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		<title>The Global Slush Pile</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 21:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The internet is becoming a vast global slushpile, where writers can post their wares, and agents and publishers, and readers and buyers, can peruse them to the benefit of all. <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://7-books.net/global-slushpile/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Free Downloading Theft or Copyright Infringement?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ethics of free downloading e-books etc - a comment I made on a Nathan Bransford post called 'A Matter of Ethics' <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://7-books.net/theft-or-copyright-infringement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The irony of a new European dictatorship housing its State Police, who are immune from prosecution, in an old Gestapo Headquarters is not as funny as perhaps it might be. <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://7-books.net/europol-gestapo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pirate Party is the Shape of Things to Come</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discussion about the unelected UK minister Mandelson and his nasty Digital Economy Bill that can deny us access to the rest of the world on the mere accusation of a record company <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://7-books.net/pirate-party-is-to-come/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Source of Self-Publishing Stigma</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Zoe Winters provokes a stimulating discussion on just who most dislikes self-publishing, and why <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://7-books.net/the-real-source-of-self-publishing-stigma/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who Runs Your Country?  Government or Media Bosses?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SleepyJohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Digital Revolution has pulled the carpet from under the rich media middlemen and handed power to both artists and their fans.  Praise be.  When a suitable new business model has evolved both will benefit enormously.
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		<title>J K Rowling is &#8216;not a very good writer&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SleepyJohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[J K Rowling is 'not a good writer' I have been told.  What exactly does this mean; and does it matter? <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://7-books.net/rowling-not-good-writer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Separated by more than just a common language</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SleepyJohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A look at the different techniques supposedly employed by writers on opposite sides of the Atlantic. <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://7-books.net/separated-by-common-language/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reviews by Readers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SleepyJohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first person to read this book described it as: &#8220;One of those unique and wonderful manuscripts that come one&#8217;s way all too rarely&#8221; &#8220;A most unusual and beautiful story that lingers in the mind long after one has read it&#8221; If you have read The Seven Gifts please post a comment telling me what &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://7-books.net/readers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Oh heck, I&#8217;ll just publish it myself</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SleepyJohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discussion of a fascinating article in a Canadian paper describing self-publishing successes <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://7-books.net/publish-it-myself/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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