SXSW, Nonsensical Drama, and my Penguin Football Jersey
How about we start focusing more on the important stuff?
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The New Sleekness
Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Category: Sleek Publishing
August 13, 2010
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March 17, 2010
SXSnotes.
Some months ago I was invited to sit on a panel at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) by Kevin Smokler of Booktour.com, and I jumped at the chance to do so—SXSWi is a major technology conference, and certainly one of the places publishers can (and should) go to to broaden their horizons beyond our little corner [...]
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March 10, 2010
A List Apart on ebooks and HTML
Remember when I went on my screed for production reform in publishing? Well, the heavyweights over in the web development community are starting to take notice of publishing’s little corner of the media space. Joe Clark has a fascinating article up titled Web Standards for E-books on A List Apart (which should totally be in [...]
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March 4, 2010
Discoverability + Author Follow-Up = WIN!
I was on Twitter (natch…) and saw that the 1980s Pop Culture feed/podcast Retroist was touting a memoir written around the time Star Wars had leapt onto the scene. “Collect All 21! Memoirs of a Star Wars Geek – http://bit.ly/aEN3yu“ As a complete and unashamed geek, I immediately clicked on it and saw the author [...]
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February 4, 2010
Clear the Colons!
In order to purge my brain from all the Macmillan/Amazon madness, I thought I would pick on something completely out of left field. Something minor; something harmless. Something that Andy Rooney would bitch about… Like a passionate call to arms about a mundane pet peeve!! I’m officially asking for a colon ban. Don’t be coy. [...]
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