{"id":4678,"date":"2016-11-06T14:19:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T14:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=4678"},"modified":"2016-11-06T18:38:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T18:38:11","slug":"open-now-middlekingdoms-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2016\/11\/06\/open-now-middlekingdoms-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Open now: MiddleKingdoms.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, some online and book(ish) news from this end of things.<\/p>\n<p>The Middle Kingdoms books have been needing a home of their own for a while&#8230; so now they&#8217;ve got one. The site isn&#8217;t absolutely perfect as yet, and not all the desired bells and whistles have been hung on it as yet, but there&#8217;s no reason not to let folks in to kick the tires. <span class=\"_47e3\" title=\"smile emoticon\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/images\/emoji.php\/v5\/f4c\/1\/16\/1f642.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of the first things to announce is that, finally &#8212; for those of you who&#8217;ve been asking &#8212; all the &#8220;Tale of the Five&#8221; \/ &#8220;Door Into<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8230;&#8221; books are now in paperback at Amazon! You can find the links in the sidebar on each book&#8217;s page at <a href=\"http:\/\/MiddleKingdoms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">MiddleKingdoms.com.<\/a> The Amazon\/Kindle versions of the second and third books aren&#8217;t available just yet, but they will be within a couple\/few days. And anyway, if you want a Kindle-friendly .mobi file in any of the main Kindle types, we&#8217;ve got those at Ebooks Direct. Again, check the sidebar in each book&#8217;s page. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Also, there&#8217;s now a dedicated &#8220;update&#8221; page for a certain project that&#8217;s been hanging fire (cough, cough) for some years now. Those of you interested in the progress of the fourth and final book in the Tale of the Five sequence are invited to bookmark it and watch the developments during 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, all! Enjoy. <span class=\"_47e3\" title=\"smile emoticon\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/images\/emoji.php\/v5\/f4c\/1\/16\/1f642.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.middlekingdoms.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.MiddleKingdoms.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, some online and book(ish) news from this end of things. 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