September 2011
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High Noon for Internet Freedom | Common Dreams →
By Tim Karr
As democracy movements worldwide struggle to speak out via the Internet, many here in the U.S. may have overlooked an effort in Congress to undermine this basic freedom.
It takes the form of an arcane “resolution of disapproval” now wending its way through the Senate. If it passes, the resolution would void a recent Federal Communications Commission rule that seeks to...
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ePublishing Houses Ratings List | ePublishing a... →
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A New Social Contract for Readers & Writers | Ave... →
By Author Kate Quinn
Before the Internet, there was a very simple unwritten contract that existed between writers and readers. That contact went simply:
“I, The Reader, will read whatever books take my fancy. I am free to disparage the books I don’t like/gush about the books I love to everyone I meet. If my love or hatred for a book exceeds all bounds, I am free to write a letter to...
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The Rules of Readings | Shrinking Violet... →
Author Jennifer Nielsen offer us some valuable pointers on how to give a public reading.
Doing a public reading can be challenging to every author – not just shrinking violets. Some people are naturally better at oral reading, some have stronger voices, and some are more comfortable in front of an audience. But regardless of where your talents are, everyone can give a good public reading.
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Selling Our Souls To Mark Zuckerberg | Chicago... →
When Mark Zuckerberg stood on stage last week to introduce Facebook’s latest upgrades, the social media mogul essentially offered this deal to his 750 million (and growing) users: Hand over your data, your life, your … soul. And enjoy eternal like in the social media universe.
While market research is nothing new, the concentration of data in the hands of one company is, and it should...
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Four years into the ebook revolution: things we... →
As Mike Shatzkin points out;
…. ebook sales in the US now appear to have reached the 20% of revenue threshold at some publishers.
He projects it is or will be for everybody, very soon.
There are some things we can say that we know about the shape of the future, but some very important other things that we don’t know yet.
And the list of the things we don’t know is far...
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Are Authors "Getting The Business"? | The Business... →
From a column posted 21-SEP-2011 By Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Since the beginning of August, authors have have been talking about a new deal that someone in their traditional publishing companies offered them.
These companies are telling their authors to write a short story or a novella (or short novel) that will be e-book only. The short piece doesn’t have to stand alone. It should be part of...
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Selling Snake-oil: The Bizarre Conservative... →
What do you get when you take the right wing [so-called ‘Christian’] Agenda, add several dashes of Paranoia, mix liberally with Unsubstantiated Urban Legends and stir with Pyschobabble to give an impression of plausibility through mystification, misdirection, and obfuscation?
You get The Girl Scouts being libelled as having an allegedly “Radical Feminist Lesbian Agenda”?
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Riposte and Counter-riposte « Genreville →
The discussion begun with Say Yes to Gay YA on Monday’s Genreville blog at Publishers Weekly continues…
Riposte and Counter-riposte
By Rose Fox — September 15th, 2011
Monday’s “Say Yes to Gay YA” post contributed to PW‘s highest-ever one-day website traffic.
It has been viewed nearly 40,000 times. I am tremendously proud of the conversation we’re having in the comments there...
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All I Really Wanted to Know About the Writing... →
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Saying YES to Gay YA →
The agent offered to sign us on the condition that we make the gay character straight, or else remove his viewpoint and all references to his sexual orientation.
So begins a journey for two authors who decide to stand up and fight for what they know is right.
Say Yes to Gay YA, is an article written by authors Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith. It is featured on the Genreville Blog at...
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'Wonderstruck': A Novel Approach To Picture Books... →
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Quote Of The Week
Kidlet #2’s vocabulary word: sacrifice.
His sentence: “when the gods demand sacrifice, use homework for a burnt offering.”
Author, Wendy Swore
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Random Acts of Publicity 2011
Some of my favourite authors latest books.
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“Oh, dear John. He was dreaming of better things when he picked up these books,...”
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More at Criminal Elements.com: What’s Killing John Doe? Pet Peeves
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Why Should Anyone Care? » Cory Doctorow | Locus... →
“Here’s the thing: I’ve just described the best-promoted books in the field, the ones with the biggest push.
Books whose authors tour, books with whole pages in the catalog and special, personal mention from the sales reps.
Books with lots of advance reader copies, liberally distributed to critics and booksellers and influential readers.
Most books get none of that: these days, they’ll...
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Everyone Can Promote Equality In Genre Writing |... →
An open letter from author Juliet E McKenna about everybody’s responsibility when it comes to the gender balance in SF, fantasy and horror writing.
This is post is a guest blog by author Juliet E McKenna.
I’ve been asked lately, “why are you giving SFX a kicking?” when I’ve blogged about the gender balance of the magazine’s book reviews. Okay, first and foremost, it’s nothing personal. I value...
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Fond Of Fonts? Check Out 'Just My Type' | NPR...
On 12 June 2005, a fifty-year-old man stood up in front of a crowd of students at Stanford University and spoke of his campus days at a ‘lesser institution’ — Reed College in Portland, Oregon. ‘Throughout the campus,’ he remembered, ‘every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to...
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