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Daleen Berry, a writer living in Morgantown, West Virginia, is the award-winning author of Sister of Silence, a memoir chronicling her life as a survivor of child sex abuse and domestic violence, after she became a teen mother who had four children by age 21. Visit her at daleenberry.com.

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When a Woman's Word Is Gold: How Women Are Redefining the Publishing World

(4) Comments | Posted October 1, 2012 | 3:38 PM

If you're a woman, this is your time: to get your book published, if you're an aspiring author, or to find a good one to read, if you're a bookworm. Or even to set trends, if you're a publisher and you want to tell people about the great books you...

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6 Reasons Why Amazon Is Going to Rule the Book World

(2) Comments | Posted June 7, 2012 | 9:43 AM

(**Or, "How My E-book Rose to Number Two at Amazon Kindle, and Found Its Way Into the Hands of 33,703 People in Three Days")

I've spent the last 15 months conducting my own unofficial consumer book-buying behavior survey and here's what I've found: there are seven reasons why Amazon is...

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What I Want to Tell Jordan Powers

(22) Comments | Posted April 9, 2012 | 5:40 PM

It's been exactly 39 days since the James Hooker story broke. Last week we learned the former Modesto, Calif., schoolteacher had an earlier -- some 14 years ago -- relationship with yet another teenager. Hooker's now in jail, and his former student and live-in lover, Jordan Powers, is...

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Titanic: Deeper Life Lessons Than 'Just' Young Love

(9) Comments | Posted April 6, 2012 | 6:48 PM

It's back, and this time it's in 3D. Titanic hit the big screen today after 17 years, or nearly two decades. In that time, all four of my children have left the nest while I've earned a college degree and my private pilot's license, started my own company, published my...

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Understanding the Power in Jordan Powers' 'Relationship'

(39) Comments | Posted March 5, 2012 | 7:06 PM

If just one of the students who knew about 41-year-old James Hooker's relationship with a female student had come forward, the couple would not be living together now.

Hooker is the disgraced teacher who's making the rounds on all the morning news shows with his lover, claiming he's...

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