Welcome to ‘The Lit Chick Corner!’ (that is, ‘literary chick’). I am a Sydney-based novelist, dedicating this weekly column to all those hardworking, and often unrewarded, authors out there. So, be it...
By Darren E Laws I tuned into BBC’s The Money Programme with high expectations to see an investigation into the current state of play in the world of publishing but was disappointed to find a programme that...
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XinXii.com allows authors to upload their files, establish a price and to sell their documents by using PayPal. They keep 70 of the revenue per download and pay no further fees. Buyers benefit from an immediate...
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From Sony's ebook reader which costs about $300, to iPhone, and many choices in between, ebooks are coming out in many forms and suitable for most cellphones. This would be more edifying than playing solitaire or other games while commuting."“Once you get use to having...
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"So, what is the truth about money making ebooks and guides?
* They're often written by ghostwriters, and not all of those hired hands know a damned thing of value.
* They're oversold like crazy with bad-ass sales letters that leave you itching to drop some cash.
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"I expect you’re fed up of waiting for my book to appear. I know I am. In the meantime, stay up to speed and save money with ten free e-books about Web 2.0 and Social Media. In no particular order…"
"We take off our shoes at the airport in Pittsburgh, we have robot chips planted in our driver's licenses, we have our cousin Larry in Falluja." "But there seems to be one thing missing in the War on Terror: the terrorists." "Where are they? Are they at all? What about the...
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" The speaker is a grinning, chuckling, "optimistic" structural engineer, Osama bin Laden, recorded on film on December 13, 2001, in Afghanistan. Some would suggest it wasn't really Osama—maybe it was Karl Rove in a turban stretched to six feet six. Sorry, it...
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"The code "199-I" means "national security matter" in FBI-speak. It was about the soccer club, WAMY, which agents deemed "a suspected terrorist organization." What made the document special—and earned the anger of the two agents who...
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"It so happened that one of our researchers' friends, Selda Arman, a Muslim with patriotic notions and a fluency in Turkish, offered her translation services to our government. In response, Selda received a call from our nation's protectors, which we've transcribed directly...
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"Why would Team Bush pull back our agents from nabbing Libya's bomb connection? The answer in two words: Saudi Arabia. The agent on the line said, "There were always constraints on investigating the...
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