http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/10/14/my-essay-in-the-atlantic-on-ebooks-writers-and-the-myth-of-solitude/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Sat, 26 May 2012 01:25:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/10/14/my-essay-in-the-atlantic-on-ebooks-writers-and-the-myth-of-solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-45495 outeast Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:26:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=3539#comment-45495 Alas - but as has become normal in the world of ebook publishing - your new ebook is unavailable outside of specific markets. Alas – but as has become normal in the world of ebook publishing – your new ebook is unavailable outside of specific markets.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/10/14/my-essay-in-the-atlantic-on-ebooks-writers-and-the-myth-of-solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-45451 Darren Garrison Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:20:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=3539#comment-45451 Re: "Kindle Singles", for a few years Amazon had a little-mentioned section called "Amazon Shorts" (or something similar) where you could publish short fiction or non-fiction. That seems to have been abandoned now, though. Too bad, there was one short there that would have appealed to Loom readers-- "The Second Coming of Charles Darwin" by James Morrow. It features a Creationist, a time machine, and the Galapagos. Re: “Kindle Singles”, for a few years Amazon had a little-mentioned section called “Amazon Shorts” (or something similar) where you could publish short fiction or non-fiction. That seems to have been abandoned now, though. Too bad, there was one short there that would have appealed to Loom readers– “The Second Coming of Charles Darwin” by James Morrow. It features a Creationist, a time machine, and the Galapagos.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/10/14/my-essay-in-the-atlantic-on-ebooks-writers-and-the-myth-of-solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-45371 johnk Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:50:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=3539#comment-45371 "Short form" seems like a real step forward. I'm looking forward to amazon's 'singles'. I've bought too many books that are little more than magazine pieces, awkwardly stretched to book length. “Short form” seems like a real step forward. I’m looking forward to amazon’s ‘singles’. I’ve bought too many books that are little more than magazine pieces, awkwardly stretched to book length.

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