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    • 15 Ratings
    • 2207 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Hey Writer! What's Your Brand?

    JULY 27, 2012 12:46PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: writing, branding, novels, marketing books, publishing, neil gaiman, cheryl strayed, carsten stroud, niceville, elizabeth george, jodi picoult, elin hilderbrand, quentin tarantino, web site design, blogging, women's fiction, chick lit, goop, kindle, gwyneth paltrow, facebook, reading, literature, graphic novels, crime fiction, tom perrota, the leftovers, the gerbil farmer's daughter, sleeping tigers, prince edward island

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2134 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    ASH - All (kinds of) Stories Here

    MAY 23, 2012 7:06AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: book reviews, os weekend fiction club, kindle, books by open salon members, os, ash..., short stories, reading, books, allen skipper howlett

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 4726 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Why Reading Novels on My Kindle Scares Me

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 12:36PM

    By Martha Nichols


    Topics: kindle, e-readers, children and reading, kids today, the loss of narrative, books, woe is me, i'll survive, happy holidays

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 5370 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Denouement for a bookseller

    SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 10:44PM

    By Lucy Mercer


    Topics: my freshman english lit teacher, thanks sara burk wingard, denouement means to unravel, angel of death, bookselling, books, kindle, e-readers, bankruptcy, borders

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1486 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    I killed the Bookstore

    MARCH 22, 2011 9:50PM

    By Orrin Onken


    Topics: books, kindle, bookstores

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 20217 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    The Nook Color vs. the Kindle 3G

    NOVEMBER 24, 2010 8:19AM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: nook, barnes and noble, amazon, kindle, ereaders, books, reading

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 4560 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Amazon.com Finally Removes 'Pedophilia Guide'

    NOVEMBER 11, 2010 10:15AM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: amazon, censorship, kindle, children, security, business, ebook, public reaction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 2943 Views
    • 64 Comments
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    Freedom For Readers: What's Your Device Of Choice?

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 8:18AM

    By Ken Honeywell


    Topics: freedom, salon book club, jonathan franzen, writers, writing, reading, publishing, kindle, ipad, old-timey books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 9227 Views
    • 57 Comments
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    I Hate Apple

    AUGUST 2, 2010 4:46PM

    By Anna Murray


    Topics: technology, apple, kindle, ipad

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 7356 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    Why I won't be buying an "e-reader"

    JULY 20, 2010 9:23AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: elizabeth kostova, ray bradbury, paul fussell, reading, books, kindle, e-books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 2413 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Kindle Going to Target

    APRIL 22, 2010 2:28PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: kindle, amazon, target, e-readers, technology, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2113 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    'It's Complicated' Between Me and My Kindle

    MARCH 3, 2010 10:26PM

    By Colleen Claes


    Topics: printing industry, print, novels, amazon, kindle, technology, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 6340 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Kindle's Robot Voice

    FEBRUARY 24, 2010 2:47AM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, technology, kindle, wrath of khan, robots, text-to-speech

    • Editor's Pick
    • 35 Ratings
    • 3765 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Batgirl Was a Librarian

    FEBRUARY 17, 2010 12:31AM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, libraries, librarians, kindle, batgirl, cake pans

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 3121 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Can Digital Comics Finally Go Mainstream?

    FEBRUARY 8, 2010 4:54PM

    By Nick Leshi


    Topics: technology, dc, marvel, apple, amazon, kindle, e-readers, panelfly, ipad, comic books, digital comics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 4184 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Sony seems to have out-designed the Kindle

    AUGUST 26, 2009 1:06AM

    By Dave Cullen


    Topics: ebooks, kindle, sony, daily edition, books, publishing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 811 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Will Kindle Allow Authors Micropayments?

    JULY 31, 2009 10:03AM

    By Rita Arens


    Topics: kindle, authors, publishing industry, itunes, ipod, micropayments, short stories, fiction, publishing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1721 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Premature Burial: A Future Remembrance of Newspapers Past

    JUNE 6, 2009 2:23PM

    By Jeremiah Horrigan


    Topics: politics, five-cent beer, data panic, nostalgia, unemployment, jobs, kindle, satire, humor, news, blackberry, google, twitter, journalism, newspapers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 5238 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    A Kindle Alternative--& fair compensation for writers

    MAY 28, 2009 2:37AM

    By Dave Cullen


    Topics: kindle, ebooks

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1521 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Kindle finally gets it right--Is that good?

    MAY 12, 2009 5:03PM

    By Dave Cullen


    Topics: books, ebook, kindle

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