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Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

Blockchain and cryptocurrency news and analysis by David Gerard

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  • Business bafflegab, but on the Blockchain
  • Buterin’s quantum quest
  • Dogecoin
  • Ethereum smart contracts in practice
  • ICOs: magic beans and bubble machines
  • Imogen Heap: “Tiny Human”. Total sales: $133.20
  • Index
  • Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money
  • My cryptocurrency and blockchain commentary and writing for others
  • Press coverage: Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
  • Press coverage: Libra Shrugged
  • Table of Contents
  • The conspiracy theory economics of Bitcoin
  • The DAO: the steadfast iron will of unstoppable code
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Tag: self-publishing

Calibre, ePub and epubcheck: the curse of editing XHTML

5th November 202026th November 2022 - by David Gerard - 10 Comments.

What I actually did to make the ePub for Libra Shrugged. There’s almost certainly bits I could have done better some other way.

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Libra Shrugged has been uploaded to the bookstores!

30th October 202030th October 2020 - by David Gerard - 4 Comments.

Just saying, if you were a $5 Patron you could be reading it now …

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Libra Shrugged: we have the artwork!

28th October 202028th October 2020 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

I was particularly impressed that the dumpster fire worked as a silhouette.

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Things I had mercifully forgotten about preparing a book for publication

17th October 202018th October 2020 - by David Gerard - 2 Comments.

The Libra book is probably sufficiently revised to get out to early readers! So now I have to prepare the print layout.

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Libra Shrugged is up for preorders on Kindle and other e-book stores!

3rd October 20203rd October 2020 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

The preorder price is £4.99 or $6.99. When it goes live, that’ll go up to £5.99 or $7.99. So get in early.

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Libra Shrugged — a first try at the Amazon blurb

1st October 20202nd October 2020 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

I’ve been working on the blurb for the book. Ideas welcomed. Yes, it’s now called “Libra Shrugged.”

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Libra book draft finished!

18th September 20202nd October 2020 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Already getting great feedback — mostly where I haven’t explained what the heck I’m talking about, or have accidentally traveled in time. These things happen.

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Book news: discounted on Kindle this month, first CreateSpace book in New York Review of Books, IT’S OVER 5000 sold

19th January 201827th April 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Adventures in accidentally publishing a slightly popular book.

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Self-published paperbacks: make your line art PNGs non-transparent!

29th December 201729th December 2017 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Adventures in self-publishing — the little details that go into a professional-quality final product. Following the rule of “just write,” let’s start deep in the details …

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Book news: Stock up on 50 foot blockchains for Christmas! With affiliate links!

2nd November 2017 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

THEY’RE TELLING YOU TO BUY EVERYONE COPIES FOR CHRISTMAS. YOU REALLY SHOULD, YOU KNOW.

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  • The conspiracy theory economics of Bitcoin
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  • ICOs: magic beans and bubble machines
  • Ethereum smart contracts in practice
  • The DAO: the steadfast iron will of unstoppable code
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