Archive for February, 2010

THE WINDUP GIRL named by TIME Magazine as a best book of the year

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

I meant to post this earlier, like, two months ago, when it happened. But I always get distracted. In any case, yes, TIME Magazine named THE WINDUP GIRL as one of the top ten fiction books of the year. Not just science fiction, mind, but fiction, generally. Which feels pretty ...

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A roundup of Amazon vs. Macmillan. And thank you for the lost weekend.

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Tobias Buckell talks about the economics of ebooks in the post: Why my Books are no longer for sale via Amazon. Charles Stross describes some strategic aspects in the fight. Amazon, Macmillan: an outsider's guide to the fight And Scott Westerfeld sums up the battle in clean clear prose, so anyone can ...

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