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I want one! Er, but I’m on the wrong continent. “Orion will give away 3,700 USB memory sticks tomorrow (14 January) to promote the paperback launch of Harlan Coben’s thriller Hold Tight. The branded USBs contain a creepy animation, which ties in with the thriller’s plot plus directions to a competition to win an iPhone on Orion’s website.” (via @sarahw)
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“Jean MacLeod has been working for the publisher of romantic fiction since 1938 when it brought out her first novel, Life For Two.” (via @sarahw)
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I’ll be doing this on my Twitter. Oh yes. “When you wake up on the 27th, instead of writing about your usual work and school and politics and friends and news and stuff, experience life down the Rabbit Hole and write about the work, the school, the politics, the friends, the news, the stuff that you find there instead. Travel through time. Turn into an animal. Flee from assassins. Talk to your goldfish. Conquer Greenland. Sprout some extra limbs. Learn how to walk on water. Marry an insect.” (via Warren Ellis)
Jan 142009
Photo by Jon Sullivan. Not my computer.
Conan! What is best in life?* To find free ebooks and download them!
One of my favorite activities is to hunt down publishers and authors giving away free ebooks. Then I download them and celebrate not spending any money (my budget, it is sad). I also like downloading out-of-copyright ebooks (from places like Project Gutenburg and Munseys), but there’s something really awesome about downloading books from authors that want you download their books for free. It’s like they understand the power of the internet and free stuff, y’know? That sort of thing is pretty rare in publishing right now, though it’s changing.
The power of free stuff and the effect it has on readers shouldn’t be underestimated. If someone offers me a free book, for download or otherwise, I’ll automatically like them better than beforehand, even if I end up hating the book itself. You’re giving me something? For free? Why thank you! What can I buy from you to support you? More books? Fabulous!
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