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Hold the presses on that Apple announcement
I just posted that Apple’s scheduled January press event in New York City would focus on competing head to head with Amazon by making it easier for self-published writers to get their works onto the iBookstore without having to go … Continue reading
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Apple diving into the self-publishing business
The mysterious event Apple is holding later this month just got a little less mysterious. They are apparently going to make it easier to self-publish books through their iBookstore application. Apple is going to be holding an exclusive event in … Continue reading
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This week’s NEW YORK TIMES bestsellers
The top of the crop for the final week of 2011. 1 11/22/63, by Stephen King. (Scribner.) An English teacher travels back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a Maine diner. His assignment is to stop Lee … Continue reading
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This week’s NEW YORK TIMES hardcover bestsellers
This week’s top o’ the heap. I just finished Michael Connelly’s The Drop and it was, as usual, fabulous. Connelly’s another one of those writers who can basically do no wrong. 1. THE DROP, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown & … Continue reading
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Children’s drawings turned into realistic paintings
This has been floating around the Internet for a couple of days now, but for those who haven’t seen it, here’s a brief description. Dave Devries takes sketches of monsters drawn by children purely from their imagination and renders them … Continue reading
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Thoughts about WORLD WAR Z
I asked a while back if there were any good zombie novels after having given up on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I got a number of recommendations, with World War Z being mentioned multiple times. I wasn’t sure that … Continue reading
New Nook Color coming November 7
I have the Nook Touch, the black-and-white e-ink reader Barnes & Noble released last summer. I love it, and use it almost every day, in addition to my iPad (which my wife has commandeered to read the complete Dresden Files). … Continue reading
Book review: Richard Kadrey’s ALOHA FROM HELL. More fun than a rum-soaked Tijuana lap dance
I loved Richard Kadrey’s first two Sandman Slim books, and couldn’t wait to get my hands on the third installment, Aloha From Hell. For reference, here are links to my reviews of Sandman Slim and Kill the Dead. ~SPOILERS FOLLOW~ … Continue reading
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Reader feeback on LIFE LINE
It’s always nice to get positive feedback on your work. I got this message a few days ago: Just wanted to let you know I clicked on one of your postings a few weeks back to read a review of … Continue reading
New York Times hardcover bestsellers
The books at the top of the charts this week. 1 NEW YORK TO DALLAS, by J. D. Robb. (Putnam, $27.95.) An escaped child molester pursues Lt. Eve Dallas; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously. 2 THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin … Continue reading
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