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Posted on October 3, 2012September 30, 2012

Editing Out Loud

Here’s a confession. Even after the initial publication, Human X still needed editing. The original version contained more than its share of typographical whoopsies. It had been through several passes from myself, as well as friends and family, but I still heard from a reader that the book was run through with small errors.

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Posted on June 15, 2012September 27, 2012

The Perverse Life of the Audiobook Listener

I start a new job next week. It’s just a three-month contract, but the big downside for me is that the office is about two miles from home. What, you may ask, is the problem with that? I’m sure many of you would kill to have a commute that short.

Well, I guess you don’t listen to audiobooks. Continue reading “The Perverse Life of the Audiobook Listener”

Posted on February 9, 2012September 27, 2012

The Sound of Reading

Even before I bought my Kindle, I had adopted another post-modern way of consuming the written word. That would be the audio book, formerly known as “books on tape,” back when we had something called a “cassette player” in our cars (kids, you can ask your grandparents about that one).

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