My Working (or Not) Relationship With Poetry (Book Riot)
The task that I feel is going to be the biggest stretch for me by far is poetry. Not LGBT, not authors of color, or even books about indigenous peoples. Poetry.
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The Elephant in the Room is a Phone (The Scholarly Kitchen)
According to my log, I came across 150 references to disruptive technology this week. Or was that 1,150?
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Will the New Kindle Unlimited Expansion Cause Another Dip in Author Payments? (Ink, Bits & Pixels)
The news of Kindle Unlimited expansion into Canada and Mexico may bring smiles to the faces of readers but authors might not be as happy.
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Why We Need Social Media: Press Freedom is Declining Rapidly (GigaOM)
If nothing else, this kind of overview reinforces one thing: Namely, the necessity and importance of having alternative forms of media and speech, whether it’s Twitter and YouTube and Instagram or a media entity like WikiLeaks.
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Kindle Daily Deals: Two Acclaimed Literary Fiction Novels (and others)