Word Crimes – Weird Al

July 18, 2014 by Matthew Iden

My prediction: Best Music Video, 2014. :)

 

 

Addendum: If you liked the video, you have to check out the blog post on how it was made by the one-man shop who created it, Jarrett Heather.

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The Wicked Flee (Marty Singer Mystery #5) LIVE!

July 17, 2014 by Matthew Iden

IDEN_TWF_72dpi_175X123pxIt’s finally here! The Wicked Flee (Marty Singer #5) is live on (almost) every major digital bookseller. Even better news…it’s $.99 for a limited time!

Only Barnes & Noble is dragging its feet, but I expect it to be up soon. Otherwise, it’s ready and waiting for you!

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The Description
A late-night knock on his door pulls retired DC homicide detective Marty Singer out of a sound sleep and drops him into a desperate hunt to find Lucy Rhee, the kidnapped sister of his friend, Chuck Rhee. With no clues, no leads, and almost no hope, they’ve only got guts and instinct to discover where The Wicked Flee…and save Lucy before she’s gone forever.

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Why you should care about the Hachette – Amazon dispute

July 3, 2014 by Matthew Iden

singI feel reasonably well-informed about the recent Hachette-Amazon fracas, as I should be—my sales through Amazon represent a substantial portion of my income as a writer and any event that might adversely affect the ‘Zon affects me. I peruse the Gaughrans, Howeys, and Konraths of the indie world with enthusiasm and often break into a rendition of “Do You Hear the People Sing” while sitting at my desk after reading one of their blog posts.

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Everything You’ve Read About Hachette vs. Amazon Is Wrong

June 30, 2014 by Matthew Iden

Hilarious post from His Irreverence, Russell Blake.

Everything You’ve Read About Hachette vs. Amazon Is Wrong.

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Fake Bestsellers, Concern Trolls and Hidden Agendas

June 24, 2014 by Matthew Iden

Originally posted on David Gaughran:

boomLast Friday we were treated to a story from the Op-Ed pages of the New York Times, where Tony Horwitz claimed “I Was A Digital Bestseller” then complained about how little money this made him, and how he would now stick with traditional, print publishers as a result.

Then this Op-Ed was held up – in outlets like Gawker – as another example of how writers have it so tough in this scary new digital world which is going to lead us all into penury.

Just like the story I wrote in January – Fake Controversy Alert: Hitler’s Mein Kampf Was Not A Digital Bestseller – the key “fact” in Horwitz’s tale of woe doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.

Can you guess what it is?

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Tracker1Boomwas published on January 29 this year. According to KND’s Tracker, before the Op-Ed, the highest rank it achieved in the…

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Storm warning: Bookwhirl

June 13, 2014 by Matthew Iden

bwhirlMy wife recently received a call from someone from Bookwhirl.com asking for me. They wanted to talk about my “book” and marketing plans they could offer. My wife said she’d take their number, pass it on to me, and get back to them if we were interested. The caller was polite, spoke decent English, and didn’t push.

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The End of Television

June 11, 2014 by Matthew Iden

tvI’m not a futurist, but as an indie writer with a tech background and a serious thing for video games, it’s difficult for me not to think about the consumptive future of story-telling.

That’s a made-up term I just invented, but the concept is simple enough: the vast majority of consumable entertainment—movies, books, video games, and television–manifests itself as story-telling. And, thanks to the internet, media is now in the early stages of ubiquity, which is to say:

If you have a computer and an internet connection, all story-telling, in any form, will be made available to you.

There is nothing original in this statement—I won’t even take credit for it, because I’m sure it’s just me putting words to a standard and accepted form of groupthink.

But I didn’t think I’d see the physical manifestation of it so soon, and in the form of paradigmatic shifts that, I believe, we will be seeing in 2-3 years.

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