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Groupie Lit: Sluts Are Great Writers, Jump-Offs Not So Much

Groupie lit is getting around. Two recent publications bookend the extremes of this growing canon of female-authored works -- in other words, one's worth settling down with, while the other should be quit before it's hit. See Also: * Groupies, Piss, and Penises: Five Shocking Music Memoirs * Lose t ... More >>

Found in Translation: Great Sci-Fi From AmazonCrossings

Groupie lit is getting around. Two recent publications bookend the extremes of this growing canon of female-authored works -- in other words, one's worth settling down with, while the other should be quit before it's hit. See Also: * Groupies, Piss, and Penises: Five Shocking Music Memoirs * Lose t ... More >>

S.F. Food Legend Jeremiah Tower's Kindle Quickie

Jeremiah Tower, the chef and former San Francisco restaurateur who left an indelible impression in molding "California cuisine" as a chef at Chez Panisse and with his Eighties restaurant Stars, has released a short e-book for Kindle. A Dash of Genius is ostensibly his ode to and a history of French ... More >>

Online Publishers Not Happy About Being Cut Off Over Amazon.com Sales Tax Scrap

For many online publishers, Amazon has closed up shop.​Thousands of Californians learned yesterday that Amazon would no longer be paying them to participate in Amazon's affiliate marketing program. The reason? The proposed state budget includes a measure that would force Amazon to pay sales tax on ... More >>

Amazon Tax Bill Is Gaining Favor Among S.F. Businesses

Read the full story on your Kindle​Business leaders in San Francisco are supporting the same legislation that's made economic behemoths such as Amazon.com threaten to leave California. AB155, also known as the Amazon tax bill, passed the Assembly this week and now awaits the state Senate's vote. ... More >>

Everything Small Is Big Again

Read the full story on your Kindle​Business leaders in San Francisco are supporting the same legislation that's made economic behemoths such as Amazon.com threaten to leave California. AB155, also known as the Amazon tax bill, passed the Assembly this week and now awaits the state Senate's vote. ... More >>

If NY Times Is So Damned Ethical, What's Up With Payola-Meister David Pogue?

​Regular Readers of The New York Times will be rushing to newsstands this weekend for yet another possible installment in a series by Ombudsman Clark Hoyt's that may as well be called "When It Comes To Enforcing Ethical Guidelines, We're Soup Nazis." On Dec. 12, Hoyt dedicated his Sunday column t ... More >>

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​Regular Readers of The New York Times will be rushing to newsstands this weekend for yet another possible installment in a series by Ombudsman Clark Hoyt's that may as well be called "When It Comes To Enforcing Ethical Guidelines, We're Soup Nazis." On Dec. 12, Hoyt dedicated his Sunday column t ... More >>