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		<title>EBooks ARE a Game Changer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been exactly one year since I uploaded my Lawson Vampire backlist to Amazon and Barnes &#38; Noble and started selling them as ebooks for the Kindle &#38; Nook. Prior to doing so, the way I made money as a writer was as follows: 1. Come up with an idea that I was both excited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OATHBREAKER &amp; DEADLY TRIO Now Available!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Friday and it&#8217;s been a busy week. Outside, I&#8217;ve got several inches of snow (finally) and more on the way for tomorrow. In short, it&#8217;s a perfect weekend for reading &#8211; you know those days? When the weather&#8217;s blowing hard and you&#8217;ve got nothing to do but stay inside and curl up on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Fog of Fury: A Lawson Vampire Mission &#8211; FREE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, as part of my drive to find a huge bunch of new fans for all things Lawson, I&#8217;ve decided to make A FOG OF FURY, the Lawson novellas that was released in the first annual Supernatrual Ink. anthology, part of the Amazon KDP Select program for 90 days. Today &#38; tomorrow, it&#8217;s absolutely 100% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elite Fans Wanted&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first draft of THE RIPPER will be finished by Wednesday of this week, and I&#8217;m very pleased with it. Since this book is not going to be published through a major New York house (as you&#8217;ll recall, I walked away from a deal with St. Martin&#8217;s because the numbers weren&#8217;t good enough to justify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blog Post from Jeremy Robinson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Jeremy Robinson’s Great Kindle Giveaway and Blog Tour. “Hurray for free Kindles!” you say, but who the hell is Jeremy Robinson? Allow me to introduce myself. I’m the author of eleven mixed genre novels, published in ten languages, including the popular fantasy YA series, THE LAST HUNTER, and the fast-paced Jack Sigler series [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the Tipping Point</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the big news today is that Amazon.com is launching their new tablet, the Kindle Fire and dropping prices on many of their other products. Here are the actual details: The Kindle Fire tablet with the Amazon Silk web browser = $199. Kindle touch w 3G = $149. Kindle Touch w/ wi-fi = $99. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October is Fan Month!</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/09/26/october-is-fan-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So as we draw to a close on September (huh? what? where did that month go, eh?) I thought I&#8217;d let you in on just ONE of the cool things that will be happening in October. I happen to love October. It&#8217;s my birthday month, it was my late father&#8217;s birthday month (we usually celebrated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>30,000 EBooks</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/08/24/30000-ebooks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks a nice milestone: since February of this year, I&#8217;ve sold 30,000 ebooks. When I started putting up my backlist in late-January, I had no idea what I was in for. Would everything flop? Would it take off? The results are pretty damned awesome, actually. 30,000 is a great number (although I&#8217;m obviously shooting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is #wintel?</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/08/10/what-is-wintel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So this morning, I started a little something new out on Twitter. I read a lot of material relating (sometimes directly and often indirectly) to the world of writing and publishing. After all, I consider this a business and as such, I need to constantly monitor information that may help me grow my business or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3-Book Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, last Friday on my way to Canobie Lake Park, I got a nice call from my agent who told me that we had a nice offer from a new publisher for a 3-book deal. Needless to say, I&#8217;m pretty excited. I&#8217;ve wanted to work with this particular editor for a while and I&#8217;m really [...]]]></description>
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