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	<title>On Getting Published, Good Books, and Living Goddesses</title>
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	<description>Rasana Atreya&#039;s blog on: Publishing Trends, e-books, Literary Agents</description>
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		<title>Amazon: Support International Authors!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Billington from Melbourne, Australia is petitioning Amazon.com to pay international authors by PayPal instead of international cheques (checks in American English) because the banking fees are cutting into royalties. She&#8217;s shooting for 10,000 signatures, has about 292. Help her (and us) out &#8211; share this on FaceBook, your blogs, tweet.  And sign her petition. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1246921&amp;post=1416&amp;subd=rasanaatreya&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Too Short to Be A Novel, Too Long to be a Short Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you write fiction but it is too long to be a short story, and too short to be a novel, what&#8217;s a writer to do? You take advantage of Kindle Singles. The Globe and Mail has a story on how to go about this. Click here to check it out.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1246921&amp;post=1414&amp;subd=rasanaatreya&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>B&amp;N Declares War on Amazon; Readers Tell Writer What to Write</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve not been posting as often as before mainly because I&#8217;m readying my book for publication. Hope to have out mid-March. Should any of you wish to write a review of my book (for which I&#8217;ll be extremely grateful &#8212; click here for the synopsis), feel free to ask for a complimentary copy. Now to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1246921&amp;post=1412&amp;subd=rasanaatreya&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>KDP Select: Damnation or Salvation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon&#8217;s KDP Select seems to inflame passions on both sides of the divide. There are authors who hate that Amazon forces on you a 90-day exclusivity clause (you have to have your book down from absolutely everywhere, including your own website), vs. those who&#8217;ve built name recognition and moved to the top of the heap. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1246921&amp;post=1410&amp;subd=rasanaatreya&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Chose to Decline Contract from a Mainstream Publisher</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/why-i-chose-to-decline-contract-from-a-mainstream-publisher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I declined the offer (more on this later), I talked to a few authors published by different mainstream publishers. They wrote good books which disappeared without a trace because they were not promoted like the big name authors. I decided to see what I could do on my own, so I&#8217;m self-publishing. I know [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1246921&amp;post=1406&amp;subd=rasanaatreya&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Barnes and Noble not to Stock Amazon Books</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/barnes-and-noble-not-to-stock-amazon-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a Business Week article, Barnes and Noble has decided not to stock  books published by Amazon.com. The article, unfortuantely, does not discuss what happens to the hapless author while the two giants battle it out. Click here for the article. &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1246921&amp;post=1404&amp;subd=rasanaatreya&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Contest For Unpublished Mystery Writers</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/contest-for-unpublished-mystery-writers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poisoned Pen Press has just announced a contest open to writers who have not published a full-length book in the mystery genre. The winner will receive $1,000, a publishing contract, and the Discover Mystery Award. The deadline is April 30th, 2012, and the details are here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1246921&amp;post=1400&amp;subd=rasanaatreya&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Drives You Nuts in a Book?</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/what-drives-you-nuts-in-a-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rasanaatreya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As writers we worry about readers&#8217; reactions to our books. I came across an interesting post on Amazon about what ticks readers off. There were 378 posts at last count, but if you&#8217;re serious about connecting with your readers, I&#8217;d suggest a look. Click here for the link to the Amazon forum.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1246921&amp;post=1393&amp;subd=rasanaatreya&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Call For Self-Pubbed/Indie Authors and Publishers</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/call-for-self-pubbedindie-authors-and-publishers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The http://www.indiebookawards.com/ invites entries from  indie book authors and publishers &#8211; including small presses, mid-size independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors. Open to independent publishers and authors worldwide who have a book written in English with a 2011 or 2012 copyright date. Click here for details.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1246921&amp;post=1391&amp;subd=rasanaatreya&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Issue with Konrath</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/taking-issue-with-konrath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JA Konrath, as everyone knows by now, is a self-publishing phenomenon, as is Amanda Hocking. So what has contributed to where he is today? Check out an interesting article in the selfpublishingreview.com.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1246921&amp;post=1388&amp;subd=rasanaatreya&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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