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<title>Adventures in Self-Publishing: The Electric Kool-Aid Book Promotion Test</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:30:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Adventures in Self-Publishing</dc:subject>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Tahoma;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Have you discovered &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Alexandria-Project-Treachery-Technology-ebook/dp/B006RLTOY4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1325970593&amp;amp;sr=8-2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Tahoma;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The Alexandria Project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Tahoma;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana;&quot; ...</description>
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<title>Life Imitates Art in Pyongyang and Washington</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:48:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Alexandria Project (a Cyber Thriller)</dc:subject>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; hspace=&quot;4&quot; height=&quot;146&quot; src=&quot;http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/images/library/image/NKorea%20Flag%20200.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;In an interesting example of life imitating art, the events unfolding in North Korea this week are directly paralleling those that I envisioned in my book, The Alexandria Project.&amp;nbsp;Specifically, if you&amp;rsquo;ve been watching the news, the North Koreans intend to launch a new, three stage missile which they say is intended to put a communications satellite into orbit. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;This is placing other countries in an uncomfortable position, as the ...</description>
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<title>Adventures in Self-Publishing:  Google Pulls the Plug on its Indie Bookstore Reseller Program</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:50:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Adventures in Self-Publishing</dc:subject>
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<title>The Global Knock-on Effects of China’s Home-Grown Standards Preferences</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:01:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>China</dc:subject>
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<title>The Lafayette Deception, Chap. 13:  What Goes Around (can come back and bite you)</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:01:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Lafayette Deception (a Cyber Thriller)</dc:subject>
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<title>Adventures in Self-Publishing, Chap. 13:  The Future of Writing and Publishing</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:01:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Adventures in Self-Publishing</dc:subject>
<description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Tahoma;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Have you discovered &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Alexandria-Project-Treachery-Technology-ebook/dp/B006RLTOY4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1325970593&amp;amp;sr=8-2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Tahoma;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The Alexandria Project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Tahoma;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana;&quot; ...</description>
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<title>The Lafayette Deception, Chap. 12:  In-tro-du-cing the Next President of the   United States!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:01:16 -0800</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Lafayette Deception (a Cyber Thriller)</dc:subject>
<description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Tahoma;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Have you discovered &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Alexandria-Project-Treachery-Technology-ebook/dp/B006RLTOY4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1325970593&amp;amp;sr=8-2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Tahoma;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The Alexandria Project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Tahoma;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot; ...</description>
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<title>Interoperability, Standards and Market Power</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:18:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Open Source/Open Standards</dc:subject>
<description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Tahoma;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Have you discovered &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Alexandria-Project-Treachery-Technology-ebook/dp/B006RLTOY4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1325970593&amp;amp;sr=8-2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Tahoma;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The Alexandria Project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Tahoma;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana;&quot; ...</description>
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<title>The Lafayette Deception, Chap. 11:   I Guess I've Just Got to be Frank with You</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:01:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Lafayette Deception (a Cyber Thriller)</dc:subject>
<description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left: 40px;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;Okay, so maybe you haven't bought my book.&amp;nbsp; But that's not Frank's fault, so I couldn't just leave him stranded in the midwest, could I?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; hspace=&quot;4&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; alt=&quot;Courtesy Wikipedia&quot; src=&quot;http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/images/library/image/Iowa%20Seal%20180.jpg&quot; /&gt;Frank shook his head in disbelief as he turned his radio off.&amp;nbsp;Who could have predicted that talking heads on the evening news would ever look to Fidel Castro to provide a cogent assessment of an American primary season?&amp;nbsp;Frank might be having a hard time starting a non-fiction book about cybersecurity, but t...</description>
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<title>Adventures in Self-Publishing, Chap. 12:  What I Learned Along the Way</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:28:37 -0800</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Adventures in Self-Publishing</dc:subject>
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