Self-Publishing for Fun, Profit and an Ounce of Legitimacy
Self-publishing has had a sketchy reputation amongst writers, readers and publishers alike due to a
combination of understandable problems. It can be high cost (both for the author and the buyer), low
quality, and the sales will invariably be a fraction of what they would through a traditional
publisher. But there are ways around most of these problems, assuming you're willing to do the
work.
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The Dangerous Imagination of Jamie Malanowski
Jamie Malanowski is an experienced editor and humor writer with a long history of targeting
the world inside the beltway. His latest novel, The Coup, ventures into narrative territory
just this side of absurd, exploring how an unscrupulous vice-president might use
the alarmingly plausible power of scandal to move up in the world. In this Check Please! exclusive
interview, Malanowski describes the genesis of the novel and discusses why the power of scandal
has become so significant in today's political world.
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The Angry 2000-Year-Old Man: Juvenal's Satires
Western civilization owes a great deal to the Roman Empire, not least the tradition of
complaining vigorously about society's ills through satire. Juvenal is one of
the best known Roman satirists. Although the society about which he complained
may seem foreign
today, the common human failings of greed, incompetence, and hypocrisy are timeless, and his
anger against these seems just as vibrant today as it did two thousand years ago.
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