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Honesty is Hardly Ever Heard*

Most of us keep certain things to ourselves. Lots of times it’s because they’re private, and sometimes we keep things to ourselves because they are embarrassing or could cause hurt and a rift in a rel… more →

Confessions of a Mystery Novelist...

Scott

aquarianhonesty wrote 1 week ago: Scott. My brother’s name is Scott. He’s quite a bit older than me and we’ve never … more →

Tags: Boy Names, NIXIE, name, names, Top 10, united states, Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands

Parenthood — 2 comments

carlaspeaks wrote 2 weeks ago: Got a book recommendation for you. It was an impulse buy in an airport bookstore.  But Amazon.com re … more →

Tags: Internet, Entertainment 2, life 2, Books 2, Commentary, parenthood, Books, murder, Entertainment

Guild: A medieval association

slworona wrote 3 weeks ago: A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court issued a decision that’s good for garage sales and flea mar … more →

Tags: Internet Policy/Law, Copyright, first sale principle, authors guild, Kirtsaeng v. Wiley

Authors Unbound: The Rise of the Maker Author — 9 comments

Jason Braun wrote 3 weeks ago: While the old guard complains and wishes things were like “the good old days,” many of today’s most … more →

Tags: the digital margins, writing, Publishing, Reading, future of the book, Matt Kindt, Ander Monson, A Visit from the Goon Squad

The Slow Death of The American Author — 6 comments

laekanzeakemp wrote 3 weeks ago: …is not as terrifying, detrimental, or pressing as the slow death of writing in schools. Yeah, yeah … more →

Tags: writing, Reading, Amazon, Artistic Expression, Books, Creative Writing, Creativity, E-Books, expression

The Copyright Lobotomy

debmcalister wrote 1 month ago: TechDirt blogger Leah Beadon wrote a brilliant analysis of the basic problem with intellectual prope … more →

Tags: copyright law, david pogue, Deb McAlister-Holland, Desmnod Downs, ebook resale, John Scalzi, Lea Beadon, P. N. Elrod, Redigi

Turow on Amazon/Goodreads: This is how modern monopolies can be built

Bookblurb wrote 1 month ago: Amazon’s garden walls are about to grow much higher. In a truly devastating act of vertical integrat … more →

Tags: e-tailers, Amazon, goodreads, The Authors Guild, online book marketing, online bookselling, Internet Monopolies, on-line reviews, controlling information

Professor Expert Award

Jonathan Taylor wrote 1 month ago: My first ever Professor Expert Award goes to writer Scott Turow for his total non-understanding of   … more →

Tags: Distractions, Copyright, eBooks, Piracy, authors guild

Friday Reads: The Best Critiques of Turow's "The Slow Death of the American Author" — 3 comments

Kevin Eagan wrote 1 month ago: There has been much discussion about the role of authorship in digital publishing after Authors Guil … more →

Tags: Friday Reads, Books, Copyright, E-Books, Internet Piracy, New York Time, Paid Content, Reading, Slow Death of the American Author

Fresh Horizons: Free books feed the need to read — 1 comment

Cyndi Perkins wrote 1 month ago: The Amazon Kindle 2 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) No shushing here; let’s give a cheer for National Libr … more →

Tags: writing editing reading, Writers, editors, readers, Books, Novels, Amazon, Author, autobiography, catalogue, checkout

Scott Turow and his Sinking Ship — 53 comments

Kevin Eagan wrote 1 month ago: What is the author’s role in the age of digital disruption? Will authors who treat books as st … more →

Tags: essays, future of the book, the digital margins, Digital Disruption, eBooks, Edgar Allan Poe, Literature, New York Times, printing

Scott Turow and The Zombiefied American Author — 14 comments

Jason Braun wrote 1 month ago: “Loose Leaves” | flickr creative commons Last week, Scott Turow wrote of “The Slow Death … more →

Tags: future of the book, the digital margins, authors guild, Digital publishing, Matt Kindt, New York Times, Reading, writing, Yakov Smirnoff

Writing Resources 13 April 2013 — 10 comments

Gene Lempp wrote 1 month ago: Here you will find a selection of the best of the blogsphere from the past week. Grab your coffee, s … more →

Tags: Resources, // ACX //, audio books, Blogging, Blogging Advice, Blogging tips, Book Marketing, Books For Troops, ebook formatting

The Slow Death of the American Author Responce

enyosballator wrote 1 month ago: A1) It’s addressing how the resale/piracy of authors works, and the governments/websites invol … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

Friday Bookshelf: April 12, 2013

ashuality wrote 1 month ago: .It started as an Elizabethan themed week.  I got both of these from the library: The first one is a … more →

Tags: Books, Historical, Friday Bookshelf, Young-Adult, mary robinette kowal, The Watchers, the stolen one, Without a Summer, Alexandra Day

On the other hand...

LW wrote 1 month ago: “Trim”: adding or taking away Here’s an ambiguous sentence for you: “Because of the agen … more →

Tags: language, mystery novels, Thrillers, legal thrillers, contronym

Silverfish and Scott Turow — 2 comments

Rick Wiedeman wrote 1 month ago: We take issue with Scott Turow’s April 8 Op-Ed article, “The Slow Death of the American Author.” Fir … more →

Tags: Personal, Books, eBook, Copyright, American Library Association, silverfish, authors guild, library cardholders, plant fiber

The Slow Death of the American Author

janswrite wrote 1 month ago: The Slow Death of the American Author Seeing this Op-Ed title by Scott Turow in the NY Times is a re … more →

Tags: Budget, ethics, Equal pay, Literacy, Writers, copyright laws, Supreme Court, goodnight moon

April 12 in history

homepaddock wrote 1 month ago: 467  Anthemius was elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 1204 Constantinople fell to the … more →

Tags: History, David Letterman, April 12, Billy Vaughn, tiny tim, Alan Ayckbourn, Tom Clancy, Jacob Zuma, david cassidy


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