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February 9, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by T. B. MarkinsonTags: Book Reviews, Investing
Basic Options Trading: Options Strategies For Beginners by Rocco Pendola is not a get rich quick read. If you are looking for a book to offer you outrageous guarantees about fast cash and then retiring along the Mediterranean this is not the book for you. However, if you are looking for a sensible, down-to-earth guide [...]
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February 8, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by T. B. MarkinsonTags: religion
Spiritual Alchemy: The Fall, The Cure, The Jesus Prayer is written by Anthony of the Desert. In the 1950s, Anthony, whose birth name is Frank Jarvis Atwood, was born in Northern California. His childhood neighborhood was in an upscale area and he attended an impressive Military Academy. However, Atwood became involved in the drug scene [...]
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February 7, 2012in Book Reviews, Features, Podcasts by Jane Kalmes
In this episode of The Indie Book Podcast, we review Sector C, a science fiction eco-thriller
that gave us an intimate look at the [...]
February 7, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by Lela Michael
A minister, believing he was on a mission from God, identified a local teacher as a homosexual. The ‘outing’ led to the teacher’s murder. The states attorney decided the minister had put the teacher’s life in jeopardy by singling him out for only one reason; the teacher was a homosexual. The states attorney charged the [...]
February 1, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by Boudica FosterTags: crime, Detective, Fiction
This crime drama features two very unique characters: John “Smooth” McGovern, a detective on the police force, and his partner Rita “Cheeks” Goreman. They are the homicide squad and, as in real life, they are faced with budget cuts, piles of paperwork and the fact that they must move on when a case [...]
Tags: crime, Detective, Fiction
February 1, 2012in Features, Opinion by James MoushonTags: book design, book marketing, Call Off the Dogs, e-books, E-Publishing, editing, Indie publishing, Joel Friedlander, Kindle, marketing, self-publishing, smashwords, tips, traditional publishing, writing
So when will we start to see REAL ebooks appear on the market? You know the ebooks that take advantage of their digital environment. Ebooks that have been rendered to improve the reader’s ebook experience. As the number of ebook devices explodes into the book reader’s world, the readers are going to expect more. This [...]
Tags: book design, book marketing, Call Off the Dogs, e-books, E-Publishing, editing, Indie publishing, Joel Friedlander, Kindle, marketing, self-publishing, smashwords, tips, traditional publishing, writing
January 30, 2012in Features, Opinion by Kristen TsetsiTags: inside the writers studio, stereotypes, video, Writers, writing
The Paper Rats deconstruct some common writer stereotypes.
About:
Authors R.J. Keller and Kristen J. Tsetsi like to make videos when they should be writing. Their show is called “Inside The Writers’ Studio.”
They are Paper Rats.
Tags: inside the writers studio, stereotypes, video, Writers, writing
January 29, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by Yagiz Erkan
The code is your identity, your bank account, your credit card, the bus fare… your existence. When they take it away, you disappear like you never lived at all. All it takes is a moment and you’re no longer a human being…you’re nothing. Everything you thought you owned is shattering into pieces in front of [...]
January 26, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by Boudica FosterTags: Memoir, Non-Fiction
I read through the opening pages, called “Before We Get Started” and I had the feeling I was going to be reading a book about a Blues Band from Albany. I wanted to research the material, but the link given to the band was wrong… http://WAlbanyStBlues.com should be https://WAlbanStBluesBand.com. And I am thinking, oh, [...]
Tags: Memoir, Non-Fiction
January 26, 2012in Features, Opinion by Boudica Foster
Over the past few weeks I have been concentrating on reading Kindle book files. I say concentrating because the urge to take out a red pencil and slash all the grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization errors is overtaking my urge to read. My eyes hurt. The worst ones are, sadly, self-published books. And I understand [...]