publishing

Messy Desk Report for November 2012

November was rough on the tidiness of my desk, and lo, of my whole office. I’ve lost track of how many little scraps of paper are here. Besides that I have a few pens, and a DVD about linguistics of sign language.…

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The Next Big Thing

The wonderful Miranda Suri tagged me in her Next Big Thing blog post, which means I get to talk about my WIP and pass the baton to other writers for their chance.

With no more than the median quantity of ado…

Ten Interview Questions for The Next Big Thing

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Ritchie Boss: Private Investigator Manager

Last year, a colleague of mine noticed this contest involving a near-future timeline, program source code, and a Vinge-ian flavor, and said ‘you really ought to enter something here. The end result: I did, and my story took the top prize.…

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Stuff to think about: ebook pricing

I see lots of articles like this, talking about consumer confusion over ebook pricing. The lead-in goes something like…aw, I’ll just quote it.

Publishers are making a killing on e-books because they cost nothing to produce, distribute and sell and are almost 100% pure profit.

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Micah Joel

Purveyor of things geeky