The Internet and Discoverability

What do you do when you need information quickly? You Google it. What do you do when you want to know the latest gossip about Snookie? You Google it. Need to know a neato fancy word for interloper? Google it. Or maybe ask Siri. Want to read a good book about Area 51? Google it. [...]

What do we do when technology fails?

Technology is a wonderful thing. It has provided us with many great advances. The Train. The Plane. The Automobile and the Internet, to name a few. Generally speaking, when something breaks, we get it fixed by an expert, but as we rely more and more on technology things tend to go a little wonky. I [...]

An eBook is not necessarily forever…

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Bob Mayer and I were at Thrillerfest this past week. We gave a workshop on the Future of Publishing for the Writer. One of the things I talked about was that while we think our eBook is forever, the technology that is coming our way could actually put our eBook on the “out of stock” [...]

What technology can’t you live without?

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For me its the Internet. I often wish I could be wireless. Not just my devices, but me. I’m totally lost without email. Its the way I communicate with the majority of people in my life. Right now, the only way I can communicate with my daughter is via Skype and email. She’s in Australia [...]