The Truth About Kindle’s New Pay-Per-Page Plan

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This superfluous post is partly in response to a recent piece on the Guardian book blog with the alarmist title: Amazon ‘pay-per-page’ plan could alter writing as well as royalties, as well as other equally dumb pieces I’ve read about this topic.

I say superfluous because Amazon darling and inspiration to self-published writers everywhere, Hugh Howey has a nice sane post regarding Amazon’s recent correction to to its payment plan for authors who participate in its lending library and streaming service. Howey’s post seems more geared to people who already were involved in Kindle Select. Mine is for any reader or writer with or without prior knowledge.

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Get Your UPDATED Blood Diva from Amazon!

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They say she died for loveGood news! Per my previous post, there were some embarrassing uncorrected errors in the version of Blood Diva that went out free (June 22-26). As soon as a reader alerted me, and I realized what had happened (an older version had been uploaded by mistake in December) I made the corrections and wrote Amazon suggesting they alert readers. I don’t believe they’ve done so yet, and they might not as they only use the “alert” in extreme cases, BUT I discovered this morning, they have made the “updated” version available to readers. Updates are FREE. So yay Amazon!

I would URGE you to please get the update — no matter when you purchased.

Here’s how: (1) Go into your Amazon account on your computer. (2) Go to “manage your content and devices.” (3) Search for Blood Diva. (4) Click “actions.” You should see “Get latest version” as one of your options. (I’m not sure if that’s the exact wording.) (5) Just click and you’re done!

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And if you haven’t gotten your copy of Blood Diva yet, and are sitting there going, “Wait, what? I coulda got it for free?” here’s some good news: You still can. Click here to find out how.

Summer Lovin’ — Wayward Pines Recap: S1 E7

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Now that Ethan knows the truth, will he be able to stop the conspirators from taking down the fence without having to reckon them?

Ethan has returned from his reality-tour. Despite being told by Pilcher not to reveal anything to anyone, he immediately tells Teresa a very quick version, which she doesn’t believe. Unfortunately for her (but fortunately for us) he doesn’t take her through it step by step. If these characters bore any resemblance to real people, it’s what he would have done, and she might have put it together with what her real estate client told her about the pods. Plus she would have realized it’s no more ridiculous than her own theory, that God punished Kate’s sexing her husband by making her age twelve years in a month. (To read the rest of this brilliant and insightful recap, head over to Happy Nice Time People, your Wonkette’s snarky cousin’s what likes to watch too much television.)

Recap: Deutschland 83 – Martin Gets Lucky (Again) S1 E3

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This week our favorite German cold war spy-thriller slash bildungsroman continues. Martin has to machen de liebe to get the secret papers. Is he up to the task? While back on der Heimetfront, Annett makes an important discovery that could change everything. (To read the rest of this insightful and life-altering post, visit HNTP, the people who like to watch… TV)