Monthly Archives: February 2010
Independent Musician vs. Independent Author
A few independent musicians have practically become household names. They sell millions of downloads and can fill stadiums with fans. A recent post on the marketing strategies of Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails trumpets them as an example for … Continue reading
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Alexander Calder’s Circus, Play Art
While Michelangelo drew me into the Seattle Art Museum last month, their Alexander Calder exhibit (runs through April 11) may well have rivaled the master’s scribbles. The thick black circles on the floor around the bigger mobiles, that you weren’t … Continue reading
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Lessons from Three Months of Blogging
This blog launched three months ago today. Not very long in the blogosphere, but long enough for my initial web-hosting package to expire. I first set it up on a whim. Saw the domain was available, click, I owned it. … Continue reading
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Who’s Afraid of eBooks?
It seems now that most are in agreement that an ebook wave is coming. It’s no longer dismissed as it was even a year ago, but now many of the predictions are loaded with doom. Yet as with any other … Continue reading
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The 10,000 Year Vanity Press
Writers are vain creatures. If you ever meet one, we’ll tell you all sorts of lies about why we “must” write. Only one is true. We want to be immortal. Could anything else explain all them vampire stories? This is … Continue reading
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Beating Buy Button Banishment
At a writer’s conference I attended a little less than a year ago, the general consensus amongst editors was that ebooks were nothing to fret about. The chorus went something like: parents will never read to their kids from a … Continue reading
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Medieval Helpdesk, No Doom and Gloom
The feud between Amazon and Macmillan continues with the Macmillan buy button yet to return. If Amazon blinked, they must have forgotten to open their eyes again. Undoubtedly much talk continues, not only between the two but also with other … Continue reading
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Amazon and Macmillan: Who’s the Real Winner?
The war over ebook pricing got toasty this weekend. On the heels of the iPad release, Macmillan delivered an ultimatum: either Amazon agree to let it control ebook prices (Apple agreed to similar restrictions for the iPad) or Amazon wouldn’t be … Continue reading
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