Category Archives: marketing

Risk and the Price of Books

Posted on 2013-01-30 by TJ

I’m reading Alan Schom’s utterly brilliant biography of Napoleon at the moment, and noticed the price tag: about thirty bucks. Considering what I pay for other forms of entertainment, this is astonishingly low. I’ve already got dozens of hours out … Continue reading →

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Some Notes on Reviews

Posted on 2012-12-13 by TJ

Carrie sometimes reminds me that my problems are other people’s dreams, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have problems. In the present instance, I’ve got the problem of figuring out what to read, and I find myself facing a problem … Continue reading →

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Calibre and E-books on Slackware

Posted on 2012-09-11 by TJ

Just in case anyone is thinking of running Kindle under WINE on Linux: it kind of works, so long as you want to just download books. It’s pretty crashy otherwise. And Calibre under WINE isn’t much for stability either, and … Continue reading →

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Musings on Marketing

Posted on 2012-05-20 by TJ

I suck at marketing. Since it’s valuable to know what you suck at, what is marketing, anyway? Marketing is not sales. I’m really good at sales. Sales-the way I do it, which I learned mostly out of a book called … Continue reading →

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