June 25, 2004
Offline notice
Just letting you all know that I'll be offline until mid-July, so there will be no Inkygirl updates until then. -- Debbie Posted by Debbie at 10:08 AM | TrackBack
June 23, 2004
eats shoots
I've heard good things about “Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation” (Gotham; $17.50) by Lynne Truss and plan to pick up a copy. Louis Menand of The New Yorker, however, is unapologetically critical of the bestseller: "The main rule in grammatical form is to stick to whatever rules you start out with, and the most objectionable thing about Truss’s writing is its inconsistency. Either Truss needed a copy editor or her copy editor needed a copy editor." The last half of the editorial is an interesting comment on writing voice. More info: The New Yorker.
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June 22, 2004
electronic paper
Not sure about the rest of you, but I drool at the idea of the "smart-paper" technology used in Neal Stephenson's book, The Diamond Age, where the content of the "paper" can change in a few seconds. I recall reading about so-called "electronic paper" a while back, and decided to check up on what's going on. The most recent mention I could find in the news was this article from a few weeks ago, in which Toppan Printing Co. and E ink have already launched one version which has a resolution of 400ppi.
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June 21, 2004
Copyright and Authors
Although I may not agree with everything in John Ewing's essay, Copyright and Authors, I have to admit that it's definitely thought-provoking. "The problem of copyright is not author rights — the problem is balance. Copyright is control, with a purpose. Copyright controls the dissemination of works in order to provide incentives to create and to publish; that’s good for everyone, authors and the public alike. But perpetual (or nearly perpetual) control works against the public interest, and that’s true whether it’s the publisher or the author who exercises the control. Encouraging every author to retain copyright simply replaces the deliberate tyranny of the few by the inadvertent tyranny of the many." The essay includes of an interesting overview of the history of copyright.
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June 17, 2004
Meet Joe Blog
Time has a very interesting article about the growing popularity of blogs. "Over the past five years, blogs have gone from an obscure and, frankly, somewhat nerdy fad to a genuine alternative to mainstream news outlets, a shadow media empire that is rivaling networks and newspapers in power and influence. Which raises the question: Who are these folks anyway? And what exactly are they doing to the established pantheon of American media?"
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June 14, 2004
Getting Booked and Printed: Penny Warner
Getting Booked and Printed by Penny Warner is a list of promotion tips for authors. I like this resource because it helps coach an author on what makes his/her book special by asking questions like "How is your book different from others?" as well as offering specific promotion tips.
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Book Marketing and Publicity
Book Marketing and Publicity is a list of online resources of interest to those looking for book marketing and publicity information. Part of Manuscriptediting.com. Quite a long list of resources, but the page hasn't been updated since June/2003 so may have some bad links.
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Promote Your Writing
Promote Your Writing is an article that is part of Smartwriters.com, and focuses on creating and promoting a Web site.
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Self-Promotion: Tips for New Authors
Self-Promotion: Tips for New Authors is a useful list of tips by Patricia Simpson, including what you can do on a national as well as local level.
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