August 16th, 2011
By now, I think we’re all familiar with ‘the kind of boost’ books can get from Amazon rankings. And, unlike hardcovers, ebooks are cheap and easy to store, bringing the sort of list manipulation once worthy of investigative journalism (!) to the masses. Which perhaps raises an ethical dilemma but most definitely leads to the first ever ‘Plus Ça Change’ poll.

Today on Google+, is it okay to buy your own book on Amazon?

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WHY THEY CRIED



"... demonstrates real insight into the way we live now."
 –The Rumpus

"Reminiscent of George Saunders and James Thurber, Why They Cried is a great collection of modern tales."
–Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief and co-founder of One Story

"Jim Hanas has a remarkable talent for imagining and crafting uncanny little worlds that make me vaguely nervous. And yet I never want to leave."
–Rob Walker, co-founder of Significant Objects

"A tender and smart assembly of fiction about people trying to communicate—with each other, the world—and all the ways they fail. Fail better, fail beautifully."
–Fiona Maazel, author of Last Last Chance

Jim Hanas is the author of the short story collection Why They Cried (Joyland eBooks/ECW Press) and director of audience development at HarperCollins Publishers.

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