Amazon Kindle to let readers question authors

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Don’t you just hate it when you finish reading a book and you’re still stumped about one part of the story, and none of your friends seem to be able to explain it either? Sure you could look it up on Google, or ask a question on Yahoo! Answers – but nobody seems to know the answer, what do you do then? Since not every author has his/her contact details published online, it might be hard to get in touch with them to ask them for a direct answer. Because of that, Amazon has decided to launch a new program which solves this problem.

Amazon recently launched a test version of Kindle that gives users the ability to question authors about their work. Called the @author feature, it lets Kindle users highlight passages in an eBook, add questions about the passage and send them off to the book’s author(s) to get a response from them. If you ask me, that’s a pretty smart idea – why didn’t other eBook companies think of it sooner? So far only 16 authors have taken part in the program, but we should expect more of them to join in the future.

What do you think of the @author feature in Kindle? Is it something that you’d find useful?

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Gay Literature's Latest Trend: Gay Romance For Female Readers

Sales number of online publishing houses reflect that what once might have started out as a literary flicker is steadily merging into a broad and rising trend in literature. What do we know about the new genre yet? Where does it have its roots and who are the authors?

It stands to reason to assume that in the early stages authors started out by flexing their writing muscles in the area of fan fiction writing. It is a form of writing that can be exclusively found online and does not exist in hard cover format. A fandom is constituted by a number of people who are interested in maybe a TV show like "Stargate" or a book series such as "Harry Potter". Authors take characters from the original stories and create short stories in the original story verse and give them their own twist. Often times a romantic sub plot is added in which does not exist in the original universe the story is set in. The very beginning of fan fiction writing is attributed to fanzines of the late 1970's with Kirk/Spock Star Trek fiction.

Over time more and more authors have transitioned over to writing original fiction of their own, developing their own characters and plots. With coming from a background that focuses on mm/fiction and having a decidedly interested female readership it seems to be consequent to take this element over and expand into it. The new genre has well renowned authors who have become easily recognizable due to their distinctive literary voice, lovely morally ambiguous characters and unique settings.

If you are interested in this new genre you will find that there is a number of online publishers who exclusively publish romance novels attributed to gay romance and gay fiction. You will find novels both in paperback and e-reader format.

Sam is an editor of LGBT mystery and adventure fiction and author of this article. He has extensive experience with e-publishing. He has been writing articles for various sites for over 3 years.
Come visit his latest website Gay Romance which helps people find the best Gay Fiction.

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Poor Literature Can Mislead Readers

Writing has always been an excellent form of communication even since ancient times. The ancient Egyptians were the first culture to develop literature as they wrote their knowledge on mediums such as papyrus, walls, pyramids and obelisks. The majority of ancient Egyptian literature mostly revolved around education and instructions rather than entertainment. Those that have existed for entertainment were stories, myths and biographies of deceased leaders.

Today, literature exists in a collection or set of written, printed, illustrated or blank sheets that are made of paper or other various material that are fastened together. We call this medium a book and each sheet within it is called a page. Literature is not limited to physical forms though. Informative writing can also be found in the Internet where numerous writers create blogs or articles that serve as references for the public on various criteria. Seeing as the Internet is the modern world's information superhighway, it should be noted that many people get their data here. That is why it is important for writers to provide correct and proper information in order to avoid misleading the audience.

Some of the problems that plague writers are improper writing styles, confusing formats and incorrect grammar. For a written articles to be effective, writers should learn how to deliver their write ups in a correct manner. Many amateur writers make the mistake in trying to create informative articles but end up confusing or misleading their audience. Gibberish such as this can mostly be found in personal blogs and websites. There are also a few commercial websites that fail to deliver the proper way on how to sell their products and services to their customers.

Proper writings should be able to focus on the reader, be brief and concise, should be free from grammar and spelling errors and should avoid too much hype on the statements. Unless a person is writing for their private journal or diary, any other literature should be made to effectively communicate to the readers.

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