In past articles, I have spoken of the need for indie authors to use professional editors (see, e.g., On Words: Is the Correct Word Important?, Professional Editors: Publishers and Authors Need Them (Part 1), and Professional Editors: Publishers and Authors Need Them (Part 2)). Alas, there is always an excuse for not using them. A little more than [...]
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I was right: The funds for a 1:1 iPad program don’t exist
March 27th, 2011 · 8 Comments · opinion
I’ve written posts before objecting to public schools starting iPad pilot programs. My main argument was that they don’t have the funds to follow through and give every student an iPad. Well, yesterday I came across a school district outside of Minneapolis that just proved me right.
Smashwords Surpasses 500 Million Words Published
April 14th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the Smashwords blog: Oh, wow. After I finished the previous post about how the number of self-published books is exceeding the number traditionally published books, I clicked over to the Smashwords home page to discover our word counter ticked past 500 million when I wasn’t looking. Six months ago, I set a crazy goal [...]
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