I can’t imagine anyone reading this isn’t aware of the ebook price war raging between Amazon and Macmillan, but if you aren’t you should certainly follow along (start with the NYT coverage; move to John Sargent’s letter to Macmillan authors, editors, and agents; finish with a good long read through #amazonfail and #macmillanfail on Twitter).
Pricing [...]
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I’m so very disappointed by this news, more because I feel like this is more smoke and mirrors over the same fear that put publishers in a tight spot. Don’t worry about people stealing content: worry about [...]
I’ve been remiss in posting, but you must forgive me: I spent the summer researching DRM and contract law for a directed study and now I am in the final days of finishing my thesis on digital publishing. I’ve added a few sections that I like as they are, but that most likely need to [...]
Heard much about Holden Caulfield lately? I hadn’t expected to, and I was surprised to see The Catcher in the Rye surface as the latest copyright scuffle. I hardly dare admit that I’m not disheartened or offended at the case. (I’m waiting for the first bolt of literary lightning to hit me. But enough of [...]
Okay, so I haven’t been around in, oh. A year? More? Less? I don’t want to count. But I’ve found a way to breathe life back into this site, and I intend to make better use of the space.
So here’s the deal: I’ll be writing about digital rights management and contract law for electronic publishing [...]
“Walk with me…”
She closed her eyes and exhaled heavily, as if something would get easier when she did. It didn’t, but she stood up anyway. “Okay.”
He gave her a reassuring look.
“Amy, you’ll do fine. You have been training for this for a long time. This is your big break. This is your chance to [...]
The professor enjoyed his coffee black, hot out of the street vendor’s percolator, and bitter. Every morning, he sat with his paper, watching the students pass hurrying off to class in every direction, never minding his quiet presence. Every afternoon he took his lunch while reading great literature, a paper-wrapped sandwich in one hand, [...]
Winner of the Wesley Ryals Award for Fiction 2006
The bedroom was dark and cool in the morning. The floor was cooler than the air, and I felt little particles of dirt stick to my feet as I crossed the room to silence the shrieking oval projecting red numbers into the [...]
If I close my eyes right now, I fade into some dark corner of a basement restaurant. A dimly lit stage is across the room, and Ella Fitzgerald is reincarnated on it. Janis Joplin is warming up to come on next, and the members of Yellowcard are patiently waiting their turn. With my head resting [...]
