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Changing the publishing paradigm.
eBooks, Clouds and the Future of Publishing
What happens when the new technology meets the old and wonderful desire to read? I think we end up with what Virginia Woolf was talking about in that rare recording of hers on the BBC from 1937 when she talked about words. As she said, “Words don’t live in dictionaries but in the mind.” And for us today, reading isn’t about turning pages or being a consumer, it is about allowing the full impact of the words to invade our beings. Does it matter if those words are on a screen or on a piece of paper? Yes, it does. In today’s world as the technology flies faster than most readers …
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Genre Fiction and Literary Fiction
When I was growing up in Skokie, IL, my parents and I had an agreement about books. I could read anything I wanted to read so long as I stayed away from books they found too smutty for me. Though, throughout most of my childhood, they rarely looked at what I read. And I did read. Every week I went to the Skokie Public Library, and or to the Bookmobile which parked at the corner, and took out as many books as I could. I read them all. I also took home lots of records too. So, my time alone in my bedroom had me either conducting the synphonies of Mozart and Beethoven or reading and copying out …
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Gay Bashing Must End
I have had a stomach full of the gay bashing in this Republican Primary Season. Certainly, I have lived with this all my life and so have most LGBTQ people but at some point, there has to be an end to it and with loud voices speaking on our behalf not just from our community. Interesting, is it not, that no one is speaking out about this blatant and constant attack against our LGBTQ community? Where were all those liberal voices that had voted for DADT or helped to pass same-sex marriage laws in New York State? Funny how when our votes aren’t presently needed, they have crawled back into …
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Justin Martin’s Guest Blog
A Guest Blog by Justin Martin, author of Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted. Frequently now we are asking other writers to make use of this blog in order to tell you about what they have written and what they think about their work. Justin Martin is a biographer and has also written biographies of other notable men, Alan Greenspan and Ralph Nader. But I think this book is his finest and well worth reading and giving as a present as well. I have done both. Ordering information and a link to Justin’s Facebook page for his book are at the bottom of Justin’s post. We are …
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Gingrich Backers, Goals and False Flags
Remember Newt Gingrich? Remember who his principal backers are? What do they want? What has he promised will be his first act as a new president? These news stories are vital to keep up with but also to see how the dots should also be connected. Report: Israel Engaged in False Flag Operation to Foment Terrorist Attacks Inside Iran FDL News news.firedoglake.com A provocative article in Foreign Policy magazine suggests that Israeli Mossad officers recruited members of the Pakistani terrorist organization Jundallah to aid in the covert operations against Iranian targets, including bombings …
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Soul-Destroying Crime
No matter what is going on in the world, this travesty continues in Israel. If we don't keep our eyes open and our ears to the ground, we miss out on the soul destroying crimes of governments against people who have committed no crimes other than being in the way of the government's needs for control. Breaking: Israeli bulldozer, soldiers destroy entire Bedouin community near Anata in West Bank Monmondoweiss.net A tragic night in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers accompanied a bullodozer as it destroyed all the buildings in a Bedouin community near Anata, northeast of Jerusalem in the West …
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Publisher’s Corner
What a year 2012 is going to be. It has started off well with the launch of this new site. Scags at 18 and Scags at 7 are easier to download . You can also order the Print on Demand (POD) version of Scags at 18 via the link provided here as well. We are going to be more actively engaged in helping you learn about why this new age of digital literacy is important and how to educate yourself about it.
For example, much more of what is posted on the SSP Facebook page and our Twitter feed will also be visible here on the website. What’s happening today will affect us all--as we learn how our ereaders work, how to discover new books, or how the publishing paradigm’s shift competes with one of our simplest pleasures--sitting back with a good book and letting the words on the page take …
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News You Can Use
Soul-Destroying Crime
No matter what is going on in the world, this travesty continues in Israel. If we don't keep our eyes open and our ears to the ground, we miss out on the soul destroying crimes of governments against people who have committed no crimes other than being in the way of the government's needs for control.
Breaking: Israeli bulldozer, soldiers destroy entire Bedouin community near Anata in West Bank Monmondoweiss.net
A tragic night in the West Bank. Israeli …
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Gingrich Backers, Goals and False Flags
Remember Newt Gingrich? Remember who his principal backers are? What do they want? What has he promised will be his first act as a new president? These news stories are vital to keep up with but also to see how the dots should also be connected.
Report: Israel Engaged in False Flag Operation to Foment Terrorist Attacks Inside Iran
FDL News news.firedoglake.com
A provocative article in Foreign Policy magazine suggests that Israeli Mossad officers …
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Word Up Bookstore Signs Lease
This is an amazing development in the world of bookstores. Read the full article. You will be surprised by what they are doing to stay in business. Good news to share with your friends.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Read on, uptown.
Washington Heights' pop-up bookstore has signed a lease for its Broadway location through May.
After months of operating rent-free, community bookstore Word Up entered into a contract with landlord Vantage Properties Monday …
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