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- January 21st, 2011, 2:06 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Thieves and ignorance.
- Replies: 121
- Views: 29480
Re: Thieves and ignorance.
It’s theft! Sure it is. No one is saying it isn't. How do you propose to change the behavior of people who download recent books? I'd say any effort to change behavior is a futile one. She deserves the money from her sales. Nobody has a right to take it from her. If she's good writer she deserves l...
- January 21st, 2011, 11:15 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Thieves and ignorance.
- Replies: 121
- Views: 29480
Re: Thieves and ignorance.
Sounds like she wrote a good book. Good for her that people like it. It'd be kind of nice if she could make a living from it too, don't you think? It'd be nice if I could make a living playing my kazoo; I can't so I have a day job. Most writers have day jobs. Maybe she has one. I would direct atten...
- January 20th, 2011, 9:32 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Thieves and ignorance.
- Replies: 121
- Views: 29480
Re: Thieves and ignorance.
I don't know anything about this writer or her book, but I can make a few guesses about her situation from her blog post: -She's with a major publisher and not an independent -She doesn't appreciate having readers that have read and presumably enjoyed her book via downloading it -She believes that r...
- January 19th, 2011, 9:42 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Belief: Reading makes you smarter
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2999
Belief: Reading makes you smarter
I don't believe reading makes you smarter.
I know too many smart people who don't give a damn about books.
What say you?
I know too many smart people who don't give a damn about books.
What say you?
- January 18th, 2011, 9:17 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: What makes you so good at what you do?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16228
Re: What makes you so good at what you do?
A handful of great teachers.
- January 17th, 2011, 11:42 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Content appropriateness in YA books?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3682
Re: Content appropriateness in YA books?
Is your book a comedy? I can't tell from your descriptions.
There really is no such thing as appropriate or inappropriate books, just good and bad ones.
Write a good one.
There really is no such thing as appropriate or inappropriate books, just good and bad ones.
Write a good one.
- January 17th, 2011, 11:39 am
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Forum Suggestions Box
- Replies: 97
- Views: 143607
Re: Forum pages
Hi Nathan, Can you increase the number of responses that appear per page per topic to either 15 or 20? Some of these threads are getting good and long, and displaying only 10 responses per page makes for a lot of clicking. My hands get sore. Also FYI; the http://nathanbransford.com/ main page of yo...
- January 17th, 2011, 11:38 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 528
- Views: 314890
Re: What are you reading now?
A GAME OF THRONES by George R. R. Martin
Only a few chapters in, but already there's some hints at sex and some cursing, which makes this better than the Tolkien I read as a kid. Thinking of adding R. R. initials to my name.
Only a few chapters in, but already there's some hints at sex and some cursing, which makes this better than the Tolkien I read as a kid. Thinking of adding R. R. initials to my name.
- January 14th, 2011, 10:18 am
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 836628
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
The DIY ethos : Part 1 I noticed other Important Bloggers create series of posts. It's a tactic to sucker you into coming back to a site each week for updates. It works, so I started one, a weekly series on DIY. This first post is a rather boring history; the rest of the series will be full of exci...
- January 13th, 2011, 6:57 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Computer/Word/Keyboard Tricks I wish someone told me about
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7478
Re: Computer/Word/Keyboard Tricks I wish someone told me about
CTRL+A+DEL
Do this to everything you write, then write it again.
Your second go around will be much better.
Do this to everything you write, then write it again.
Your second go around will be much better.
- January 13th, 2011, 12:08 pm
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Forum Suggestions Box
- Replies: 97
- Views: 143607
Forum pages
Hi Nathan, Can you increase the number of responses that appear per page per topic to either 15 or 20? Some of these threads are getting good and long, and displaying only 10 responses per page makes for a lot of clicking. My hands get sore. Also FYI; the http://nathanbransford.com/ main page of you...
- January 13th, 2011, 11:54 am
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Offering e-books with hard copies
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6362
Re: Offering e-books with hard copies
This is a great idea.
Independent record companies are doing this because of the resurgence in sales of vinyl records. Inside a lot of records these days is a coupon with a code where you can go to a website and download the digital album tracks for free.
Independent record companies are doing this because of the resurgence in sales of vinyl records. Inside a lot of records these days is a coupon with a code where you can go to a website and download the digital album tracks for free.
- January 12th, 2011, 11:57 am
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: How Strange Can a Novel Be?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2488
Re: How Strange Can a Novel Be?
Make the jackalope talk. That's the key. I recently finished TH White's THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING. If you haven't read it, you should. It's 4 books on the King Arthur legend, and the strangeness of the book/plot/narration/etc. is apparent, glaring, and great. It's a real mess and damn entertaining. G...
- January 11th, 2011, 12:32 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 528
- Views: 314890
Re: What are you reading now?
THE SAVAGE DETECTIVES by Roberto Bolano
File this one as another "young adult novel adults don't want young adults to read." A bunch of hyper smart teenage poets drift around Mexico City, get in arguments, and fight off sexual tension.
File this one as another "young adult novel adults don't want young adults to read." A bunch of hyper smart teenage poets drift around Mexico City, get in arguments, and fight off sexual tension.
- January 9th, 2011, 2:39 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Movie: The Ghost Writer
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1264
Movie: The Ghost Writer
If you haven't seen it, check out THE GHOST WRITER. It's a movie about a guy who ghosts books; he writes books with famous people for a living, and he gets hired to write the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister. Ewan McGregor plays the writer, Pierce Brosnan plays the PM, and they're great. L...