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Mark Joyner, the guy who arguably popularized the ebook, has a brand new one called The Rise of the Author available for free. It’s a profound look at the future of media and publishing, and it includes great advice for getting on the Amazon best seller list as well as the New York Times. If you’re an author or publisher, this is important information, and it’s free.

At about 7:00 a.m. last Friday, Amazon’s S3 server went down for the count, taking many small businesses with it. Even though some customers flocked to their boards and blogs to complain, most customers just shrugged and let things slide.

Apple is entering the video game market again by letting people sell games and software for the iPhone on iTunes. With the iPhone’ new software development kit, comes the ability for anyone to post a game or application to sell. The only downside is that Apple sets the price, not the programmer.

If you’re a Google Map addict and want to get a first look at all the cool new maps and placeholders people have added to MyMaps, the brand new Google MyMaps slideshow just might be your thing. It’s a simple tool — a slideshow of all the latest maps.

The brand new Twixter.com leverages Twitter-like microblogging with the ability to upload pictures. The end result is perfect for camera phone addicts; anyone can post a picture with some text in seconds. It even works with an iPhone, no extra configurations needed.