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		<title>How giving ebooks away for free increases print book sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 14:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always on the lookout for authors who not only embrace ebooks but use them to compliment their print book sales. The most interesting way of doing this, I think, is by giving ebooks away for free. Science fiction writer Cory Doctorow does it and I&#8217;m sure a lot of other writers do to. Last [...]


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		<title>BookExpo America pushes forward amid slumping book sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 02:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll admit that I wasn&#8217;t very surprsied when I read Declining Sales Cast Gloom at an Expo on the New York Times website yesterday. Unless you&#8217;ve been living in a cave, cut off from all civilization and news, then it&#8217;s hard to ignore the news about how this deep recession we are in is hurting [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/04/what-is-americas-favorite-book/' rel='bookmark' title='What is America&#8217;s favorite book?'>What is America&#8217;s favorite book?</a></li>
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		<title>Friday Link Love 5/29</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 11:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe May is almost over! Where does the time go? I was looking over my summer calendar earlier and it is really filling up. The next few months will be pretty busy, to say the least. There is so much I want to do, so many books I want to read, and so [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/05/friday-link-love-522/' rel='bookmark' title='Friday Link Love 5/22'>Friday Link Love 5/22</a></li>
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		<title>How to deal with criticism as a writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a writer, then you&#8217;re going to have to deal with a certain amount of criticism. It&#8217;s a fact of life. Developing a thick skin is crucial, and just as important, knowing the types of criticism to take seriously and the types to let roll off your back and forget about. Criticism might be [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/09/literary-criticism-being-shaped-by-google/' rel='bookmark' title='Literary criticism being shaped by Google'>Literary criticism being shaped by Google</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/11/is-literary-criticism-still-relevent/' rel='bookmark' title='Is literary criticism still relevent?'>Is literary criticism still relevent?</a></li>
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		<title>Smashwords unveils new affiliate program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 14:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The online self ebook publisher Smashwords has announced the beginning of their affiliate program, which will let bloggers, publishers, authors, and website owners promote ebooks sold on Smashwords in exchange for a commission on each sale. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from their press release: “Our mission at Smashwords is to help authors and publishers publish, promote [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/04/exciting-times-over-at-dailylit/' rel='bookmark' title='Exciting times over at DailyLit'>Exciting times over at DailyLit</a></li>
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		<title>I have finally joined Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 03:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, after much prodding I have finally jumped onto the Twitter bandwagon. My main reason for not joining sooner was that I wasn&#8217;t sure how I&#8217;d use Twitter. Would I write about the mundane details of my every day life? Would I write about writing? Would I make sarcastic comments about the book I&#8217;m currently [...]


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		<title>Will book publishers learn from music and newspaper industries?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 23:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I lose all faith in the world of book publishing. And after I read the article Steal This Book from the New York Times, I just wanted to bang my head against my desk until I stop caring what publishers do. The article details Amazon&#8217;s $9.99 price point for a majority of ebooks and [...]


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		<title>Brad&#8217;s Reader RSS Feed might need updating</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 23:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since switching to the new blogging platform yesterday, one issue I have noticed already is the Brad&#8217;s Reader RSS feed. You&#8217;ll probably need to update your RSS reader to continue reading all the great content you have come to love from this blog. To update your feed, you can either click on the RSS icon [...]


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		<title>Friday Link Love 5/22</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been quite a week. It started when I was sick with the stomach flu (thankfully I&#8217;m better now) and is ending with this blog getting a new design and new features. Actually, the latter has been in the works for a while now.  As Brad&#8217;s Reader has grown and the content has evolved [...]


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		<title>New design, new features, same blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 02:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t worry, the intertubes aren&#8217;t broken. This is the same Brad&#8217;s Reader, just with a new, improved and upgraded design. My blog also has a few new features as well. Here&#8217;s a rundown of what&#8217;s new: - More categories: The categories have been  updated to reflect how Brad&#8217;s Reader has evolved over the last year [...]


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