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2012 and All That
Is there a deep significance to the end of the Mayan calendar, or does it simply imply the close of a natural cosmic cycle, like the end of our conventional yearly calendar? Are New Age beliefs, traditional religions, ancient mysticism and modern science all just different ways of trying to describe the same thing? Those … Continue reading
The Global Slush Pile
The internet is becoming a vast global slushpile, where writers can post their wares, and agents and publishers, and readers and buyers, can peruse them to the benefit of all. Continue reading
Is Free Downloading Theft or Copyright Infringement?
Ethics of free downloading e-books etc – a comment I made on a Nathan Bransford post called ‘A Matter of Ethics’ Continue reading
EU Police Carry on Tradition of Gestapo HQ
The irony of a new European dictatorship housing its State Police, who are immune from prosecution, in an old Gestapo Headquarters is not as funny as perhaps it might be. Continue reading
Pirate Party is the Shape of Things to Come
Discussion about the unelected UK minister Mandelson and his nasty Digital Economy Bill that can deny us access to the rest of the world on the mere accusation of a record company Continue reading
The Real Source of Self-Publishing Stigma
Zoe Winters provokes a stimulating discussion on just who most dislikes self-publishing, and why Continue reading
Who Runs Your Country? Government or Media Bosses?
The Digital Revolution has pulled the carpet from under the rich media middlemen and handed power to both artists and their fans. Praise be. When a suitable new business model has evolved both will benefit enormously.
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J K Rowling is ‘not a very good writer’
J K Rowling is ‘not a good writer’ I have been told. What exactly does this mean; and does it matter? Continue reading
Separated by more than just a common language
A look at the different techniques supposedly employed by writers on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Continue reading
Oh heck, I’ll just publish it myself
Discussion of a fascinating article in a Canadian paper describing self-publishing successes Continue reading