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Did You Know?

This is a great video. Totally worth watching. And yet what's frightening is that this is 2 years old!

Kobo, eBooks, Polls, and DRM – A Random Rant

Random Rant going on here. Take from it what you will.

The video from BookNet Canada's 2010 Tech Forum where Kobo's Michael Tamblyn presents "Lessons Learned from Shortcovers and Kobo: A Year in the Life of the What and How of Selling eBooks" is not new to most people in the publishing industry. There were some great lessons learned and I took a lot from the presentation. It's well worth the 50 minutes and I've posted it here if you haven't seen it.

I was especially interested in the pieces...

What It Means To Be A Dad

Although I can't say I agree with all of the PSA's fatherhood.org has put out, these I found particularly meaningful. Enjoy.

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Poll Results: What You Are Willing To Pay For eBooks

More on this later. Quite interesting!

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Interview with Permuted Press Author – Brian Easton

Over at Permuted Press, they're releasing some great new books, especially some dark, apocalyptic fiction. I'm going to be doing some interviews with a few of the authors/editors there so I hope you'll take the time to check out their work. Last week I interviewed author, Kim Paffenroth. Today, please welcome author, Brian Easton.

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To start, can you tell me a little about yourself?

Well, I'm originally from a small town in southern Illinois. My father was a minister, as was my grandfather...

It's Thompson Twins Day!

I'm a complete victim of the 80's. From time to time I pine for the days of cheesy videos, big hair, and acid-wash jeans. So here at Random Musings, I've declared it Thompson Twins Day. Enjoy!

Interview With Apex Book Company Editor – Jennifer Brozek

Over at Apex Book Company, they're releasing some great new books, especially some wonderfully dark fantasy. I'm going to be doing some interviews with a few of the authors/editors there so I hope you'll take the time to check out their work. Last week I interviewed Sara M. Harvey and earlier this week was Maurice Broaddus. Today is editor, Jennifer Brozek.

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To start, can you tell me a little about yourself.

I am an author, award winning editor, award nominated RPG writer and small press...

Poll Results: How You Feel About DRM for eBooks

Results are in (see below). I'll blog about this later.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Interview with Permuted Press Author – Kim Paffenroth

Over at Permuted Press, they're releasing some great new books, especially some dark, apocalyptic fiction. I'm going to be doing some interviews with a few of the authors/editors there so I hope you'll take the time to check out their work.

First up, Kim
To start, can you tell me a little about yourself.

I'm a professor of religious studies and at first I wrote theology books. But even in those, there was kind of a dark side – sin, theodicy, evil, doubt, that whole looking into...

Give Earth A Hand

This is one of the best Earth Day ads I've seen. Way to go Greenpeace!