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An open letter to Hachette

This morning I received an email from Amazon, with details about the dispute with Hachette. It was a call to action, asking readers and authors to write to Hachette CEO, Michael Pietsch (Michael.Pietsch@hbgusa.com) and to CC Amazon (readers-united@amazon.com), asking that Hachette accept one of Amazon's offers to remove authors from the middle of the debate. It also made the case for lowering ebook prices and increasing the royalty paid to authors. I support both of these ideas, for multiple reasons. 

You can find the Amazon letter at www.readersunited.com.

I would encourage all readers and authors to read the letter and write emails of their own. This is a watershed moment in publishing. We can create something new and amazing here. So please, take action.

My email to Michael Pietsch appears below. 

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News, Uncommon Sense, Writing TalesKevin TumlinsonAmazon, Hachette, books, publishing, dispute, readers, ebooks, pricing

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Good for YA
Good for YA

Yikes! It's been too long. Do you guys remember me?

If not, I understand. I keep meaning to write. Actually, I do write—but it's almost all in books these days! I'm chalking that up to "a good thing."

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Writing Tales, YAKevin TumlinsonYA, Fiction, criticism

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The Three Reasons to Avoid Being Punched in the Face - Part 2

Read the second installment of "The Three Reasons to Avoid Being Punched in the Face." 

Elle had a thing for red.

“It’s bold,” she said. She’d said this more than once, as we perused the wares of the little clothing shop just a block from the record/comic/hot chocolate shop/post office, where I’d decided it would be a good idea to buy a new wardrobe for a near stranger. She had described nearly every item of clothing she’d picked up as some variation of ‘bold.’ The skirt was “pronounced.” The pants were “adventurous.” The gloves were “distinct.”

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Writing Tales, Self Publishing, Kindle Singles, Books by Kevin, Book ProjectsKevin Tumlinsonebook, free, fiction, novella, kindle singe, Amazon.com, author, indie, indie author

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I have become Revisionist, destroyer of continuity
Writing Tales, Self Publishing, ProjectsKevin Tumlinsonbooks, ebooks, author, science fiction, speculative fiction, editing, publishing, self publishing

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White trash in the trailer park of words
Writing Tales, What people think I do for a living, Life as I know itKevin Tumlinsonwriting, Copywriter, Copywriting, media, marketing, advertising, career, novel, novelist, author

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What people think I do - Part 4
What people think I do for a living, Writing TalesKevin Tumlinsonbuying a gun now, clever, high school, not good, sad kevin, writing

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What people think I do - Part 1 & Part 2
What people think I do for a living, Writing TalesKevin Tumlinsonconversations, copyright, copywrite, humor, misunderstandings, writing

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60 brilliant people
Inspiration, Writing TalesKevin Tumlinsoneducation, foundation, gorilla fingers, learning, memory, writing

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