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	<title>The Literary Work of Rundy Purdy</title>
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		<title>Salon Interview With Clay Shirky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Early in July Salon put up a February Barnes &#038; Noble interview with Clay Shirky. This is a man on whom is heaped the praise, &#8220;Shirky has emerged as a luminary of the new digital intelligentsia, a daringly eclectic thinker as comfortable discussing 15th-century publishing technology as he is making political sense of 21st-century social [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://creative-vapors.com/2010/07/27/salon-interview-with-clay-shirky/</link>
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		<title>Where Ebooks are Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few links to give an un-scientific snapshot of where ebooks currently stand in the book market. Mashable.com(1) has an article up asking readers which they prefer more, ebooks or physical books. Being a tech leaning website I expected ebooks to score well with all the techno-phile readers. After all, people who avoid computers aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://creative-vapors.com/2010/07/23/where-ebooks-are-today/</link>
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		<title>Fearing or Embracing the Publishing Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It can be interesting to read through articles in the publishing industry and see how different people, and companies, are reacting to the changes in the publishing world. An example of a more embracing attitude would be David &#8220;Skip&#8221; Prichard the c.e.o of Ingram Content Group. Prichard&#8217;s attitude is that, &#8220;New players don&#8217;t know what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://creative-vapors.com/2010/07/21/fearing-or-embracing-the-publishing-future/</link>
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		<title>Amazon, Author Royalties, and Ebook Pricing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across an article that gives a peak at the underside of the ebook publishing world. This falls under the category of &#8220;See How Much We Were Ripping You Off&#8221;: SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday it is now offering do-it-yourself authors and publishers royalties of about 70 percent on their e-books. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://creative-vapors.com/2010/07/12/amazon-author-royalties-and-ebook-pricing/</link>
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		<title>Idea Logical Ebook Opinion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mike Shatzkin over at the Idea Logical Blog (http://www.idealog.com/blog) has his own opinion about the future of ebooks. In his view, he sees a more aggressive adoption of ebook readers. He sees an estimate of 50% of book sales being ebooks in 5 years as low. My current views are more conservative. I do agree [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://creative-vapors.com/2010/07/02/idea-logical-ebook-opinion/</link>
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		<title>The Genius of PediaPress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PediaPress is an example of what part of the future of print on demand publishing will look like. The following is from a press release by Ingram the parent company of Lightning Source, a print on demand company: PediaPress teams with Ingram’s Lightning Source on Wikipedia custom book application La VERGNE, TN – Ingram’s Lightning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://creative-vapors.com/2010/07/01/the-genius-of-pediapress/</link>
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		<title>Neil Gaiman on the Publishing Revolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I have my ongoing series of essays about the current changes in publishing(1) I was pleaseed to stumble across an interview with Neil Gaiman in which he touches on this very subject. If Neil Gaiman says something, it has to be true, right? An excerpt from the interview: And what about the changing role [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://creative-vapors.com/2010/06/24/neil-gaiman-on-the-publishing-revolution/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Will Ebooks Rule&#8221; Essay Added</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Worked late today to add my next essay in the &#8220;Future of Publishing&#8221; series. This essay is titled, &#8220;Will Ebooks Rule?&#8221; I felt I had trouble boiling the topic down for a presentation that was concise and yet thorough. Future revisions might help, but some of my thoughts simply have to be saved for a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://creative-vapors.com/2010/06/24/will-ebooks-rule-essay-added/</link>
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		<title>Mighty Hands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I dug four holes four feet deep. Anyone who has dug holes for concrete pillar forms knows what I nightmare this can be. These are the rare times I envy the Southern folk, those who have the soft sandy soil, and no concerns about a four foot frost line. Putting in a porch down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://creative-vapors.com/2010/06/19/mighty-hands/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;No Going Back&#8221; Essay Added</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I added the essay &#8220;No Going Back&#8221; to the website. I think this essay stands out as one of the best written. It is sharp and concise. An excerpt: On the 4th of July, the extended family held a gathering at an RV campground in Pennsylvania. A pavilion was rented, food contributions lined up, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://creative-vapors.com/2010/06/16/no-going-back-essay-added/</link>
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