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		<title>2012 and All That</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 05:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SleepyJohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there a deep significance to the end of the Mayan calendar, or does it simply imply the close of a natural cosmic cycle, like the end of our conventional yearly calendar?  Are New Age beliefs, traditional religions, ancient mysticism and modern science all just different ways of trying to describe the same thing?  Those &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://7-books.net/2012-and-all-that/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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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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		<title>EU Police Carry on Tradition of Gestapo HQ</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SleepyJohn</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>SleepyJohn</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>SleepyJohn</dc:creator>
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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.
 <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://7-books.net/who-runs-your-country/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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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>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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