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February 2008

What Has Your Book Done For You Lately? Independent Authors Face Uphill Battle

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In a world where, according to Steve Jobs, people don’t read anymore; where twenty-eight of last year’s top thirty non-fiction best sellers were penned by celebrities and thirty of the top thirty fiction offerings belonged to name brand authors, the outlook is bleak for independent authors. Or is it? “Not if you think outside the cover,” says Annie Williams, creator of Frugal Fiction...

What If Someone Dug Through Your Closet? Could You Withstand The Scrutiny?

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In her debut novel, ASSISTdead, author P. T. Harris tackles the sticky subject of the public’s right to know when a horrific case places Phoenix homicide detective Priscilla Taylor under the same press microscope. Priscilla Taylor is in for a rough year. For two successive birthdays, a dead body has punctuated her celebration. Today marks the third corpse that will ruin her day. And, again, the...

E-ffordable Children’s Book Offerings Expand Again: Author Auntie Lynn Joins the Frugal Fiction Library

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Frugal Fiction proudly announces the addition of two delightful Auntie Lynn pieces to our Children’s selections: THE MAGICAL SCARECROWS BOOK ONE and THE MAGICAL SCARECROWS BOOK TWO. In THE MAGICAL SCARECROWS BOOK ONE, we meet two magical scarecrows, each of whom believe they are the only one of their kind on earth. As Race C, the English Magical Scarecrow, and Croowz, the Australian Magical...

READ TO YOUR CHILD 15 MINUTES A DAY: Is This Worthy Goal Strangling Your Frugal Budget?

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For those on a tight budget, public service announcements like the one above can be as guilt-inducing as they are productive. Many frugal parents utilize the library, an excellent community resource for a constant stream of new works to excite their child’s imagination and offer learning lessons. But what if the library hours or locations aren’t convenient? Frugal Fiction.com has a solution...

E-ffordable Book Offerings Grow Again: Poet James Penha Joins the Frugal Fiction Library

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Frugal Fiction proudly welcomes poet James Penha’s 1992 Omega Cat Press Competition award-winning chapbook, On the Back of the Dragon, to our library. Penha’s poetic tales take us to Borneo, Bali, Bangkok, China, Nepal, and Australia; his words painting places, people, and concepts that captivate. Virginia Howard, Editor of THEMA, said, “James Penha is able to mold exotic topics into...

The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle to Feature Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Brian Van [email protected] The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle to Feature Alexander Fiterstein Award-Winning Clarinetist to Perform at March 16 Concert CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (February 27, 2008) – Lorenzo Muti, artistic director and conductor for The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, announces today that the orchestra’s March 16 concert...

iolo PC Tune-up Product Named Best Utility

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LAPTOP Magazine has selected System Mechanic Professional as the “Best Utilities Software” for 2008, marking the third major award that System Mechanic Professional has garnered in less than four months. According to LAPTOP, iolo’s flagship product is “among the most complete utility suites we’ve seen.” “This suite does deep scanning of your system, offers to...

Largest protest in United States history looms.

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It’s being called “The Great American Strike” and on April the 15th 2008 more American workers will be on strike than on any other day in our nation’s history. They won’t be striking for higher pay or better working conditions or anything you normally associate with a strike. They will be striking to abolish the Federal Reserve and its partner in crime, the IRS. The days of a totally...

FlagsForYou.com Offers Special St. Patrick’s Day / Easter Flag $10 Coupon

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Marlton, NJ, US (PRWEB) Feb 27, 2008 – FlagsForYou.com is pleased to announce a very special coupon offer that is hard to resist. This coupon is being offered for St. Patrick’s Day and Easter 2008. All you need to do is use the coupon code cloverbunny while purchasing and save extra $10 off of a purchase of $60. At FlagsForYou.com, clients enjoy an unparalleled selection of decorative flags...