Tag: opportunity
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God’s (Book) Country
So I’ve had two really good posts all week but I’ve been so busy at work. In my off hours, I’ve been spending time at Book Country. It’s a place for authors, aspiring and successful, to gather and share and critique. It reminds me of Authonomy without the used-car mentality or critique.org with less strict…
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The Easiest Way to Give
So you lost your job and you haven’t had an interview in months but you still splurged on presents for the kids because you can’t stand to think of them crying in front of the tree. You think to yourself, I don’t have any money to give to a charity. Well, Nathan Bransford is holding…
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I’ll Make a Bajillion Dollars!
So, as we all know, the reason there is still resistance to the ebook is because some people worry about losing their pretension. How can one prove that one is better than those around one if they cannot see that the book one is reading is clearly far beyond the reading level of everyone else…
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Print is Killing Publishing
Whether you love the smell of paper books or not, digital distribution will be the primary means of accessing text-based media within your lifetime. Three years ago I was in a meeting of department heads and vice presidents and all the people that make decisions on things. We were discussing the company’s ebook strategy. Three…