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Thursday Midday Links: Orbit to Publish Digital Shorts

Orbit, the publisher of books like Soulless and Changelessby Gail Carriger along with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin, has just announced that it will digitally publish short fiction in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. There are not many publishers providing digital fiction in the SFF area other than Baen and Drollerie(…)

Tuesday Midday Links: Sad news in Romancelandia

Jennifer Haymore announced some terribly sad news. She has been diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. We all wish you the very very best recovery, Jennifer. ***** Bantam Dell and Ballantine have been merged into one division under Libby McGuire. She will handle the hardcover (Linda Howard) and mass market (Tessa Dare, Mary Balogh, Stephanie Tyler).(…)

10 hours with the iPad: Why the iPad Is Not a Kindle Killer

10 hours with the iPad: Why the iPad Is Not a Kindle Killer

I’m using the bluetooth keyboard to type this review out. I like the iPad a lot. I can foresee using this device everyday but it’s not the greatest ebook reader. I’m not certain if my frustration stems mostly from the software (the reading applications) or the hardware. I don’t think the iPad is a Kindle(…)

Thursday Midday Links: New Blog & State of the Day EBook Report

First, if you haven’t noticed, Dear Author and Smart Bitches have a new joint venture called ToBeRead LLC. Our first feature is a review opportunity. It’s a way for authors to increase their visibility. I urge you to check out our Etsy store. Please don’t be afraid to contact us for a custom package. ****(…)

Monday Midday Links: It’s Release Time Again

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the official release of the April books.   Most Avon and Random House books are released on the last Tuesday of every month. Kensington, Grand Central, and Harlequin have an official release date of the first of every month with Berkley/Jove/Signet/NAL books being released on the first Tuesday of every month.(…)

Friday End of the Day Links: GetGlue Is Pretty Cool

I had a product demonstration of GetGlue today with Ami Grecko.   I had learned of GetGlue before but I really didn’t understand how it worked.   After all, do I really need another social networking service?   At the end of the thirty minutes, I was convinced that this wasn’t just another social networking service and I(…)

Friday Midday Links: S&S Has a Down Year

More plagiarism from authors and journalists. NY Times has another reporter who has admitted to lifting text from other journalists, specifically from the Wall Street Journal. He apologized and said he thought it was his own material. Slate made up its own list of excuses by plagiarists. But apologies might be a thing of the(…)

Friday Midday Links: Steve Jobs Claims Publishers to Punish Amazon

Steve Jobs was interviewed by Walt Mossberg after the iPad event. (I cringe everytime I have to write iPad. Maybe I’ll just call it iSlate). Jobs states that he believes the prices in the iBookstore will match other prices online and that publishers will be withholding books from Amazon, presumably because of Amazon’s $9.99 price(…)

Thursday Links: Apple’s iPad Underwhelms

Thursday Links: Apple’s iPad Underwhelms

The message that I heard from others yesterday is that they were underwhelmed by the iPad. Significantly, it lacks the ability to run applications simultaneously, has no camera, lacks a USB port or external memory slot. Further, there is no innovative input, only a large screen keyboard. I’m not certain how easy it would be(…)