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bscreview.com - 10/27/2009
A Stalker’s Notebook: eBook Pricing – The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma
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The price of an eBook is a contentious subject. I can probably fill up two months of BSC Review essays tackling the various perspectives. Each side have reasons to be invested on the subject. For example, readers are consumers, so they want to know why they’re paying ridiculous amounts ...

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October 28, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — Finally made it to the George Optical V-Mall branch. Unfortunately, been straining my eyes too much so I need to relax them in order to get a proper check-up so no reading for me for the week (eep! time to go on a podcast download frenzy). Don't expect much next week... When it comes to personal plugs, I have a new essay at BSC Review: eBook Pricing – The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma. Oh, and since there are a lot of retired tabletop RPG gamers who are also authors, someone should host a one-shot game for them. Perhaps during a con? And important plug for the ...

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