Archive for June, 2006
Thursday June 22nd 2006, 3:00 am
CONTEXT: Issue No. 19: Commentaries: Translations, Part 5
The chart below represents Dalkey Archive Press’s attempt to get as accurate figures as possible on how many works of fiction have been translated in the United States from
a variety of languages in the past six years.
Subjects: translation, publishing
Thursday June 22nd 2006, 2:59 am
VQR » Euphorias of Perrier: The Case Against Robert D. Kaplan
Tom Bissell does what Tom Bissell does best. I honestly think he may be the best literary essayist/critic around.
Subjects: criticism, reviews
Thursday June 22nd 2006, 2:58 am
Area Woman Fulfills Dream Of Becoming Writer By Getting Job At Bookstore | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Subjects: humor
Friday June 16th 2006, 4:37 pm
Read Print: Free books online
Read Print has an amazing selection of books, including a number that I thought were still under copyright and therefore couldn’t be put online for free, including 1984 and Ulysses.
The only problem is that they don’t have the work in different formats so you can do things like put it on […]
Friday June 16th 2006, 1:52 pm
Jim Baen’s Universe
We believe in stories, short and long. For many popular authors, however, the low rates magazines pay for short stories have made writing them a tough economic choice. We’re going to change that situation in the simplest way possible: by paying more.
Right on.
Subjects: magazines, publishing, sci fi
Friday June 16th 2006, 1:44 pm
SIMPLY WAIT: THE TIME TESTED WAITRESS METHOD OF FINDING A LITERARY AGENT
Subjects: publishing, agentry
Wednesday June 14th 2006, 5:16 pm
Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant » Twenty-One More Reasons Why Litbloggers Are Evil & Unethical
Subjects: blogging, humor
Tuesday June 13th 2006, 9:12 pm
Introduction to Applied Criminology
Facts about police work for something I’m writing now.
Subjects: crime, datamine, research
Tuesday June 13th 2006, 2:23 pm
CRITICAL MASS: Reviewing 101: John Updike’s rules
Subjects: criticism
Tuesday June 13th 2006, 2:22 pm
CRITICAL MASS: Our Promise to You: No Buzz Marketing
I say: there is nothing inethical about selling books from your website. In related news, click the amazon.com link on the lower right.
Subjects: books, blogging
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