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Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. As a programmer, I prefer to use a random sort() to organize my bookcase. Here are a few other options. Epub Checker has been updated.  The [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. Here's some advice for what not to do on social media. Be sure to break at least a couple of the rules. An otherwise respectable news site just [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Google won't remove The Pirate Bay's homepage from its search results because, shockingly, there's no pirated content on that page.  The longest [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. How to detect the stench of a vanity publisher. Australians should book mark this article and revisit it in about 5 months.  The tale of a [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. More whining about Google. On that horrible Forbes piece.  More on that execrable Forbes piece.  Kris Rusch on Good Fiction.  On the [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. Famous first lines of novels, as improvised by your phone's auto-suggest.  Comic book sales are down - It just doesn't make a lot of sense to buy [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. There was a book focused ad network, but it is gone now.  There is a special honor to having scooped several parts of this story on Kindle [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Monday ironing. When your sword is so broad it can double as a shield.  Automated DMCA notices continue to be a hot mess.  Facebook abdicates any responsibility [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Friday. What to do when you don't feel like writing. On the importance of semicolons in writing.  For the want of a semicolon, a trademark was lost.  How to cope [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. I plan to finish this article on slow reading some time next month.  David Gaughran goes off on a rant about an ebook marketing scammer, but [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Youtube's ContentID continues to be a dumpster fire.  Did you know the wrong font can bring down a government?  A recent survey shows that Tumblr [Read More ...]

Here are a re stories to read this Wednesday morning. Pencil sketches are nothing compared to pencil sculpture. There are more problems with writer income surveys than you can shake a stick at. When [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Elon Musk goes from union-busting to IP theft.  DC is finally joining the 21st-century - they're launching a subscription service. A review of [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. Amazon booted a number of Kindle Unlimited book stuffers (their KDP accounts have been closed). When a used bool recycler shuts down, unwanted [Read More ...]

Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. Google has reopened its publisher portal following the terrible bout of piracy. Dave Winer says blogging isn't dead, but he is wrong. Most [Read More ...]