Category Archives: Links

Cover Design and Voice

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Cora

Dean Wesley Smith discusses cover design for indie publishers. Many good suggestions in the comments as well. I’ve been experimenting with creating covers for my upcoming e-books (launching soon) and I really like Photo Pos Pro which is a freeware … Continue reading →

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Some Indie Publishing Links for the Weekend

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Cora

In addition to juggling two bigger translation projects, at least one of which happens to be mind-numbingly boring*, I am also hard at work getting my first e-novelette ready for launch. I’ve finished the cover and now I’m getting the … Continue reading →

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Twin Peaks, Rita nominations, lots of e-book links and democracy at work?

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Cora

I’m busy today, so here’s a linkdump. Lots of e-book and indie publishing links as well as some other stuff: Everybody is talking about Barry Eisler and Amanda Hocking,now they talk to each other. Damien Walter briefly touches upon indie … Continue reading →

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Stuck in a parked car at midnight

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Cora

I actually have a longer post partly drafted, but I don’t have the energy to finish and post it tonight. Because tonight the daylight saving time changeover night, hence the night is one hour shorter anyway. Which infuriates me, because … Continue reading →

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Friday e-book links

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Cora

I don’t have a whole lot of time tonight, so here are some e-book links in lieu of a proper post: Yet another established author is leaving traditional publishing behind in favour of indie publishing. This time it’s historical romance … Continue reading →

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Book fair interviews, sex scenes, tragic endings, Tarzan and cultural omnivores – yes, it’s another linkdump

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Cora

Today is another linkdump day, sorry. It was either that or a rant about the blind techno-optimism of certain SF writers regarding nuclear power, which I would probably delete thirty seconds after posting once I realized that calling some author … Continue reading →

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Leipzig Book Fair interviews, sexualized urban fantasy heroines, lost exchange students, blogs and e-book prices – yes, it’s a linkdump

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Cora

Since I’ve been busy building up the Buhlert Web Empire and lending some moral support to a relative in a difficult situation, today’s post is a linkdump. But then, the Internet has been serving up some very tasty links of … Continue reading →

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Awards, Writing and E-Books

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Cora

I’m tired and busy, so here is a linkdump, mostly writing and e-book related: The Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair, one of Germany’s three most important literary awards, has been won by the 28-year-old Austrian writer Clemens J. Setz … Continue reading →

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Deadly car crashes, the neverending death match of genre versus literary fiction, some e-books and some sex

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Cora

It’s that time of the year (or month?) again. The great literary vs. genre fiction death match enters round 316. This time around the initiating event was a BBC program entitled The books we really read, broadcast in honour of … Continue reading →

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Linkdump for a Crappy Weekend

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Cora

Since this weekend has turned out to be so bad, here are some links, mostly writing and language related, to take your mind of the bad stuff for a while: Here is a very informative site, created by a professor … Continue reading →

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