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Help Me Choose the Best Artwork!

July 23, 2012 By Seeley James

Filed Under: Reviews

4 Steps to Google Mind Control

July 17, 2012 By Seeley James

Google Uber Alles. They enter a product category with the intention of world domination. So why bring out the Nexus 7 when they know it can’t compete with the iPad? Simple: They want to control your mind. Why does Google even need an e-reader in their line up? What are their motivations for bringing it […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: AAP, amazon, apple, authors, barnes & noble, big 6, books, debut writer, ebooks, fiction, Google, great writing, heroine, ipad, literature, new releases, nexus, nexus 7, novels, Publishers, publishing, source, traditional publishers

5 Things the Big 6 Will Try

July 10, 2012 By Seeley James

Why did News Corp decide to break into two companies? Because the path-to-market model has changed forever and new investments are needed. Does that mean publishers will disappear? No. Distributors like Ingram? No. Bookstores? No. Nothing will change in the current supply chain except—volume. So why is News Corp so worried about the future of […]

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Review: Petroplague

July 7, 2012 By Seeley James

Petroplague – Author Amy Rogers – 83,000~ words, $19.95 HC / $2.99 E I have a huge ego. To keep its luster, I keep it away from embarrassing situations. Naturally, I was a bit intimidated when I followed a stray link from Booktrib to the website of Havard grad, former Cal State Professor, Amy Rogers, […]

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Heroine Archetype: Katniss Everdeen

July 3, 2012 By Seeley James

I read 50-80 books a year and post reviews for 10-20 of them. This is the only one that is not a review. I’m posting this in the hopes of getting more writers, movie moguls, TV producers, etc to understand how a real literary heroine works. Since everyone finally caught on to The Hunger Games, writers […]

Filed Under: Great Writers On Writing, Publishing Tagged With: catching fire, everdeen, fiction, greatest, heroine, heroines, hunger games, hunger games trilogy, katniss, Mockingjay, peeta, pia sabel, thriller, women

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