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By: The Sando » Final Assignments due in and Steven Brust

The Sando » Final Assignments due in and Steven Brust — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:56:16 +0000

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Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:56:22 +0000

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By: The Sando » Final Assignments due in and Steven Brust

The Sando » Final Assignments due in and Steven Brust — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:22:37 +0000

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Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:48:15 +0000

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By: kit

kit — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:54:39 +0000

Thanks for linking to our series, Elizabeth. It sounds like a lot of our thinking is probably in line with yours; please give us your feedback as the series progresses.

By: Elizabeth Barrette

Elizabeth Barrette — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:18:06 +0000

I’ve been promoting cyberfunded creativity, which links writers/artists/musicians/etc. directly to their fans online, often with a high amount of audience interaction. Different people use different approaches — mine is holding a monthly Poetry Fishbowl where people give me prompts and I write poems based on those. There’s also a community on LiveJournal: cyberfund_creat

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Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:56:27 +0000

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By: B Timothy Keith

B Timothy Keith — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:25:29 +0000

Being in the publishing world myself (not, alas, fiction), monetizing the digitizing of what currently is book publishing has been a hot topic among the more forward thinking of our peers. I pointed out to them a couple of weeks ago that it will those of you in the “genre” fiction world who have the most likelihood to succeed. With a strong “fan” base that has a built -in predisposition towards technology rather than an audience being hampered by the limiting self-definition of “reader” and “bibliophile”, I am truly encouraged that the movement towards successful “electronic publishing” model lies with the more open minded readers found in the genre world.

Sorry about all the “quotes”, but my peers often tend to be overeducated and old school and fail to recognize that the traditional model of publisher as gatekeeper IS going to change and that we need to let go of old definitions.

I also recognize that using the word monetize might be slightly out of place here, but in the end it really is the issue: can authors give it away and still eat or are they going to need to continue to depend on the interface of publisher to pay the bills…

I look forward to reading the paper and spreading the word…