A friend asked if I’d seen this op-ed by David Alpaugh in the Chronicle of Higher Ed. I responded to her directly, then figured, why waste a good rant? (Thanks for the nudge, Gretchen.)
Yes I did see this, and it ticked me off because it’s insipid. “There’s too much poetry! The good stuff gets lost! [...]
and then I got ticked off
February 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments
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e-books, hard copies, hook-ups and wives
January 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment
This afternoon I heard more hand-wringing from yet another commentator (this one an author, Eric Weiner, on NPR) about the demise of paper books and the rise of electronic editions. Here’s an excerpt:
I’m confident that I’ll still get my fair share from each e-book sold. But as an author, I’m not after your money. Well, [...]
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“instant gratification takes too long!”* – some notes on electronic publishing
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments
“Sex with Ghosts” (Strange Horizons, August 2008) was my first fiction sale and my first appearance in a web-only magazine, but not the first time I’d been published. Prior to that, I’d had several things published in print: poems, a review, and an author interview in literary journals and magazines, a nonfiction “how to research [...]
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