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The Short Story Project, Part 2

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Now that I’ve talked about the “sad news” with The Short Story Project (Part 1), let’s look at the problems, or “bad news,” before looking at the good news and beginning to explore possible solutions.
THE BIGGEST, BADDEST NEWS IS…
People want free content.  They want whatever they can get for nothing.  It’s human nature.  But people [...]

Latest in Best Selling Novels

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Amazon.com Widgets

Just For Readers

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Read a short story lately? Maybe you just finished a really great novel? Tell us about it.

Latest Kindle Best Sellers

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Week ending November 1

Kindle: Amazon’s Wireless Reading Device

Kindle Bestsellers
 
 
Top Movers & Shakers

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski (Ecco)
The Gate House - Nelson DeMille (Grand Central)
The Shack - William P. Young (Windblown Media)
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life - Alice Schroeder (Bantam)
Extreme Measures - Vince Flynn (Atria)

The Lucky [...]

ABOUT US

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We LOVE fiction - books and short stories - so we promote fiction: the novels, the short stories, the magazines and book publishers, even the alternative venues. We especially love the creators - fiction authors and editors. Best are readers who bring their favorites to our notice so we can share their choices with you. Welcome readers, to a place where the [...]

A Front Page Christmas Contest 2008

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Have your book featured for FREE for Christmas at the top of this page through December 25, 2008.
How to enter: Sign up on The Deepening by November 20th and post your best promotional spread. The presentations we like best will get free exposure on our front page through Christmas Day. The rest will receive placement [...]

A Front Page Romance Contest for Valentine’s 2009

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A FRONT PAGE ROMANCE CONTEST, For Valentine’s 2009
Have your book featured for FREE on our front page from January 1 through Valentine’s Day, February 14th, 2009.
How to enter: Sign up on The Deepening by December 20th and post your best promotional spread. Your book must be about love. It can be Literary, Mainstream, SF, Fantasy, Romance, [...]

Why Read?

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What’s that you say? 
You’re looking for that magic high? 
The kind you can’t find in a pill? 
And won’t find it in a bottle?
And won’t get from an herb? 
That high that’s in your mind…all the time? 
Opened with a key that can only be found and fit when you let go the bonds of disbelief and loose imagination?
One [...]