Re: Market Collapse or Product Collapse?
I've certainly seen worse ideas than having a series of stages for authors to work up - like level-ups in RPGs."You are a level 1 Author. We will publish you with e-books""You are a level 2 Author. We...
View ArticleRe: Oh BookStores: A Lament
Chain bookstores, yes. But independent bookstores like mine and like the ones found on IndieBound and NEIBA know enough to keep "firsties" in stock. That's the difference between letting a computer...
View ArticleRe: Oh BookStores: A Lament
Indies generally are better, and the ones that survive are almost exclusively high quality, but sadly they don't have enough store fronts to support authors without BN/AMZN.
View ArticleRe: Those Words I Hate
I learn new words from books. Having words that are unfamiliar in a book expands my horizons. If you read for pleasure, you should long since have mastered the skill of "meaning from context".SO many...
View ArticleRe: Via NASA: Neil Armstrong
Michael,Thank you for reposting this. That said, I find it incredibly sad and very telling that no one spent a few moments to comment on the passing of a true hero. :( JB
View ArticleRe: Endangered Species: Dark Hero
I keep saying this more and more: "Real men have self-control." In this context, self-control is directing one's anger, ability to do violence, force, power in a constructive manner. To channel the...
View ArticleRe: Endangered Species: Dark Hero
Interesting, isn't it? Eric says pretty much how I feel on the subject. This 'nanny state' attempts to take away simple common sense by presuming the worst of everyone. To go about with the presumption...
View ArticleRe: Endangered Species: Dark Hero
Damn my readers are effing brilliant. The other two issues are the "everything needs a consensus" and "all outliers are bad". By this logic Einstien was "bad" becuase he was smarter than most folks....
View ArticleRe: Endangered Species: Dark Hero
This rambles greatly, and I apologize in advance for not editing.Pretty much it's: why all the PTSD, tied back around to how dark heroes interact with society, then on to a very brief assessment of...
View ArticleRe: Endangered Species: Dark Hero
Horribly, unforgivably sensible.I've said since I was a sprat that "reality is the cause of insanity." and I've yet to see anything disprove it.
View ArticleRe: American Elections: History and Future History
Well written, well stated. An example of the Democrat vs. Unions is Michigan, from whence I write: the state went to Obama, yet the proposed constitutional amendment to make the state a 'right to work'...
View ArticleRe: American Elections: History and Future History
I'm not sure what you mean by the "Leningrad Left". The closest thing I can think of is the "Occupy" movement, which was in now way embraced by the mainstream Democrats like the Hard Right of the Tea...
View ArticleRe: Twitter For The Not So Chatty
I like the idea of reading through your timeline and interacting with it twice a day on a regular basis. That's similar to what I do (though my read-throughs are a little more erratic).Don't forget...
View ArticleRe: Twitter For The Not So Chatty
Lists are probably over the head of most beginners, but yes, those are useful once you're following enough people you can't scroll through ALL the last day's messages in a half hour or so.
View ArticleRe: Your Normal Isn’t
I don't speak twelve language, only one, to my shame, although I can do a smattering in french. Neither can I hold formulas in my brain, since someone decided that a retentive memory I do not have....
View ArticleRe: Brain Fodder: Drawing the Sky, Wonder Kid, Imprinting, Solar System Age...
All right, will let you know what I think about SkyChart...
View ArticleRe: Goodreads: Diving In
Interesting, isn't it? Out of all the recs I might have picked a couple even given the little book that they compared it to. No, none of my reviewed ones showed, only in secondary rec's.
View ArticleRe: Goodreads: Diving In
It is neat. I think some of the sight layout is a bit odd, but hey I didn't build it. Group moderators have a lot of power...
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