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- June 9th, 2014, 4:23 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Difference between Java and Javascript
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9515
Re: Difference between Java and Javascript
Two totally different things, with similar names. They have nothing to do with each other.
- September 26th, 2013, 12:01 pm
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: Opinions - is this worth pursuing?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5999
Re: Opinions - is this worth pursuing?
Very good. Better than the earlier version you'd posted. Aside from a few line edits, it reads very smoothly, each paragraph adding to the picture. There are some tiny details I might nit-pick at, but that wasn't the question you asked. Yes, I think this is an interesting character, and it's a very ...
- July 31st, 2013, 5:25 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Cartoon about story
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3301
- April 4th, 2013, 6:43 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Looking for Honest Feedback
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4483
Re: Looking for Honest Feedback
You asked for honesty. I intend the following as constructive feedback, although I'm afraid that my writing tone tends to come off a bit harsh. Please try to look beyond that. First, more than once you say that this is a novel. A novel is a work of fiction. From everything else you say, this sounds ...
- April 3rd, 2013, 1:55 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Harlequin prevails in class-action suit brought by authors
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2825
Harlequin prevails in class-action suit brought by authors
The US Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed a class-action lawsuit brought by three authors over e-book royalties for books published between 1990 and 2004. The authors said that their contracts called for getting 50% of the publisher's net receipts on e-books. ...
- March 19th, 2013, 6:07 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Will US publishing move off-shore?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2858
Supreme Court rules First Sale still applies to foreign work
The Supreme Court of the United States has reviewed the above-mentioned case, and has decided 6-3 that the First Sale doctrine still applies to foreign-made books (and other copyrighted works) as long as the copies were lawfully made. SCOTUS overturned the Second Circuit's decision and found in favo...
- February 28th, 2013, 1:26 pm
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: Publisher's Right?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 23599
Re: Publisher's Right?
I'm not Nathan, but I can tell you right now: you need a lawyer for this. One that specializes in copyright issues. Accept no substitutes.
- February 25th, 2013, 6:10 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: B&N break-up proposed
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2733
B&N break-up proposed
[Not specifically about publishing] For those who haven't heard , Len Riggio, chairman of Barnes and Noble, has proposed to buy out (and take private) the B&N Retail division, which includes the trade bookstores and bn.com web site. That would leave the NOOK Media operation to stand on its own. ...
- February 21st, 2013, 3:46 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: questions on a speculative thriller query
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4410
Re: questions on a speculative thriller query
First, what Quill said. This is a dry recitation of stuff. A query is supposed to be a tease that will make the reader want to read the manuscript to find out what happens, not an outline. You want to shorten this? That's easy. Take out all of the junk that the book isn't about, which is most of the...
- February 14th, 2013, 12:10 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Third-Person, Omniscient
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7436
Re: Third-Person, Omniscient
Yes, that's correct. Nothing to add.
- November 21st, 2012, 3:04 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: And then there were 4?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2037
And then there were 4?
On the heels of the deal to combine Random House and Penguin, News Corp has announced that it is in negotiations to buy Simon & Schuster from CBS to combine with its own HarperCollins. According to a Wall Street Journal graphic, Penguin Random House would account for about 28% of US trade book s...
- October 29th, 2012, 7:28 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: What T.V. shows are you watching?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 33719
Re: What T.V. shows are you watching?
:( I've given up on Warehouse 13 . I've still got the final two episodes of the latest season still on my DVR, and I'm just not interested in watching them. It used to be fun. Now it's not. It's also turned into a serial, which I don't bother with. :D On the other hand, Haven has managed to find som...
- October 25th, 2012, 5:08 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Speculation: e-book pricing from Random Penguin
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2740
Speculation: e-book pricing from Random Penguin
The publishing world is all abuzz with Pearson's confirmation that it's in talks with Bertelsmann to merge Penguin with Random House. It's believed that Bertelsmann, Random House's overlord, would end up in control of the combined operation. Random House sells e-books under the Agency model with Req...
- October 17th, 2012, 7:50 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Authors are wacko: Swedish study
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5834
Re: Authors are wacko: Swedish study
One thing I find flawed, or maybe telling, about these types of studies, is that they look for the prevelence of mental health disorders and personality markers in authors and other creative types, rather than looking at the prevelence of people with mental health disorders and certain personality ...
- October 17th, 2012, 12:05 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Authors are wacko: Swedish study
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5834
Re: Authors are wacko: Swedish study
The problem with doing so...indeed the problem with doing so for any person...is the tendency of people to then indulge their own disgnosis. I got the impression from the press release (linked above) that another problem is treating the disorders: "the doctor and patient must come to an agreem...