Freebies as a promotional tool

Hi, all– The Red Hot Chili Peppers “Give It Away” got stuck in my skull today, and this blog spooled from there. Because that’s how my mind works, people. Anyway, a couple of my Twitter peeps were discussing “freebies” — i.e. authors making one (or possibly more) of their books free on Kindle. I do [...]

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Out of Touch

I recently experienced a reminder of what life was like before technology.

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Writers and Twitter

Technology is a wonderful thing.There are many things to love about it: The fast information, the easy access, the multitude of sources, the lights, the colors, the action… It can also be a pain in the butt. Technology has been both a blessing and a curse for writers. It’s a blessing because it gives writers [...]

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It’s not easy being e-green…

Hi, kids–Andi here; R.G. has decided to join the French Resistance, after I told her about all the great wine I had. She’ll probably be back next week, but if not, well, we’ll figure stuff out! Okay, so I’m sure quite a few of you who read these posts on Women and Words are ebook [...]

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For the Kindle complaint division, please press 1…

Hi, all! Okay, so I thought I’d do a little chit chat about my Kindle. I’ve already talked about it a bit, and for the most part, I like it as an ereader. I’m one of those who thinks that print books and ebooks can reside in the same household quite comfortably. I am not [...]

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Let’s Back Up

Nothing like a short week and a jury trial to make me ALMOST forget to post my Wednesday vlog. Here’s a sneak peek at the vlog that will appear in the June issue of JustAboutWrite.com. It’s all about saving the world, er, I mean your manuscript.

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Technology: A Brave (and Busy) New World

To blog or not to blog? When blogging began in the late 1990s it soared in popularity, to the point where everyone and her dog had, at one time or another, a blog site. Since then, blogging has lost some of its luster. News.com.au reported in 2007 that “an estimated 200 million blogs have been [...]

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In With the New

Hi, everyone. I hope you all had a great New Year’s Eve. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2011. Where does the time go? I was having a discussion with someone (as opposed to myself) over the weekend about how the publishing industry has changed over the last few decades. Printing, as we know it, [...]

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Random thoughts on ebooks

Hi, folks– Andi here, just popping by to see how things are now that we’re almost recovered from the Hootenanny. So I’m noticing that quite a few of my Facebook friends have made the leap to ebooking. That is, they’ve bought e-readers and have begun reading books that way. Not every book, they point out, [...]

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Another Day, Another Dollar…Literally

Last week, Alyson Books, one of the oldest LGBT publishers in the world, announced that it was restructuring and that it was shutting down its print operations, moving toward ebooks only. I was stunned. I shouldn’t have been, because many publishing houses are going that way, and numerous others started that way in the first [...]

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