I’ve got a new piece I’m really proud of in the latest issue of Instant City. The issue comes out May 17th, and there’s a release party and reading happening that day. While I won’t be reading, Charles Gatewood, Amanda Davidson, Andrew Dugas, and Sherilyn Connelly [...]
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By joshuacitrak, on April 14th, 2010 |
 according to PW Daily. Not sure if this is a good thing or what. While i certainly don’t side with the traditional Publisher-Author model, my reasons for it are mostly financial. The authors simply don’t get a big enough cut for their work. [...] By joshuacitrak, on April 5th, 2010 |
If you’re not an avid LH reader, then you need to question your [...] By joshuacitrak, on February 26th, 2010 |
You’ve been waiting like what, two freaking years for this? Well, AITPL #13 is out [...] By joshuacitrak, on January 30th, 2010 |
t was my first live interview and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Teresa wasn’t feeling well, so if it sounds like I’m dominating the conversation, it’s because every time a question went out, she’d give me a look like, “please answer that while I cough.” [...] By joshuacitrak, on November 9th, 2009 |
found this little tid-bit on Keith Peters blog. basically it breaks down how to convert your Kindle purchased ebooks to other open source file extensions which would allow your book to be viewed on non-Kindle readers, such as the iPhone or your [...] By joshuacitrak, on September 21st, 2009 |
The U.S. Department of Justice has weighed in on the Google Book Settlement saying that currently, it violates the Sherman Act. This is probably the death nail for this sucker in its current form. Although both sides say they will continue negotiating, many are wondering who they are negotiating for, as many of the stakeholders/rightsholders [...] By joshuacitrak, on July 29th, 2009 |
As the deadline for the Google Book Settlement opt out, as negotiated by the Author’s Guild, nears, all authors need to be aware of their (lack of) rights regarding this settlement. In my opinion, this is a terrible deal for authors and artists in general as it had not punished Google for illegally copying books and gives them license in to future to continue doing so. [...] By joshuacitrak, on July 22nd, 2009 |
This week Barnes and Noble has launched its eBook site, offering 700,000 titles at start. While Amazon and its Kindle continue to struggle, mostly because of proprietary format issues, B&N will allow its books to be read on the industry standard ePub format. The ePub format works on a variety of devices, from your iPhone [...] By joshuacitrak, on July 17th, 2009 |
If you’ve been following the revolutionary way that online giant Scribd.com has sought to change publishing, more than likely you’ve heard this on going drama about Wired’s editor-in-chief Chris Anderson’s new book, “Free”. A book that attempts to quantify the idea of free in the digital [...] |
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