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Steven Lewis

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A journalist and writer for nearly 20 years, Steven Lewis has written for the Financial Times, Esquire, GQ, the International Herald Tribune and other publications around the world. A long-time resident of Hong Kong, he had popular television and consumer technology columns in the South China Morning Post. He was also the technology editor of Asian Business. His audio programs are part of the inflight entertainment on several airlines.

He first published online in 1994 and today his titles are in print, electronic and audio versions from Amazon, Apple and Audible, among others.

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	Hot Silver Riding The Indian Pacific 3.53 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not a Gold Rush - The Taleist Self-Publishing Survey by Dave Cornford (Goodreads Author), Steven Lewis (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kindle for Newspapers, Magazines and Blogs 2.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Format Perfect Kindle Books 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In-Book Promotion: Using the Kindle's Built-In Features to Increase Sales 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rocks Self-Guided Walking Tour 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kindle Automation for the Mac it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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