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title: "Michael Tamblyn at FutureBook 2013 on 50 Infinite Shades of Grey"
description: "\"Is it bestiality if he turns from a dolphin into a human while they're having sex?\" October 14, 2013 Kobo COO Michael Tamblyn at FutureBook 2013, \"Infinite Shades of Grey: The Promise and Peril of..."
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date: 2013-12-14
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# Michael Tamblyn at FutureBook 2013 on 50 Infinite Shades of Grey

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“Is it bestiality if he turns from a dolphin into a human while they’re having sex?” October 14, 2013*

Kobo COO Michael Tamblyn at FutureBook 2013, “Infinite Shades of Grey: The Promise and Peril of Self-Publishing,” on 9 days of hell.

Quote: On October 12th, Kobo had a significant catalogue of self-published titles in the UK. Tens of thousands of authors and hundreds of thousands of titles, a thriving part of our UK business. Living the dream, as they say.

On October 14th, we had zero self-published titles available in the UK from zero authors and our 300-year-old retail partner had suspended their web presence.

For more context please read this first:

http://janefriedman.com/2013/11/28/writing-on-the-ether-118/

Or start with the video and transcript here:

> (https://kobowritinglife.com/2013/11/25/infinite-shades-of-grey-the-promise-and-peril-of-self-publishing-in-the-uk/)