For the last several years, a pretty vibrant indie ebook business has grown up around Amazon.com and its affiliates. Amazon’s Kindle bulletin boards grew a lively community of writers and readers. In the last couple of months, Amazon has … Continue reading →
Okay, I’ve lowered the price of Mindbenders to 99 cents! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity (if you’re a fruitfly–if you live more than a week or two, maybe twice in a lifetime..)!!!!!!!! Anyway, don’t miss this chance to read the … Continue reading →
I’ve mentioned this before: I grew up in a household that had a reverence for ‘culture’, culture with an Old World reverence. Opera. Plays. Musicals were a step below, movies and popular music below that. Literature was right up at … Continue reading →
Back in 1999, I read an interview with Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems where he was quoted as saying, “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.” The flap over iPhones and Androids tracking your movements only shows how far … Continue reading →
Karen’s latest Karen Dionne is an interesting writer and a good soul. She’s written a thoughtful piece on Huffington Post today about how 99 e-books are bad for writers. Thoughtful, sensible—but (in my opinion) wrong. First, you have to understand … Continue reading →
Jenny Milchman replied to my post yesterday with an account of her own trials with the publishing establishment: Thanks for the post (and posts), Ted–I’ve just begun to scroll through your very relevant blog. Relevant to the times, and relevant … Continue reading →
I have to get my haircut today-which naturally gets me thinking about writing. Oh-you don’t see the connection? My philosophy, choosing a haircutter, is that it’s useless to tell the guy how I want my hair cut. He does what … Continue reading →
