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Stephen King on Writing Short Stories

Why Is Indie Music So Much Better Marketed Than Indie Books?

Indie Reader has a look at why indie musicians do much better than indie writers do.

B&N: Upside, Downside

Forbes concentrates on the positive aspects of Barnes & Noble's Q3 report. Publishers Weekly sees the negative ones.

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Apple Tries to Change the Playing Field

Publishers Weekly reports that Apple is attempting to return the legal actions to the courts they originated from, which would free it from the jurisdiction of Judge Cotes.

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Fan Fiction to Mainstream

If the success of the Kickstarter is an indicator, then Big Bang has the potential to do more than give fan authors a path to publishing original works without abandoning their roots: it could deal a significant blow to the guardians of the gates that separate fan authors from their “real” counterparts—not just on the internet, but in the larger publishing marketplace.

Wired explores the concept of publishers drawing directly on the pool of successful fan faction writers, rather than repackaging works for the mainstream.

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Lies and Statistics

Hugh Howey's statistics website has launched a number of examinations of its data and the analysis of its data. Mark Coker, of Smashwords, argues that the details are not imprtant. Publishers Weekly has the story.

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Delivering Stories Enters a New Era

For “journalism”, we could substitute “publishing”, or even “storytelling”, and the claim would still stand. Publishing has entered a new and different era. It won’t look or work as it has in the past. Bucket that prediction: inevitable.

A look at how telling stories will be different in the future: FutureBook.

Net Neutrality and the FCC

The FCC will be trying, once again, to find an interpretation of existing laws that guarantees net neutrality and generates a new set of rules. The New York Times has the story.