Daily Archives: October 10, 2012
In Which the New York Times Suggests I Am a Pretentious Git
Posted on October 10, 2012 158 Comments
You know, as they would. It’s in this article, which gripes about Americans using words and phrases in more common usage in the UK. I get called out for calling the new iPad a “lovely piece of kit,” although it is. Apparently being an American, I should have settled on “Dude, this tablet is bananas,” […]
Amazon Author Rankings and Who They Actually Benefit
Posted on October 10, 2012 65 Comments
Amazon has started ranking authors by total sales via Amazon, updated hourly. This is certain to make a whole bunch of authors begin to freak out as they constantly refresh their Amazon author pages to see where they stand in the rankings, and, independently, give a whole bunch of people who have their own hobby horses […]
Checking in on the Humble Bundle
Posted on October 10, 2012 15 Comments
I’m pretty well chuffed at how well the Humble ebook Bundle is doing; in a little less than 24 hours we’ve pulled in just a shade over $370,000, and there are still 13 days left for the bundle’s availability. Clearly things will taper off after the publicity dies down, but, still and all, it’s hard […]
The Big Idea: Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Posted on October 10, 2012 9 Comments
Welcome to the apocalypse! What’s next? This is a question at the heart of After, an anthology of nineteen stories set in apocalyptic or dystopic times. But there’s another question that After is interested in, and it involves short fiction and the young adult genre. Here are After’s editors, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, to […]
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