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Swimming Lessons for House Slaves: The Buddy System�|�Stormwolf.com

Swimming Lessons for House Slaves: The Buddy System�|�Stormwolf.com:

"Tradpub advocates point out that not all authors involved in digital self-publishing agree on everything, therefore none of them can be trusted talking about anything. In this way they are like Creationists who claim that just because different scientists have different theories of how evolution took place, that the very fact of evolution can’t be trusted. It’s idiocy and malignant. It’s deliberately deceptive argumentation designed to frighten and confuse."

Swimming Lessons for House Slaves: The Holistic Approach�|�Stormwolf.com

Swimming Lessons for House Slaves: The Holistic Approach|Stormwolf.com:

"I use this story to illustrate the lack of understanding of what’s going on with ebooks and ebook production. The question about widow control and hyphenation, as ridiculous as it seemed above, is made even more so ridiculous when you realize—as I did about 3 minutes later—that it’s completely immaterial. Widow control is something used to keep little sentence fragments of 1-4 words off their own line. Hyphenation is necessary when you want to produce nice, fully justified type in a book."

Publishers want desperately to make publishing ebooks as difficult as possible. they so worried that the new technologies are making them redundant.

Top 10 Misused English Words

Top 10 Misused English Words:

"Many people who’ve had to proof read documents start to develop a kind of compulsive “tutting” at misused words. Here’s my top ten words that are misused by either professional writers or public speakers who, let’s be honest, should really know better"

4oh4 - words not found: Maybe the Dumbest Generation Came Before Us

4oh4 - words not found: Maybe the Dumbest Generation Came Before Us:

"From the first few pages, The Dumbest Generation smacks of the worst kind of get-off-my-lawn resistance to change, and Bauerlein often bashes “pro-technology” commentators, as if the printed book reading that he exalts somehow wasn't a technology itself."

A well-researched book that quotes a bunch of studies but fails to understand the nature of cultural change.
This is a book review worth reading.

The Wertzone: RIP Joel Rosenberg

The Wertzone: RIP Joel Rosenberg:

"Rosenberg is best-known as the author of the popular ten-volume Guardians of the Flame series, about a group of role-players who are transported into the fantasy world they are playing in."

Very much enjoyed the series when I was younger.

40 Fascinating Lectures for Linguistics Geeks | Online Universities

40 Fascinating Lectures for Linguistics Geeks | Online Universities:

"The following lectures, by no means the only ones available online, represent a lovely little slice of how language permeates all things, for better and for worse."

Fantasy Book Critic: PRESS RELEASE: The Terry Pratchett Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now Prize Winners Announced!

Fantasy Book Critic: PRESS RELEASE: The Terry Pratchett Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now Prize Winners Announced!:

"The six judges—including Sir Terry Pratchett and Tony Robinson—met yesterday at Waterstone’s flagship store in London’s Piccadilly to thrash out a winner. After hours of debate the conclusion was reached that it was impossible to select a single victor! The entries were so diverse that it was unanimously decided to split the prize and award it to David Logan for his book Half Sick of Shadows and to Michael Logan (no relation!) for Apocalypse Cow. Both writers will receive a publishing contract from Transworld."

PCMag calls Nook Touch the new king of ereaders

PCMag calls Nook Touch the new king of ereaders:

"Pierce writes that the Nook Touch beats the Kindle in all three of those categories. Its home screen is more intuitive and more attractive than the Kindle’s, and its touchscreen interface generally offers a much better way to interact with books, from turning a single page to quickly scrubbing through multiple pages at once. The Nook Touch is also smaller and lighter than the Kindle 3—imagine the Kindle 3 sans keyboard—making it even more pocketable."

Five Sites To Help You Build A Reading List - eBookNewser

Five Sites To Help You Build A Reading List - eBookNewser:

"If you’ve already read everything on your bookshelf and don’t want to rely on Amazon recommendations, there are a few great websites that can help you discover new books."