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Kindle, international edition

October 7, 2009 Geek Alert, The Variant

Amazon’s Kindle, the e-book reader I adore, is now available in more than 100 countries.

New interview up

October 5, 2009 Big Fish, Charlie, Corpse Bride, Go, Projects, The Nines

I did an interview this afternoon with Sam Heer at BlogTalkRadio’s 123Film station, in which we talked about Go, The Nines, the Burton movies and screenwriting in general.

Principles of Hybrid Distribution

September 21, 2009 Indie, Projects, The Nines

A new article by Peter Broderick articulates a lot of the points I try to make to filmmakers with truly indie films.

How I Became…on NPR

September 16, 2009 Books, Follow Up, Projects

I twittered about it while it was happening, but if you missed it, author Steve Hely gave a nice interview on NPR’s Fresh Air this afternoon.

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