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A Tool for Writing More, a Community for Writing Better
A Tool for Writing More, a Community for Writing Better
By Michelle King
October 09, 2014

As its name implies, Write-Track helps you assess your daily writing against personalized goals, but it also offers you the support of a community.

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The Best New Books on Project Gutenberg
The Best New Books on Project Gutenberg
By Arvind Dilawar
October 08, 2014

Classic, fascinating and downright strange titles recently added to the free digital library.

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The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still
The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still
By Kim McCann
October 03, 2014

Get a bleary-eyed view of moonshining from a modern day bootlegger.

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Eat Prey Drug: Motel 6
Eat Prey Drug: Motel 6
By Paul Kwiatkowski
September 26, 2014

A pit-stop in South Dakota reconnects friends, memories and everyone with a camera phone.

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H. G. Wells’s Predictions: The Right, the Wrong and the Ugly
H. G. Wells’s Predictions: The Right, the Wrong and the Ugly
By Benjamin Welton
September 19, 2014

As a founder of science fiction, Wells got a surprising share the future right. He also got some things very, very wrong.

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My Life as a Legally Blind Writer
My Life as a Legally Blind Writer
By Tammy Ruggles
August 26, 2014

After losing her vision to a degenerative disease, a former social worker begins writing professionally.

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Simple Reasons Why You Should Read Physical Books
Simple Reasons Why You Should Read Physical Books
By Freddie Moore
August 18, 2014

With all the talk of e-book prices and the future “Netflix of books,” let’s not lose sight of the importance of actual books.

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Social Media is Ancient
Social Media is Ancient
By Robert Balkovich
August 07, 2014

It just used to be in newspapers.

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What Great Expectations Would Look Like Today
What Great Expectations Would Look Like Today
By Adina Applebaum
August 01, 2014

Written in 2014, Charles Dickens’s serialized novel would be released on Twitter — and be a hell of a lot shorter.

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What is BookLamp and Why Did Apple Just Buy It for $15 Million?
What is BookLamp and Why Did Apple Just Buy It for $15 Million?
By Michelle King
July 29, 2014

What does the computer company want with the so-called “Pandora of Books?”

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