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The Soapbox – Take Your Job %$^&*#@ Seriously

Take Your Job %$^&*#@ Seriously Today’s topic requires some background reading. First, you should probably check out Lousy Book Covers. Hold those thoughts! Now read/skim Nathan Shumate’s blog post [..]

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DoJ Files Suit Against Apple, Macmillan, Penguin Over Agency Model

The WSJ (h/t to Passive Voice) has a nice video intro in the first several minutes of this clip summarizing the case.  

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Shilling for Traffic – “Rebuttals” Against Speaking Out Against Censorship Ring Hollow

Warning — the inevitable mix of politics into this discussion will occur. For two weeks or so, writers, many of them not even involved in erotic writing, have [..]

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Erotica Book Banning Roundup – Part 2, and Smashwords Bows Under Pressure

NEWEST UPDATES (currently 4:45 p.m. March 13th) ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE. For previous info on the erotica book banning imbroglio of this past week, please see my previous [..]

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Key Points in the Erotica Book Banning Hijinks

For previous posts on the erotica banning, see this timeline up to before the announcement by Smashwords yesterday and this first round-up link. Conspiracy Theories In general, I [..]

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