Author Archives: Gwaetgar

15:09 RT jcsimonds RT @DanPoynter: The changes in the book business = Opportunity.We can’t direct the wind but we can adjust our sails. # 18:39 The Bella Jacket, based on jacket in Twilight movie, already has a 4-month waiting list. … Continue reading →

17:21 RT @RabbitHoleUsa: We are open late tonight for the Stand Up and Speak Open-Mic which starts at 7:00. Local and tweet? Introduce yourself! # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

13:06 The more things change…George Orwell on working in a bookstore, 1936: tinyurl.com/dbeqx9 # 13:08 Wash. state passes pro-filmmaker bill after Twilight producers move to Canada: tinyurl.com/cepsvr # 17:49 Recession creates craving for escapism–romance, SF/Fantasy flying off shelves: www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/books/08roma.html # … Continue reading →

18:05 Terrific object lesson in how our system should work–making of Internet Protocols:www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/opinion/07crocker.html # 23:50 More about the e-book reader patent battle heating up w/ Discovery v. Kindle: tinyurl.com/d7lrpc # 23:58 Contact your legislators about HR875 & HR759–“consumer safety” puts … Continue reading →

Yesterday when I picked up the mail, it included an envelope hand-addressed to By Light Unseen Media. Usually, those are related to IPNE business, but this was from Louisiana. When I opened it, I was amazed to find that it … Continue reading →

I’ve been having a very ego-battering couple of weeks, and it’s not getting any better. 🙁

17:38 If it’s “multimedia,” is it still a book? www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/business/05stream.html # 17:48 RT @shelhorowitz Whew: UK Journo’s harsh critique of Google www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/05/google-internet-piracy # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

13:00 Heath Ledger would have been 30 today. # 13:17 This virus is a keeper. I love you! www.obsessedwithconformity.com/obsessed_with_conformity/2009/03/in-the-name-of-love.html # 16:01 Superb advice–a writer’s quick guide to publishing reality: karensyed.blogspot.com/2009/04/everything-you-really-need-to-know.html # 16:10 Do authors have obligations to their readers? online.wsj.com/article/SB123880307592488761.html#mod=todays_us_nonsub_weekendjournal … Continue reading →

12:26 “Vampire Battery” powered by blood (well, sort of): www.timescolonist.com/Health/scientists+build+vampire+battery/1459630/story.html # 18:25 The thing I hate about thunderstorms is the anticlimax when they fizzle or just miss us, which they usually do. All that fuss fer nuthin’. # 23:22 Oh, … Continue reading →

14:32 RT @Blogcritics Fascinating take on Columbine 10 years later by Steve Weinberg tinyurl.com/dl3wo4 # 15:37 It is not professional to send out contracts with cat footprints on them. 🙁 # 17:29 AT&T may enter the "e-books for cell phones" … Continue reading →