May 21, 2014

Wednesday News: Smashwords contracts with OverDrive, menstruation’s non-effect on women, Jennifer Weiner on “blurb inflation,” and complaints about Crescent Moon Press

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OverDrive and Smashwords Ink Deal to Distribute Indie Author Ebooks to Libraries – Good news for self-published authors and their readers: OverDrive has made a deal with Smashwords to allow 200,000 books to be distributed to public libraries through the OverDrive network. Smashwords will, apparently, be “curating” the titles, giving ... more >

January 17, 2014

Friday News: Writerly eccentricities, print v. digital (again!), Steam kills Greenlight, Jennifer Weiner still speaking out, and WWI diaries digitized

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The Incredible Eccentricities of 20 Great Writers – After you’ve checked out the writers who liked to write in the nude, you’ll get a kick out of this list of unusual writerly habits. From Balzac, who drank approximately 50 cups of coffee a day, to Byron, who apparently kept a ... more >