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There are a number fans of The Dresden Files, and Amazon is offering a nice deal for them today. The e-books from The Dresden Files are just $1.99 each today . The Dresden Files are a series of mysteries with the main character being Harry Dresden, who is a private investigator and a wizard. If you always wanted to pick these books up, now today (Saturday) would be a good time.

FutureBook caught up with Amanda Hocking recently and talked about going from a self-publishing platform to a traditional publishing house. Hocking has become a poster child for many indie authors, selling 1.5 million self-published eBooks. Although she has been successful in that realm, Hocking wanted to see her books in a traditional bookstore. She wanted to be in print. Hocking felt St. Martins Press was the best outlet for that – but it was not the highest bidder for her work. "Amazon actually was [the highest bidder] but I did not necessarily think they could get the books into the stores," Hocking told FutureBook. "I knew they could do good promotions for e-books, but what I really wanted was a publisher who could get the paperbacks into stores, and I didn't think they quite had the influence." One of the more interesting notes in the Hocking article was the different between freelance editors and those working in a publishing house. "Th...

Amazon is facing a problem with self-publishers in the erotica section. There are also problems with plagiarism on the site, according to a report by Fast Company . Fast Company spoke to one person who has dealt with these issues, but wanted to remain anonymous because of her writings. She wants to keep that separate from her public life. However, the findings in the article are interesting. It's definitely worth checking out. There seems to be too much of this going on according to the findings in the article. This is a topic that is especially important with SOPA trying to gain traction in congress – although under the current form, it probably will never pass. “Legislation has been proposed that would give content holders more leverage in dealing with etailers: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). It would award copyright holders wide-ranging powers to run websites that host infringing material off the Internet without needing to acquire a court order. If i...