Remembrance of Things Past
This blog is no longer updates, but serves as an archive for all posts from January 2004 - November 2009. Good times.
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A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing: E-Volution
So it's 2014, and I'm in a reading mood.
I take out my ereader. At the push of a button, I bring up several different ebook stores, and begin to browse for something to read. Several stores are having sales. One of them gives all the books away for free--the only catch is each contains ads, much like a magazine.
I peruse the free site, download the latest thriller from my favorite author, and jump into the pool, floating on a raft while I read. There's no worry; the reader is waterproof.
This is a great vision of some of the benefits we might enjoy (and pretty soon) from reading books in an electronic format.
Check out the rest at http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2009/11/e-volution.html
Wit’s End – An Author Describes the Things She Loves (and Hates) About the Internet
Here's something I love: I love all the new words. Pwned. Squicked. Knollish. Words are great. There can never be enough of them.
Here's something I hate: the emoticon. I don't understand why the same words if written in a letter will easily convey the writer's intention, but if written in an email require the punctuation of a happy face. I'm not arguing that this isn't the case. I've watched it happen many times; most of the email dust-ups I've been involved in started because something meant as a joke was taken as serious comment. So I see the emoticons are useful. And still I loathe them. Nor do I like LOL, ROFL, 4EVA, and the rest of that ilk. A cliché is still a cliché, no matter how quickly you deliver it.
I love the blogs, but only the blogs I love and only if I don't have to do one myself.
Yes! Very well put!
The rest is here: http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=6241#more-6241
Hartland Library Innovates to Provide New Materials on a Small Budget
On the same day, Clark had packaged seven books to ship out — paying all the postage personally — though he said both the incoming and outgoing stacks were smaller than average. Web sites make it possible. Clark has 800 books listed on www.bookmooch.com, 1,500 on www.swaptree.com and 2,500 on www.paperbackswap.com. He keeps a wish list of items he’s looking for, as do librarians and individuals all over the world. Computers do the matching.
In an era when any publicly funded institution has to spend wisely, Clark manages to make a lot out of a little. His annual buying budget of $4,400 comes from donations, grants, and proceeds from the library’s endowment. His salary and other operating expenses are covered by contributions from the towns of Hartland, St. Albans and Palmyra.
Very cool story about a library doing a lot with not much of a budget at all!
