Story Institute Announces – The Blotted Line by Mehreen Ahmed

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NASHVILLE, TN – March 1, 2013 – Story Institute, your online and in-print source for imagining, enhancing, and growing stories, is proud to announce the publication of The Blotted Line, a series of short stories, by Mehreen Ahmed. Riddled with foreign words, The Blotted Line is an international book of … Continue reading

Amazon Kindle Serials: old approach, newer technology

If you have an Amazon Kindle and long for the approach of Dickens when reading new stories, Amazon may have your answer.  Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, said, “for our next invention, we reached back into the past for inspiration.” Amazon released eight Kindle Serials to begin this new distribution method. Each edition … Continue reading

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble team up for “world-class reading experience”

According to a press release today, Microsoft and Barnes and Noble are forming a strategic partnership to create “world-class digital reading experiences for consumers.”  This joint effort, called Newco, will be a new subsidiary of Barnes and Noble and build upon the platform already at Barnes & Noble. For Microsoft’s part, they … Continue reading

Rebecca Laskowitz Releases Class Of…on Amazon

Rebecca Laskowitz releases Class Of… Rebecca first appeared on Story Institute as the winner of our short story contest.  Last year, we published her first novel, The Manuscript.  This year, Rebecca adds another thriller to the craft of writing, Class of… published through CreateSpace. Check out, Class of…, a great second novel from … Continue reading

Navigation and Structuring Changes at Story Institute

Well, it has been a little while since we employed some navigation changes at Story Institute.  However, after the recent low participation in our writing contests, we’ve decided to take a look at how we structure things.  The links you will see along the top and the side are really … Continue reading