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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>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>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>Updates&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/07/29/updates-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of you have been asking when the next Lawson novel is coming out. As you might know, I walked away from a deal with St. Martin&#8217;s Press to publish the next Lawson because what they were offering was simply not good enough to make me want to partner with them again. That said, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indie Vs. Traditional Publishing &amp; The Value of IPs</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/06/29/indie-vs-traditional-publishing-the-value-of-ips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen a great many blog posts lately that argue the merits of indie publishing vs. traditional publishing. Most of the time, these blogs mention the astounding sales numbers that folks like John Locke and Amanda Hocking have done for their indie ebooks. (For those who don&#8217;t know, John Locke recently became the first indie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Releases</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/06/07/upcoming-releases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time to check out what I&#8217;ve got coming up for release very soon&#8230; 1. THE SHEPHERD: A Lawson Vampire Mission &#8211; Lawson in Pakistan &#038; Afghanistan? Yup. Look for this to be released next week on the Kindle &#038; Nook. 2. OATHBREAKER: A Lawson Vampire Short Story &#8211; Lawson in the hospital? Yup. Based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April EBook Sales</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/05/03/april-ebook-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 12:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been making a habit of posting my ebook sales figures because I know how other writers are interested in this data. I&#8217;ve done this for the past couple months and it&#8217;s time once again to examine how I did, this time over the course of April. You may recall that in March, I posted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon&#8217;s German Kindle Store</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/04/21/amazons-german-kindle-store/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m thrilled that Amazon has now opened up its new German Kindle store &#8211; and already, my Lawson Vampire series is out and available for mass consumption. As of this morning, they had just about every Lawson adventure there, except for THE ENCHANTER, but I epxect that should be available shortly. As someone making a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twilight Scam on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/04/12/twilight-scam-on-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a massive scam happening on Facebook right now involving a Twilight Breaking Dawn game. Do NOT click on it because it apparently hacks your account and attacks your friends. Worst of all, it opens you up to ridicule from people who see that you actually like the Twilight series. The single best way to [...]]]></description>
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