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Please Stop

By Gene Doucette | March 28, 2016 |

Note: this is the first article I wrote for the Huffington Post to receive widespread attention. It’s a tiny bit dated—my perspective on Amazon has evolved somewhat, and the Hachette dispute is over—but I’m re-posting it so it has a home on my new site. I do believe the widespread attention I originally received is…

The collective insanity of the publishing industry

By Gene Doucette | February 29, 2016 |

Unless you’re a writer, I imagine you haven’t been paying quite as close attention to the publishing industry and all its weirdness as I have, and that’s a shame, because it’s been really entertaining. Actually, entertaining isn’t the right word. It’s been insane, but the kind of insane that’s unreasonably fun to watch from a safe remove.…

Huffington Post article: Thoughts on Amazon

By Gene Doucette | September 15, 2014 |

I have a new article up at The Huffington Post. This one is a return to the Amazon vs. Hachette imbroglio, with my own thoughts on the matter. You can read it here: Thoughts on Amazon I submitted this Thursday afternoon, incidentally. HuffPo’s posting schedule is “we’ll post it when we can”, which meant, for…