Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 3/8/2013


Top Ten Ebooks from Yesterday, courtesy of Gutenberg.org: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (8484) Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (8345) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (7792) Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (6996) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (6563) The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Vatsyayana (5681) Grimm’s…… Continue reading Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 3/8/2013

My Take on the 10,000th episode of The Young and The Restless


I’ve been a loyal viewer of The Young and The Restless for the past 30+ years and never have I been so disappointed in the show than the past five or six years. The previous two writing regimes have ruined the show with lame storylines, new characters no one cares about and a total disregard…… Continue reading My Take on the 10,000th episode of The Young and The Restless

Q: How to get 1% of the population to buy my books?


Had a revelation today: There are over 311M people in the U.S. All I need is 1% of them to buy my Novel, short story compilation and forthcoming cookbook 🙂 Now to generate ideas on how to make this happen!  Welcome to suggestions oh and there isn’t a ‘marketing’ budget, so it has to be…… Continue reading Q: How to get 1% of the population to buy my books?

New: Selection of Short Stories Available


https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/215298 Published a selection of unrelated short stories on Smashwords of mine, “Unrelated 1.0” for those that want a peek at other work of mine. It is a collection of 5 short stories, over 2800 words, for $2.49, in all of the formats that Smashwords offers.  I do like writing in the format of short…… Continue reading New: Selection of Short Stories Available

“Aside of Murder” New Cover, New Characters and Professionally Edited!!!


NEW COVER, NEW CHARACTERS AND PROFESSIONALLY EDITED!!! https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/34429 Short description What happens when a High Class Call Girl and an embezzling bank executive blackmail each other into marriage? Revenge and Murder! Extended description Shelley, a high class call girl, and Ann Li, her best friend in the business, discover blackmail and revenge against clients. After…… Continue reading “Aside of Murder” New Cover, New Characters and Professionally Edited!!!

Sony’s Reader Android app arrives late and is lacking


>by Ian Black, http://www.androidapps.com/apps/536706-reader-sony-electronics-inc  Have you joined the e-book revolution yet? With the publishing of its new Reader app for Android, Sony completes the picture. Now, all of the top-seller e-book device makers — Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Sony — offer e-book apps for Android. If you own a Sony Reader device, you’ll enjoy this new app. If…… Continue reading Sony’s Reader Android app arrives late and is lacking

Apple rejects Sony app over book-buying options


>How does this affect how you read? via Associated Press: By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Technology Writer – Wed Feb 2, 3:49 pm ET Apple Inc. has rejected Sony Corp.’s e-book reader app for the iPhone because it doesn’t give people the choice to buy books without leaving the app for a website. The high-profile rejection shows Apple tightening control both over the way apps…… Continue reading Apple rejects Sony app over book-buying options