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		<title>Why Barnes &amp; Noble Just Made a Big Mistake&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2012/02/01/why-barnes-noble-just-made-a-big-mistake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the latest news in the publishing world is that Barnes &#38; Noble will not stock Amazon-published titles in its stores. (Amazon recently signed a distribution agreement with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt&#8217;s new imprint for just this purpose.) Social media is all abuzz right now with the majority of publishing people stating something along the lines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EBooks ARE a Game Changer</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2012/01/30/ebooks-are-a-game-changer/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2012/01/20/oathbreaker-deadly-trio-now-available/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2012/01/17/a-fog-of-fury-a-lawson-vampire-mission-free/</link>
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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>More New Lawson!</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2012/01/05/more-new-lawson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday saw the release of the next Lawson novel, THE RIPPER, which puts Lawson back in Boston trying to uncover the identity of a serial killer while dodging a Chinese assassin, dealing with Marty&#8217;s advances, counseling Niles, and dealing with Arthur&#8217;s past. It&#8217;s a chaotic mix of non-stop action and mayhem. And sales have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frosty The Hitman A Blazing Success!</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/12/29/frosty-the-hitman-a-blazing-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, at midnight on Christmas Day, as the 24th ticked over into the 25th, I launched the annual Christmas freebie that I write for friends and fans. This year&#8217;s entry was FROSTY THE HITMAN, a 5600-word story. Along with the story itself, the ebook contained 3-chapter excerpts from both THE FIXER and THE INVOKER, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Christmas List</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/12/21/my-christmas-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interestingly enough this year, a number of fans have written to ask what I&#8217;ve got on my Christmas list &#8211; that is, the things I&#8217;m hoping to receive. It&#8217;s a pretty short list, so I thought I&#8217;d share it with you. Pay attention to number 7. The fat guy with the reindeer fetish and red [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zombie Ryu: The Gathering</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/11/29/zombie-ryu-the-gathering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve launched a brand new project using Kickstarter called ZOMBIE RYU: The Gathering. This is the first in a planned trilogy of books about an elite group of warriors and a 16 year old girl who must battle zombies in feudal Japan while searching for the evil monk who unleashed them. It&#8217;s got samurai, ninja, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elite Fans Wanted&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/11/14/elite-fans-wanted/</link>
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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>3-Book Deal with Baen Books</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/10/28/3-book-deal-with-baen-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Publishers Marketplace:  &#8220;Jon F. Merz&#8217;s THE SHADOW WARRIOR: The Undead Hordes of Kan-Gul, which imagines a trained assassin in a world where rival factions and dark sorcery are churning a land which is on the cusp of invasion, and the assassins may hold the keys to power, for both sides; SLAVERS OF THE SILK [...]]]></description>
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