Writers as Readers: An Interview with Hugh Howey (Book Riot)
I first heard of Hugh Howey early last year, when someone asked me if had read Wool, a self-published science fiction book. I hadn’t, I said, and thought “Why would I read a self-published book?” I then heard of it from someone else and then again from someone else.
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Kobo Aura HD vs Amazon Paperwhite 2 (GoodeReader)
The Kobo Aura HD was a departure from the standard six inch e-reader and gave a larger viewing area with the 6.8 inch display. The limited edition model came out in April and quickly gained momentum and customer acceptance. It now accounts for 25% for all hardware sales for the Canadian based company. Today, we compare this unit with the new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2, which just came out.
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Indie Authors Launch Petition Reacting to Retailer’s Censorship (Publisher’s Weekly)
In the wake of a mounting controversy over a number of retailers removing titles from their Web sites because of inappropriate material, a group of authors have generated a petition asking retailers to “leave our erotica and self-published Indie authors alone.
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Batte of the New Media Billionaires: One Trying to Save Something Old, One Trying to Start Something New (GigaOM)
Those who think journalism isn’t dying but being reborn now have two major experiments to watch — Jeff Bezos trying to revive the Washington Post and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar launching an ambitious new venture.
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Kindle Daily Deals: The Ophelia Cut (and 3 others)
