Ninja News - July 6 Edition

Ninja News is weekly feature on my blog where I share some of the strange or interesting or interestingly strange news that I have come across over the past week. If you want to share a news article to share in this feature then please don't hesitate to message me on facebook, twitter, or in the comments.

What The?? LOL

http://www.moonmontchronicle.com/supreme-court-rules-jcpenney-allowed-to-sacrifice-employees-to-appease-cthulhu.html - The latest Supreme Court ruling has unintended consequences.

http://insatiablebooksluts.com/2014/06/27/publishing-vs-amazon-play/ - Hilariousness that perfectly explains the rediculous stance traditional publishing has taken against Amazon.

http://news.distractify.com/fun/fails/people-who-should-never-be-allowed-to-fix-anything-again/?v=1 - If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Interesting Stuff

http://animediet.net/commentary/the-future-of-love - Love and Robots

http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/minimum-wage-fight-gets-boost-from-ikea-292463171647 - Ikea and Minimum Wage

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118424/jk-rowlings-silkworm-shows-what-she-thinks-publishing-industry - Tell me how you really feel JK Rowling

Publishing Stuff

http://www.hughhowey.com/the-new-top-down-approach/ - Another insightful article about publishing from Hugh Howey

http://thenextweb.com/dd/2014/06/21/publishing-industry-isnt-dead-evolving/ - The revolution will not be televised.

http://updegrove.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/the-future-of-competition-in-publishing-be-very-afraid/ - A dark prediction for the future of publishing

Writerly Stuff

http://www.hughhowey.com/do-writers-need-a-union/ - Writer Unions by Hugh Howey

http://www.lindsayburoker.com/social-media/book-promotion-what-matters-most/ - Quick and dirty promotion with a time budget

http://janefriedman.com/2012/05/18/4-ways-to-immediately-improve-your-book-marketing-efforts/ - Marketing tips