mark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Is it worth it?
Sometimes writing seems like a lonely, pointless, and possibly self-destructive activity. I mean, I COULD be doing other things with my time. Then you get a review like this, and it all seems...
View Article350 or bust: Brazilian Court Suspends Work on Mega-Dam Set To Destroy...
Something to celebrate! For decades, the Brazilian government has had plans to build the third-largest hydroelectric dam in the world in Amazonia. This mega-project would drown large areas of pristine...
View Articlemark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Get The...
Chill out. It’s only the technological singularity. Okay, this is absolutely your LAST CHANCE to get a copy of my new book for free. Get on the bandwagon early! Check out some of the great reviews this...
View ArticleCuriosityCat: Your Purrfect Way to Publish & Promote Your Amazon & Kindle Books
After more than a year of research, my latest book is now published as a Kindle eBook (only 99 cents) and will shortly be available as a printed soft cover book from Amazon’s CreateSpace print on...
View ArticleCuriosityCat: My new thriller: Terrorists, kidnappings & assorted mayhem
… with an epilogue showing a small terrorist-hunting Dane placing five red roses on a grave while he says: “We got them, Marc. All of them.” This is what Cupid’s Crescent (now available as softcover...
View ArticleThe Disaffected Lib: France Rebuffs Amazon
Amazon is the biggest threat to independent booksellers and it’s a huge threat. It offers deals on books the indies often can’t match and usually throws in free shipping to boot. Why that should...
View ArticlePolitical Eh-conomy: Precarious workers or satisfied customers: a fine line...
This post is an appendix of sorts to my article, “Fired by Walmart for Christmas”, to be published this weekend by Common Dreams. In the article, I describe the stresses and difficulties faced by...
View ArticlePolitical Eh-conomy: The more things change… Amazon’s “anticipatory shipping”...
Media outlets recently publicized Amazon’s patent for what it calls “anticipatory shipping.” The premise is as simple as it is creepy: Amazon will charge and ship items before customers have the chance...
View ArticleProgressive Proselytizing: Tech on the Side: Amazon vs Apple
While Apple is a wildly profitable money printing machine that hoards its cash and returns billions to shareholders, Amazon makes no official profit. As Benedict Evans points out, this is just a...
View ArticleCuriosityCat: Shameless self-promotion: Review of my Purrfect Way Book
Thought I would give my how-to book another shameless plug – the delightful review on Amazon of my book, Your Purrfect Way to Publish & Promote Your Amazon & Kindle Books said it all, I think....
View ArticleThe Disaffected Lib: A Tipping Point of Amazonian Proportions
It’s the largest and wealthiest city in South America. With a population of 12-million, Sao Paulo, Brazil, came to be known as “Cidade da Garoa” or the city of drizzle. The once reliable drizzle...
View ArticleCuriosityCat: Authors: A simple and effective marketing plan for your books
Welcome to my latest book, written for authors who wish to better market their books, and for all those who use social media in some form or another. Based on proven marketing methods, Small Steps to...
View ArticleProgressive Proselytizing: Tech on the Side: Amazon vs Apple
While Apple is a wildly profitable money printing machine that hoards its cash and returns billions to shareholders, Amazon makes no official profit. As Benedict Evans points out, this is just a...
View ArticleScripturient: Dear Amazon…
Dear Amazon: Hello, it’s me, Ian. Yes, that’s right, the crazy guy who orders all those books. Yeah, the history books, the science books, the philosophy books, the ones on leadership and politics… you...
View ArticleProgressive Proselytizing: Tech on the Side: Amazon vs Apple
While Apple is a wildly profitable money printing machine that hoards its cash and returns billions to shareholders, Amazon makes no official profit. As Benedict Evans points out, this is just a...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Slouching Toward A City Near You
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?– W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming The man pictured above is Nick Shcherban, a Toronto resident who was arrested,...
View ArticleThings Are Good: 70,000 Acres of Rainforest Being Replanted
This week it was announced that carbon in our atmosphere has reached levels not seen for 800,000 years. Clearly we need to do better to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels and the releasing of...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Be Careful What You Wish For
As you likely know, Jeff Bezos is currently searching for a second headquarters for his company, Amazon. And much to the delight of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Mayor John Tory, Toronto has made...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Careful What You Wish For
With so many cities, including Toronto, vying to become Amazon’s second headquarters, they might be mindful of some basic truths
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Guest Post: A Response To Be Careful What You...
As I indicated in my last post, I have been having problems with readers’ comments. I have not been receiving
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