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Great Moments in Contemporary Publishing [Reblog from L. Block]

Posted on 2 March 2013 by J. M. Brink

I … well, actually Shannon found this little bit on Lawrence Block‘s blog. I’m going to reblog it here because it’s just such a beautiful example of how the publishing houses Continue Reading →

Posted in Random Bloggy Stuff | Tagged Author, Book, Bookselling, Business, God, idiocy, Lawrence Block, Publishing, Sales, Target Corporation

Amazing what a difference a dollar makes

Posted on 13 September 2012 by J. M. Brink

So, proof that, yes, Amazon‘s sales ranking system is absolutely idiotic. “Once A Hero …” and Stolen Time have just had their prices reduced by exactly us$1.  That’s it.  One lousy Continue Reading →

Posted in Random Bloggy Stuff | Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, Books, Price, Ranking, Sales, Shopping, Stolen Time, Tie (draw), Tiebreaker

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This is a writer’s blog, author’s blog, professional blog, whatever. This is about the stuff I’m not writing and all the ways I’ve found to distract myself so that they don’t get written or, at least, so they take longer. (for the uninitiated, that’s called ‘sarcasm’ and you might see a lot of that here)

J. R. R. Tolkien in his introduction to the second edition of The Lord of the Rings:
“Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.”

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