John Locke

Brilliant Second Act: Self-Published Author Sells A Million Digital Books

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Rowley | Posted 03.05.2012 | Fifty

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Kentucky novelist John Locke is the first self-published author to sell more than a million digital books on Amazon.com. His "Donovan Creed" series, a...

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Two Hats For Today's Writers (and 10 Awful Truths)

Christopher Meeks | Posted 02.17.2012 | Books

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Today's writer needs to wear two hats: those of the artist and of the marketer.

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The Genius of Free Governments

Lewis Hyde | Posted 12.03.2011 | Culture

Read More: Section 514, Supreme Court, Public Domain, Golan, Copyright, John Locke, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Fielding, Uruguay Round, Culture News

This week the Supreme Court will hear a case concerning what ought to be called "copyright rendition." The plaintiffs are challenging a 1994 law that, for the first time in U.S. history, removed hundreds of thousands of works from the public domain.

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Self-Published Author Gets Unusual Book Deal

AP | Posted 10.24.2011 | Books

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NEW YORK -- Self-publishing author John Locke has a made an untraditional deal with a traditional publisher. Simon & Schuster announced Monday that b...

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There Are No Unpublished Books Anymore

Brian Joseph Davis | Posted 09.12.2011 | Books

Read More: Book Publishing, Red Lemonade, Writing, Self-Publishing, Kindle Million Club, Richard Nash, John Locke, Self-Published Authors, Books News

I had an idea recently for an art piece: Print out an unpublished novel then delete all files of it. Take the printout and set it on the rail of the Brooklyn Bridge and wait for a good wind. Document with video.

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PHOTOS Heroes Of Self-Publishing: The New Breed Of Indie Authors That Made It Big

Posted 08.29.2011 | Books

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"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...

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Indie-Books: 5 Steps To Finding The Best Before Your Friends Or Big Publishers Do (PHOTOS)

Amy Edelman | Posted 08.21.2011 | Books

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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.

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Self-Published Author Hits One Million Kindle Sales

The Bookseller | Posted 08.20.2011 | Books

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John Locke has become the first self-published author to sell more than one million e-books through Amazon....

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Ethiopia: Broken Contract, Broken Faith, Broken Country

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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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.

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What Is the Arab Third Estate?

Uriel Abulof | Posted 01.03.2012 | 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.

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Liberty And Justice: For Those Who Can Afford It

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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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.

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Michael Emerson Reflects on Lost, Looks Ahead to the Finale

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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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."

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The Most Important Moment From This Week's Lost

Rob Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

Read More: John Locke, Abc, Time Travel, Lost Final Season, Lost, Comedy News

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."

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Conservative Is Not Opposite Liberal: That's Totalitarianism

Timothy Ferris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Bill Maher, Conservatives, Books, Liberalism, Progressives, Science, John Locke, The Science of Liberty, Totalitarianism, Books News

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."

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Liberal Principles II: People Are Political Animals

Linda Hirshman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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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.

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Liberal Principles

Linda Hirshman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Liberals and Conservatives, Philosophy, Conservatives, Liberalism, Conservative Principles, John Locke, Bush Legacy, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

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."

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