, News Analysis, Andrew Lam, Posted: Jan 14, 2013
Vietnam, a police state where freedom of expression can come with a multi-year prison term, is awash in cell phones. Whether for talking, texting or taking photos, Vietnamese are buying up mobile devices at a...
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Jan.14.2013
Nick Morgan, Contributor
Here’s the problem with self-publishing: no one cares about your book. That’s it in a nutshell. There are somewhere between 600,000 and 1,000,000 books published every year in the US alone, depending on which stats you believe. Many of those – perhaps as many as half or...
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Jan.10.2013
Premise: when somebody uses a cellphone to record a despicable act --and there seems precious little video'd on cellphones these days ASIDE from despicable acts-- the TV news-anchor uses "videotaped" for the same reason they still say the culprit "dialed" that same phone.
Out. Of. Touch. And...
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Jan.06.2013
by John Robert Marlow
Novelist, Screenwriter
Whether gathered around a campfire, painting on cave walls, writing words on dead trees or computer screens--it's in our blood. Books and other storytelling formats can be noble undertakings, capable of reaching hundreds of thousands, sometimes...
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Dec.30.2012
By Writer's Relief staff:
Writers are faced with the task of completing pieces of poetry and prose with not much to guide them but raw talent and an accurate inner compass for what is “finished” and what still needs work. So when that inner compass starts to waver, many writers doubt their...
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Dec.24.2012
Stephanie Sun Writer, Publisher First published on Indiereader.com
Kirkus Reviews is an advance book reviews publication with a pay-to-play program for self-published books called Kirkus Indie. Although Kirkus Indie does not guarantee a positive review of one's book, it does give authors...
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Dec.17.2012
Posted: 12/14/2012 8:09 am EST | Updated: 12/14/2012 8:22 am EST
It's been quite a year for publishing. The Random Penguin. Fifty Shades of Everything. No Pulitzer for Fiction winner. The DOJ settlement.
Yet 2013 could yet be even more dramatic. There are plenty of...
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Dec.14.2012
I have certain treasured shots which I never want to delete from my camera. I treasure them not just for the subject but how well they turned out. They are shots where everything turned out just right--the lighting, the background, the subject's pose. And I have to admit I can't take much credit...
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