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Feeling depressed because the recession and the internet are both killing the book publishing industry, and hurting your hopes for the big literary contract you deserve? Just self-publish! Every other jerk is. You might think that the ease of internet publishing (your own stupid blog, free) and the ...

The self-publishing revolution continues. My comments on this are mostly snarky, and I can't claim to have followed its developments very closely. But right off the top of my head I feel compelled to remind everyone that Lambert allows "self-publishing" on this web site for people, for free. There's...

It's not as hard as you may think. And, it's not as easy as you may think. But, in the end, it's after your book is completed - and published - that the real work begins. Regardless of how you......

Craig Murray, the former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, became a bestselling author with his frank account of his time in the country, which included shocking accusations of government complicity in human rights abuse. The book, Murder in Samarkand, became a bestseller. But Murray's new book has ...

Last year I was blessed with the birth of my daughter (now 9 months old), and I wanted to come up with a special gift that both she, and her immediate family could enjoy for years. Given that I was working on some wikinomics-related research, I sat down to think about how I could put some of the pri...

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Consider this as Part 2 of my post on turning Blogs into Books. In Part 1, I wrote that when your blog could be turned into a book, it is a sign that you indeed have a quality blog. Hillary Clinton wrote, "It takes a Village".First you need a good blog before you turn into a good book.That is a doub...

“Glenna!� he called through the window, wincing when a sharp note was played horribly flat. The sheers didn’t allow him to see if she reacted similarly or not. “Glenna, open the door,� he insisted. She had to be able to hear him; he was practically yelling. “She’s being stubborn,� he...

SM: Will your publishers be paying a fee to gain access to the service? KW: Yes, they will pay a fee to use the service. In this business, if you do not have critical mass it is really hard to drive customer satisfaction and to get costs in line....