Let me start by saying that I am the last person to suggest, support or condone censorship. One of the greatest gifts our forefathers gave us – and one of the few that have truly been realized (still working on that “all men created equal” bit) – is our freedom of speech, and of free [...]

Bonjour!
Seeing as we just enjoyed (some might insist “survived”) St. Valentines Day, and seeing as French is generally considered to be the language of love, I thought this might be a good time to announce some new book categories recently added at AuthorsBookshop.
Actually, we have added a new section of categories with several categories listed [...]

This is a good, if slow, explanation of the Google Book Search debate and subsequent law suit. It seems weighted in sympathy toward Google, but it’s a really good primer on the situation.
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As you may well know, when Google announced Google Book Search – and started scanning every book it could get it’s hands on – publishers started freaking out. Rightfully so, I think. Google was in a very real way infringing on the rights of the publishers and owners of the content. It [...]

So, the new Kindle is set for release this month. I have to say, I haven’t really boughten into the whole e-book phenomenon (and I am definitely not alone in that) but I have to admit I am starting to feel like that weird old guy who still insists that music sounds better on [...]

book and chair, originally uploaded by stevenarens.
Book Porn: Exciting pictures of books. If you have book porn, send it my way. If it’s truly exciting I would love to post it!

I took a nice break to enjoy the holidays with my family and celebrate the inauguration of a new President. But I am excited to get back into posting regularly, bringing you all the indie-book love I can muster!
Thanks for your patience…
Brad

AuthorsBookshop is now on Facebook!
You can check us out, become a fan, and find other AuthorsBookshop members and fans there. You can also post to the message board, look at photos and even upload your own pics! It’s a great way to keep in touch with other indie book publishers, writers and lovers [...]