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The Incredible Shrinking Home Office
The home office is going through a startling evolution. Home office PC sales are at their lowest numbers in their history, thanks to the rise of tablet computers and smartphones, which offer unprecedented convenience, mobility, and power. You could even say the...
The Future of Music Is Subscriptions
As I discussed in my previous columns, "The Turntable as Metaphor for Digital Revolution Reluctance" and "What Happened to the Music?" I'm enduring a years-long lament about the evolution—some might say revolution—happening to the experience of listening to music....
The Xbox One Provides a Peek at the Connected Home of the Future
As I wrote last month, if you’re truly interested in the possibilities of a media-converged “connected home,” Microsoft’s Xbox One provides a forward-thinking experience in many respects. I’ve been playing around with mine for a couple weeks, and I’ve come away with...
The Strange Phenomenon of the Cover Blurb
As I'm preparing for the Permuted Press publication of Blood Red—three months away now—I've been engaged in one particular marketing activity that has, overall, been incredibly rewarding and gratifying but has sometimes felt a little bit ... weird. I'm talking about...
In Memoriam: Philip “John” Bovberg
Philip John Bovberg—“John” to family and friends, and “Mr. B” to countless students and fellow educators—passed away at UCLA Medical Center on Monday, December 16. He was 65 years old, given six months of additional life thanks to the generosity of a heart donor....
an interview with emily m. danforth
One of the more satisfying and rich teen breakouts this year has been emily m. danforth’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post, a sprawling coming-of-age novel about the struggles of a gay preteen/teen growing up in the disapproving and conservative/religious atmosphere...
Xbox One vs. PlayStation 4
The time has come. After a seven-year stretch without an update to the two main prizefighters of console gaming, Microsoft is releasing its new Xbox One and Sony is releasing its new PlayStation 4. As we get more and more previews, reviews, and reports from the field,...
The AV Gravity of “Gravity”
I’ve spent more money on Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity than I’ve spent on any other movie in my life. I didn’t plan it that way. It just so happens that this film is ideally suited to the most expensive film-exhibition methods known today. This is a movie—based on reports...
3 Ways to Control Device Overuse in Your Connected Home
When we talk about the “connected home,” one aspect of that concept is the proliferation of connected devices throughout the home. I’m talking about smartphones, game devices, ebook readers, tablet devices, console game systems, laptops, desktop computers, television...
Permuted Press Offers Deep Discounts for Friday the 13th
Got any plans for Friday the 13th? Well, now you do. Permuted Press—which will be publishing my apocalyptic horror novel Blood Red early next year—is having a huge 3-day sale on three-quarters of its entire in-print catalog. That's about 75 titles. Here's the Amazon...
Bio
Jason Bovberg is the author of Tessa Goes Down, Loser Baby, the Blood trilogy—Blood Red, Draw Blood, and Blood Dawn—and The Naked Dame. His forthcoming books include A Small Poisonous Act, a suburban noir novel, and Little Miss Nobody, a mystery based on a true crime. He is editor/publisher of Dark Highway Press, which published the controversial, erotic fairy tale Santa Steps Out and the weird western anthology Skull Full of Spurs. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with his wife Barb, his daughters Harper and Sophie, and his canines Rocky and Rango.
‘Blood Red’ Book Trailer