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Edmund Pevensie Got Ripped Off

I tried Turkish Delight for the first time this weekend. Turkish Delight, of course, is most famous as the candy the White Witch uses to tempt Edmund Pevensie in CS Lewis’s classic THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE. I … Continue reading

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It’s Ubuntu Day!

Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail comes out today! Since I’ve written two books about Ubuntu, needless to say I’ll be taking a good look at the new version. At some point this summer I’d like to update both books to new … Continue reading

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two years of self-publishing

On April 15, 2011, I uploaded DEMONSOULED to the various ebook sites, marking my first foray into self-publishing. It’s now been two years, and in that time, I have sold well over 78,000 copies of 38 different ebooks, which has … Continue reading

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I recommend Jutoh Ebook Editor

If you’re familiar with the business of ebooks, you’ve probably heard of Smashwords. Smashwords sells ebooks, but it also acts as an ebook aggregator, which means it provides ebooks to other online stores to sell. Apple’s iBookstore is probably the … Continue reading

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60k

Sometime this month I sold my 60,000th ebook since I started self-publishing (or indie publishing, if you prefer) back in April of 2011. The Lord has been good to me. Thank you, everyone! It is definitely my goal to keep … Continue reading

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writing plans for 2013

I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions. If you want to do something big and grand, I urge you to start it now, immediately, without delay. Otherwise you’ll end up like the people in this commercial. (Ironically, I saw this commercial while … Continue reading

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a free Android Office Suite for 12/26

As of this writing, Office Suite Professional 6 is free on the Amazon App Store. Writing on a tablet with a Bluetooth keyboard is not, in my opinion, a super-great experience. That said, there are people who love it, and … Continue reading

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Ubuntu is #4 on the iBookstore…

…or, more specifically, my book THE UBUNTU DESKTOP BEGINNER’S GUIDE is (or was, by the time you read this) #4 for the Operating Systems category on Apple’s US iBookstore: I am frankly baffled as to why this is the case … Continue reading

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a minty fresh book

Cover image copyright Silverrose1 | Dreamstime.com A few eagle-eyed readers noticed that I managed to sneak in one more book before 2013. This is THE LINUX MINT BEGINNER’S GUIDE, an introduction to Linux Mint. If you’ve never heard of Linux … Continue reading

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THE NEXT BIG THING – 12/12/2012

Marcy Rockwell has tagged me for THE NEXT BIG THING, and since I am an obliging sort of fellow, my post is going up today. “THE NEXT BIG THING” is basically writerly self-promotion crossed with a chain letter. The idea … Continue reading

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