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The Vergecast tackles e-book pricing

April 16, 2012by Kevin Eagan Leave a comment

Many book bloggers have discussed the recent news that the Department of Justice is investigating Apple and several of the major book publishers over price-fixing. Since it’s been covered by […]

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Three new ways to re-think Digital Literature

April 8, 2012by Kevin Eagan 3 Comments

In my last blog post, I ended by writing that artists and writers need to use “early e-reading technologies as sandboxes for new modes of literature” and that the e-book, […]

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book, reading, technology, the digital margins, Uncategorized, writing

E-books, digital lit, and the novel as transplant

April 4, 2012by Kevin Eagan 4 Comments

In a recent video interview, Time book critic Lev Grossman discusses how the e-book is changing the way we read. He starts the interview off by lamenting the loss of a […]

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book, reading, technology, Uncategorized

Site changes and updates

March 7, 2011by Kevin Eagan 1 Comment

Throughout the day, I have made some major changes to the layout and design of this website. First, I moved the website’s host from Blogger to WordPress, and so far, […]

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Some Links

January 2, 2011by Kevin Eagan Leave a comment

Here are some excellent articles to keep you busy this Sunday afternoon. 1. Some more links to extend the conversation about technology and books. A little bit about pushing the […]

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Press Inquiry

January 1, 2000by Kevin Eagan Leave a comment

We are always looking for intelligent and entertaining ideas for our growing community here at Critical Margins. If you are promoting a book, author, or story idea and would like to […]

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Submissions and Contributions

January 1, 2000by Kevin Eagan Leave a comment

We are always looking for intelligent writers who are willing to provide exceptional analysis of book culture, particularly as it relates to technology and the culture at large. Right now, […]

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About Kevin Eagan

Kevin Eagan is a college writing teacher and freelance editor who is passionate about reading, technology and digital culture. He writes about these passions at Critical Margins. You can follow him on twitter: @criticalmargins.

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Mike D. O'Brien

Meanderings of a writer collecting stories as a bartender

quotiddly

words arranged well

Joanna Funk

a life with music

Craig Hart Online

The Official Home of Author Craig A. Hart

EditWright

Kevin Eagan's blog about writing, books, and everyday digital ephemera.

Ideas

Essential Insights. Great Debates. Informed Opinions.

S. A. Williams - Author, Reader, & More

Musings & general nonsense about writing

Building Feedly

Re-imagine how people keep in touch with their favorite sites.

The D/A Dialogues

mindfulmagpie

what's shiny today?

Me and the Girl from Clapham

tomstandage.com

Thought Catalog

kimlovesdee

D for DAINTY DREAMER!

Today's Author

Just keep writing...

jessicaminiermabe

a site for my stuff

Outside In Literary & Travel Magazine

"DON'T READ"

a blog by Ensis

Qwiklit

feygrrl

Writings - Mostly Naughty & Some Nice

Pot Versus Kettle

a dirty little boy with a piece of chalk and a board fence and nobody looking

Eleventh Hour Fiction

Glimpses, Whims, Notions and Bits of Reality by Tiffany Greenfield

The Story Shack

Flash Fiction. Illustrations. Every Day.

Reassigned Time 2.0

There may be a time and a place for everything. The difficulty is figuring out when and where.

Books Around The Table

A potluck of ideas from four children's book authors and illustrators

The Task at Hand

A Writer's On-Going Search for Just the Right Word

exlibrislarsen

The same 26 letters, newly arranged just for you...

This Is How Mom Rolls

A Little Look at Life on Da East Side. Word.

betweenasleepandawake

The place of true inspiration

A little life in the Big Easy

a place for this and that

I Love My Kindle

Fun and information about the Kindle and the world of e-books

Hiking Photography

The Misfortune Of Knowing

Books, Writing, and the Law

the dog ate my novel

and other publishing adventures of kellie larsen murphy

reading interrupted.

because reading also involves the way your head leans on your hand as you bend over a book, the damp mark you leave on a page when reading in the tub, or being interrupted by a

Poetry Genius

Annotating the canon. With your help.

Game4Learning

Fun Learning Resouces for Kids

lonely daffodil

Writing is to discover

Archive 7

the john seven collection

natethayer

A compilation of current reporting and archived published work of journalist Nate Thayer

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