PHOTOS Heroes Of Self-Publishing: The New Breed Of Indie Authors That Made It Big
"I took the [road less] traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Yes, self-publishing for Amanda Hocking and John Locke was the road less t...
"I took the [road less] traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Yes, self-publishing for Amanda Hocking and John Locke was the road less t...
Amy Edelman | Posted 06.21.2011 | Books
These are the people who helped move indie films from the art house to the Oscars. These are people who take pride in being the ones to discover--and pass along--the newest indie film, garage band and self-published book.
The Bookseller | Posted 06.20.2011 | Books
John Locke has become the first self-published author to sell more than one million e-books through Amazon....
Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
It isn't clear what Zenawi means in his repeated use of the word "contract" to describe the relationship between the people of Ethiopia and his party.
Uriel Abulof | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
For two long centuries, the Arab Middle East has struggled to meet the challenge of modernity, a task exacerbated by the lingering, and increasing, dissonance between the glorious past and the shameful present.
Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
The system used by the Iceland's ruling caste to launder ill-begotten gains is simple to describe. The result is simpler still: The rich got richer and the government got stuck with the bill.
Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
According to Michael Emerson, "It's so simple" to play the character Ben Linus on LOST: "I play it as it's written, as straight as I can, and let audience decide what's going on."
Rob Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
This week, Flocke (Fake Locke) takes Sawyer to a scale with a black rock on one side and a white rock on the other. Flocke throws the white rock into the ocean, and calls it an "inside joke."
Timothy Ferris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
When I tell people that there's a symbiotic relationship between science and liberalism, it turns out that what I usually need to define is not "symbiotic," but "science" and "liberalism."
Linda Hirshman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Like the centrism that fueled the Clinton years, minimalism is a philosophy for losers. Democrats were sure losers in those years, so they were probably well-served by a philosophy for losers.
Linda Hirshman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Liberals have a path out of Egypt. But if our principles are still unbaked or minimalized, it will be another long trip. As the warthog said in The Lion King, "Put your behind in the past."
Posted 06.29.2011 | Books