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  • Amazon Launches New Short Story Publishing Imprint StoryFront

    Amazon Launches New Short Story Publishing Imprint StoryFront

    One of the most potentially useful features of digital publishing was the ability of authors to publish their short stories without the tedious process of anthology selection. In the past, authors who pen short stories had to submit their stories to collections publishers, and those anthologies are typically only published […]

     
  • Rapid Growth of Internet in Africa Leading to Digital Publishing Boom

    Rapid Growth of Internet in Africa Leading to Digital Publishing Boom

    Africa has long been referred to as the dark continent, which means there is ample scope for the light to shine; and that is exactly what is happening in that part of the world. Focusing on just one measure of development, internet usage in Africa has hit the fast lane. […]

     
  • Amazon Most Visited Website on Black Friday

    Amazon Most Visited Website on Black Friday

    Many US-based retailers and business owners came into the holidays this year in a state of pre-panic, which was understandable given that this year’s holiday calendar means there are six fewer shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. But early reports on how businesses fared during the recent holiday shopping frenzy […]

     
  • Penguin signs deal to sell ebooks direct to readers

    Penguin signs deal to sell ebooks direct to readers

    Penguin UK has moved to loosen Amazon’s stranglehold on UK ebook sales, with the launch of direct sales of its titles using a new app making it easier for readers to share their e-reading. The publisher has partnered with Berlin-based ebook app developer Readmill on more than 5,000 digital titles, […]

     
  • Survey suggests teens prefer print to digital

    Survey suggests teens prefer print to digital

    With the major holiday gift buying days of the holiday season happening this weekend, shoppers might do well to remember the results of a new study by Voxburner: teens prefer print. While this isn’t news, having first been revealed at the onset of device penetration, the study does demonstrate that […]

     
 

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  • Pre-Fab Four

    Pre-Fab Four

    By By TIM RILEY The first of a projected three-volume biography of the Fab Four. …read more Read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/books/review/tune-in-the-beatles-all-these-years-volume-1-by-mark-lewisohn.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss ...

     
 
 

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  • Wearing the Cape by Marion G. Harmon

    Wearing the Cape by Marion G. Harmon

    Cape (plural capes): literally, a sleeveless garment hanging from the neck over the back and shoulders; figuratively, a superhuman who has chosen...

     
 
 

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  • What You Should Do To Get Published

    What You Should Do To Get Published

    Another day, another rejection letter—what’s a new writer to do? While holding your breath, stomping your feet, or crying might sound cathartic...