Category Archives: Rambles

Selling book reviews on Amazon.com?

Am I missing the brilliant business plan here or is selling book reviews to book buyers on Amazon as pointless as it appears?

Free Ebook: The Last Days of Vegas

From the author of The Hungarian Game comes The Last Days of Las Vegas, a free ebook download. I’ll let Roy Hayes introduce his novel: Many years ago I wrote a rather sardonic espionage thriller, The Hungarian Game, that became a minor best-seller. Somewhere around 500,000 copies were peddled in a number of languages worldwide,…

Vanity Fair Displaying Pirated Content?

[February 14, 2010: It appears that the video has now been removed from the Vanity Fair article. Too bad they didn't have a clear enough ethical policy to avoid the issue in the first place.] I’ve been swamped this week so I haven’t had a chance to do any blog posts, but I came across…

Hart Hanson’s keynote speech at The Future of Story conference

#futureofstory Couldn’t be there? A few of my favourite bits & bobs from Hanson’s speech.

The Last Surgeon Autographed Book Giveaway!

Michael Palmer is willing to send a book anywhere in the world!

Amazon Throws a Hissy Fit and Realizes No One Cares

Amazon could one day be obsolete and Bezos knows it–so he came up with the Kindle to lock people into buying ebooks from a middleman.

Free Ebook: War of the Worlds

Limited-time freebie with illustrations and original radio dramatization.

Enhance This, Publishers

Don’t add crap to my ebooks, call it gold, and expect me to pay more.

Free: iPhone/iPod Touch apps

A new, free iPhone/iPod Touch application every day. Find out where!

10 Things You Should Know Before Auditioning for American Idol

#10. Video games don’t accurately measure real world skills. This should not need to be said. #9. Friends and family tell you you’re great. They live with you. Make the connection. #8. Unvarnished criticism sucks to hear. Poor delivery does not mean poor content. #7. Personality and skill are not the same thing. One without…