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	<title>On Getting Published, Good Books, and Living Goddesses</title>
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		<title>Class Action Suit Against Penguin&#8217;s Self-Publishing Arm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 16:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This from Courthouse News Service: &#8220;Penguin Group&#8217;s self-publishing branch, Author Solutions, cheats writers of royalties and charges them to correct typos in manuscripts that the company itself inserted, three unhappy authors claim in a federal class action.&#8221; For the entire post, click here. Thanks to The Passive Guy for this tip.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1246921&#038;post=1729&#038;subd=rasanaatreya&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Literary Agents in the Brave New World of #selfpublishing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ebooks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a blistering post David Gaughran takes on a newly formed &#8216;self-publishing&#8217; company (if you want to know why I use the quotes, check out my self-publishing basics. I&#8217;m going to be updating that post in a couple minutes) and the literary agents backing it. Whether you&#8217;re a published author, or are considering it, this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1246921&#038;post=1726&#038;subd=rasanaatreya&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#amazon beta-testing #ebook #cover Generator</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/amazon-beta-testing-ebook-cover-generator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 05:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re planning to self-publish an ebook, and don&#8217;t have the skills, you&#8217;re in luck. Amazon&#8217;s experimenting with an automated ebook cover generator (on the lines of CreateSpace&#8217;s cover generator. And it&#8217;ll be free.) About time, I say. The Digital Reader has more details on this.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1246921&#038;post=1723&#038;subd=rasanaatreya&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Input on book cover</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 11-year old son, Sunaad Gurajada, designed this cover for a book of stories his sister wrote when she was 6 (she&#8217;s 8 now). I&#8217;m looking for comments. &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1246921&#038;post=1720&#038;subd=rasanaatreya&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Literary #agents Reinventing Themselves</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/literary-agents-reinventing-themselves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With so many (inexpensive) options available to authors who are not traditionally published (and even those who are), literary agents are having to reinvent themselves. An interesting post from The Passive Voice.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1246921&#038;post=1718&#038;subd=rasanaatreya&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Add #SendToKindle Button on Your Site</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/add-sendtokindle-button-on-your-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From MediaBistro: Readers often encounter news articles, blog posts and other content on the web that they want to read but don’t have time to do so immediately. The Send to Kindle Button lets people easily send that content to their Kindle so they can it read later. Just send once and read everywhere on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1246921&#038;post=1716&#038;subd=rasanaatreya&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fiction First: Writing a Stunning Debut Novel</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/fiction-first-writing-a-stunning-debut-novel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rasanaatreya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors Speak]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indian Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video is from the recently concluded The Hindu Lit for Life 2013. Authors Jerry Pinto and Nilanjana Roy converse about the first book being the first love.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1246921&#038;post=1713&#038;subd=rasanaatreya&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Publishing #contracts and #royalties in the Big Bad World</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/publishing-contracts-and-royalties-in-the-big-bad-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Contracts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jane Friedman has great advice on Writers Unboxed for authors in this brave new world of electronic publishing. Click here for the post.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1246921&#038;post=1710&#038;subd=rasanaatreya&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: Bad Contracts from Big Publishers</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/update-bad-contracts-from-big-publishers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Contracts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An update to the post below. There is more bad news from newbie authors from the publishing front. Click here for details.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1246921&#038;post=1689&#038;subd=rasanaatreya&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Contracts from Big Publishers</title>
		<link>http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/bad-contracts-from-big-publishers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this blog post from John Scalzi about terrible contracts being offered to authors, even by mainstream publishers. Worth a look. Click here for the link.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rasanaatreya.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1246921&#038;post=1686&#038;subd=rasanaatreya&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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