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Jun.18.2011
Doug Roberts with one of his cats
By Anthony S. Policastro
When I read Doug Roberts' book, The Man Who Fooled SAVAK, it was one of those stories that completely engrossed me where I couldn't put it down until it was finished.
Inspired by true events in the early 1970s, The Man Who Fooled SAVAK...
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Oct.11.2009
I would like to share this interview with Henry Hutton, a good friend of mine who is helping revolutionize the publishing industry with his self publishing agency, Publish and Sell Enterprises. Known in publishing circles as The PublishingGuy, Henry has also created an online newspaper called...
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Sep.15.2009
My blog tour for both of my novels, Dark End of the Spectrum and Absence of Faith has started.
Below is where I will be in the Blogsphere.
Many thanks to all my fellow bloggers and authors who are supporting me in this tour.
September 14, 2009 www.aliceosborn.blogspot...
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Aug.25.2009
I recently attended a friend of mine's book launch and signing at a local coffee house here in Raleigh, NC and I found it highly successful.
Martin Brossman, the author of Brossman's Social Media and Online Resource Directory for Business definitely thinks outside of the box and the bookstore...
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Jul.28.2009
By Anthony S. Policastro
My newest book, Dark End of the Spectrum has received several reviews and they have caused me to nearly fall off my chair when I heard them.
When I finished writing the mystery/thriller, I thought it would appeal mainly to computer geeks, readers interested in technology...
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Jun.18.2009
By Anthony S. Policastro
Simon & Schuster will now sell its most popular titles as eBooks on Scribd.com. Great news! A major publishing house is going digital.
But they are doomed to failure.
They think readers will pay 20% off the list price of a book's most recent printed...
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Jun.02.2009
The New York Times reported over the weekend that Google has announced that it will sell ebooks to consumers - competing directly with Amazon.
The Times reported,"In discussions with publishers at the annual BookExpo convention in NewYork over the weekend, Google signaled its intent to...
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May.17.2009
UPDATE: Stephen Wolfram launched Wolfram/Alpha this Saturday, May 16, 2009. Be sure to visit his site and try it.
When I finished my thriller, DARK END OF THE SPECTRUM (DEOS), two years ago I never imagined that some of it would come true!
With the reported release of the Wolfram/Alpha search...
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Apr.25.2009
I was intrigued by Evan Schnittman's new blog Black Plastic Glasses and his post "Why ebooks must fail" because it contradicts what is happening all over the Internet - ebook sites are popping up like weeds.The miracle grow for ebooks is the launch of the second generation Kindle, the...
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Mar.20.2009
I wanted to introduce you to my new blog on web analytics and what every author should know and then some. The address is http://ghost-chasing.blogspot.com
Every so often, our labradoodle, Nickie, will confidently stare into a corner of a room with no windows and bark repeately for several minutes...
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Feb.25.2009
I thought I would share this interview about my novel, Absence of Faith from A Book Blogger's Diary.
Anthony S. Policastro is the author of two novels, and a freelance writer with articles in The New York Times, American Photographer, and other national, regional and local publications.
His first...
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Feb.16.2009
By Anthony S. Policastro
Sometimes you just want to smack someone on the side of the head and say, “What sa madda wit you!”
This is how I feel about the Authors Guild claim that Amazon’s new Kindle 2 text to voice feature is infringing on writer’s audio book rights. (See the Wired blog by David...
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Feb.11.2009
By Anthony S. Policastro
The Jenkins Group, an independent publishing services company, says four out of five people they surveyed said they believe they have a book to write. Even fewer actually sit down and write a book and even fewer get published. Many established literary agencies in New York...
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Dec.27.2008
By Anthony S. Policastro
At sixteen I knew I wanted to be a novelist. But when I sat down to start my book, the page remained blank. Writer's block at sixteen? Hardly. My pages remained blank for another dozen years or so, but my dream stayed with me. Then one day I was able to type "The End...
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Nov.06.2008
DARK END OF SPECTRUM will make you think twice before turning on your cell phone or PDA!
DARK END OF THE SPECTRUM is a frighteningly plausible and headline ripping tale of the real threats that loom in cyberspace and beyond with a Michael Crichton realism. Based on the author's years of research...
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About Anthony
My writing career started when I was 11 years old and submitted a story to Reader's Digest. It was promptly rejected since Reader's Digest did not print fiction. My first lesson in writing - know your markets.
In my freshman year in college, I saw a help...
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