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Link Ch. 4 – Meet Amanda Hocking

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Meet Amanda Hocking, the indie author sensation who now has a contract with St. Martin’s Press. Storyseller – A profile of author Amanda Hocking in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. Interview with KTTC TV Interview with the Associated Press

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Link Ch. 4 – Threats against authors

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Although the story about death threats against author Salman Rushdie are relatively well known, many other authors around the world face threats of death or injury as well: LA Times: Author Salman Rushdie hardly alone in raising government concerns The … Continue reading →

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Lemony Snicket (well Daniel Handler) Talks About Being Lucky

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been going crazy all day trying to find an article that I read back in 2004 in which Daniel Handler, the author who wrote the Unfortunate Events  books under the pen name Lemony Snicket, talks about his philosophy of … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 4 – Gutenberg’s Influence

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Back in 1999, A&E’s Biography program profiled the top 100 influential people of the Second Millennium. They’re number 1 pick? Johanne Gutenberg.  Can’t argue with that.

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Link Ch. 4 – A History of Writing

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Dr James Clackson, senior lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge, explains how we got our alphabets in this video slide show from the BBC.

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Link Ch. 3 & 4 – The Whole Book of Psalmes

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

One of the first exports from the Massachusetts Bay Colony back in the 1630s and ’40s was, surprise, media!  The Cambridge Press brought over its first printing press in 1638, and its first bestseller was the Whole Book of Psalmes, … Continue reading →

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What kind of a business is Amazon? Media, Outer Space, and E-porn

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Wired’s Steven Levy talks with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Fascinating look at how differently Amazon views the Kindle Fire from how Apple views the iPad.  Bezos call the Fire a “media service” that is a portal into the Amazon world. … Continue reading →

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A New Year in the Media World

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

A few thoughts from across the Interwebs on the new year: Will election year politics cause you to unfriend old friends from Facebook? I don’t know about unfriending, but I’ve been known to hide posts…. HT Romenesko. No flying cars … Continue reading →

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Day 2 on Kindle Fire and e-readers

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Here’s some followup to Amazon’s big announcement yesterday of its Kindle Fire tablet and the new lower-priced Kindle e-ink e-readers. Daring Fireball – Apple blogger John Gruber, writing at Daring Fireball, likes the new Kindles. In fact, my feelings and … Continue reading →

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Amazon announces new Kindle tablet and e-book readers

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

This morning Amazon announced its anticipated new tablet device, the Kindle Fire. Some people will point out that it is based on Google’s Android operating system, which is technically true.  Other people will point out that it is the first … Continue reading →

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