The following first appeared as an editorial piece in the first installment of The IndieBookMan Show, The 101. If you would like to hear it in all of its glory – and read in my deep and powerful (or not) radio voice, hop over to The 101 and give it a listen. And [...]
Ok, of course we knew Hunter S. Thompson was a badass, but man – here are some real cajones! I saw this over at boingboing.net and had to share it here.
This is the cover letter Thompson addressed the the Vancouver Sun in 1958… before he became famous, naturally. But reading this, would you [...]
I don’t know what it is this year – maybe it happens every year and I just don’t notice… but it seems this year everyone in hating on the cupid. I’ve heard multiple NPR stories that were really anti-cherubim, and more facebook status slights on the chubby little fella than I care to [...]
Here is actually a pretty cool post over at Publetariat. Michael A. Stackpole is discussing how some authors are against the ePub format because they think it will hurt repeat sales – as in, a reader might wear a paper book out, but love it so much that she will go out and [...]
So, Amazon recently announced that they are changing their consignment rate for self-published electronic books. If you follow their rules (i.e. allow the Kindle to read your book out loud, and some other things) they are upping the consignment rate to be more in your favor. It will now be a %70-%30 percent [...]
Yawn.
I got a boilerplate email today:
I’ve found a new site called BookRabbit.com, here’s the scoop:It’s a social network for book lovers. You can see what other people are reading, discuss old favourites and discover new books and authors, as well as create your own personal bookshelves and catalogues online. The aim is simple – to [...]
Ok, not only does this study demonstrate how language-ignorant we have become as a society – but it reminds me of one of my favorite SNL sketches (sorry I couldn’t find video).
Actually, I don’t know if it is true that the study demonstrates that we are becoming more language-ignorant. Did more people understand sarcasm [...]
Not to step out from behind the non-partison curtain I usually try to stand behind – I think I would feel the same way about Glen Beck no matter where I stood on the political spectrum – But there is something very wrong with this man.
The socialism/Nazi name calling has gotten to such [...]
I just read – or maybe reread, as I can’t remember if I had read it some time ago or just started to read it or what – Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. I really liked it, as I am prone to dig a good dystopian fairy tale. But that’s not really my point. [...]
There is a great conversation going on, following a really cool post about AuthorsBookshop over at the blog HTML Giant. Adam has some really thoughtful things to say about us in a really skeptical, even-handed post.
One question arose in a comment that prompted me to write a (much too long) response, and I think [...]
