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		<title>Jonathan Franzen Thinks Ebooks Suck</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no shortage of authors who hate ebooks. Today, it&#8217;s Jonathan Franzen. It&#8217;s ironic that as much as he hates ebooks, all of his novels are available in digital format on Amazon, for $9.99 each. I&#8217;m not shy about saying that I love Franzen&#8217;s work. The Corrections is a great novel and I encourage everyone [...]


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		<title>Ray Bradbury Gives In, &#8216;Fahrenheit 451&#8242; To Be Released As An Ebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;d think a science fiction author would be one of the first to embrace emerging technology, like ebooks, for example. But there are some holdouts. One of them has been famed Sci-Fi author Ray Bradbury. I wrote about him back in 2009, mostly about how much he loathed the internet. Well finally, Bradbury fans can [...]


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		<title>Authors Guild Has Harsh Words For Amazon About Lending Library</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Authors Guild isn&#8217;t holding anything back in their criticism of Amason&#8217;s Lending Library. The library program is available to Amazon Prime members, who pay $79 per year for membership. The Authors Guild&#8217;s main complaint is that Amazon is lending out ebooks for free without the publisher&#8217;s permission, or even the author&#8217;s permission. The Guild [...]


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		<title>Doubleday Hopes &#8216;The Night Circus&#8217; Will Be Another Harry Potter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve already written about how the &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; franchise will be hard to replicate. It&#8217;s one of those anomalies that comes along once in a great while. That doesn&#8217;t mean that publishers aren&#8217;t looking for the next Harry Potter. In fact, one publisher is already hoping they found the next big thing. According to this [...]


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		<title>&#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; Franchise Will Be Hard To Replicate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the release of the final Harry Potter movie, fans have little to look forward to. There&#8217;s always JK Rowling&#8217;s recently unveiled Pottermore website, and the release of the series in ebook format. But even those can take fans so far. Let&#8217;s not forget that Harry Potter has been a multi-billion dollar franchise. It has [...]


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		<title>Bill O&#8217;Reilly Inc. &#8211; A Study In Personal Online Branding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter what your politics are and regardless of what you think about Fox News host Bill O&#8217;Reilly, you have to admit one thing: He&#8217;s been a master at marketing his own online brand. If you haven&#8217;t been to O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s website, check it out. From offering a premium membership area, costing $49.95/year (very rare for [...]


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		<title>JK Rowling Does 180 On Ebooks; Forgoes DRM</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days after JK Rowling&#8217;s new Pottermore website came to life and the announcement of the Harry Potter series being released in ebook format, got me thinking about the big shift that has taken place in Rowling&#8217;s thinking over the years. She has gone from dismissing ebooks because of worries about piracy (even though [...]


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		<title>Popular Harry Potter Series To Be Released As Ebooks In October</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: I&#8217;ve been writing about the Harry Potter/Ebook saga for a while now. Check out my most popular Harry Potter post that has links to most of my other HP posts. Thanks for reading! The announcement has finally arrived for all you Harry Potter fans out there: The popular 7 book series will be released [...]


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		<title>JK Rowling Teasing Us Again; Still No Harry Potter Ebooks In Sight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s one thing JK Rowling is good at, it&#8217;s keeping her fans guessing about what she&#8217;s going to do next. With the new Harry Potter movie opening on July 15, the internet is gushing with new rumors. The newest clue to more Harry Potter is the mysterious website Pottermore.com. According to Digital Spy, this [...]


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		<title>J.K. Rowling Considering Big Announcement About Harry Potter Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE: Read the latest on JK Rowling &#38; Harry Potter in my new post. And don&#8217;t forget to check out all the latest Ebook News. For years JK Rowling has been avoiding ebooks like the plague, worried that an ebook version of her Harry Potter books will only encourage piracy. As I have written over [...]


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