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The Paper vs Pixel Debate

Recently, someone pointed out this article to me: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From Dead It’s a longish article, and if you can’t be bothered to read the whole thing, the headline gives you the gist.  And it … Continue reading

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Phoenix Island

Much has been made of the fact that this book is the inspiraton for the CBS series Intelligence (and more power to John Dixon for it). However, be warned, Hollywood being what it is, Gabriel of Intelligence bears only a … Continue reading

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Dying is My Business

Anyone who enjoys urban fantasy noir should immediately go pick up Dying Is My Business. The promise of the title (a play on Chandler’s Trouble Is My Business) is well fulfilled, especially in the use of language – if Chandler … Continue reading

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Dropping the “just”

Once upon a time, small presses were few and far between, and of those, more than a few were actually fairly prestigious, issuing limited editions, often lavishly produced and sometimes illustrated, many of them by well known authors and illustrated … Continue reading

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