We spent the afternoon unpacking the spring/summer materials. I’ve been threatening for years to make a Fortress of Evil out of the boxes, but sadly, I think evil fortresses are against company policy. Or they’re fire hazards or something. But … Continue reading
Marty went poking through search terms that led to his blog and found something a bit disturbing. Curiosity started poking this cat, and I peeked at my own. Some of them are questions I can answer! 1. what’s the counting … Continue reading
(Apologies to Judith Viorst and the Alexander books for the title.) I’m seeing some new traffic because someone on the Smart Bitches comment thread linked to my “Repent, Harlequin?” post, so, um, hi there, new people! Pull up a chair, … Continue reading
In yesterday’s post, I got my rant on about Harlequin Horizons, the new vanity press arm of one of the largest romance publishers in the world. At that time, Romance Writers of America had made a bold move, declaring that … Continue reading
Word Count: slacktastic I mentioned I bought Under the Dome, right? I have done nothing with my free time since Sunday night but read. I know, NaNo means shutting yourself off from all distractions — including new books from one … Continue reading
(Update: B&N has responded, both on Smart Bitches and to Galleycat. Joe Gonnella, the VP of trade merchandising, responded on SBTB’s comments thread: Barnes & Noble does not have a policy to boycott books because authors don’t link to us. … Continue reading
(via Gawker’s review of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, which I won’t be reading): [...]and you can buy the electric Amazon Game Boy version of the book for a mere ten dollars! /gigglesnort
Neil Gaiman had a very interesting tweet this afternoon: RT @librarythingtim: RT @bookpatrol Borders employees now have to sign a non-blogging contract? http://ow.ly/ijSr Which points you to A.J. Kohn’s used books blog, where some of Borders’ more ill-thought-out practices have … Continue reading
From the “how the hell is this a surprise to you” files: A British company (BDO Stoy Hayward) found that 71% of consumers, on encountering bad service, would go elsewhere. /gasp /shock /fans self From the article, BDO Stoy Hayward’s … Continue reading
So, there’s this new website, “The Society for Geek Advancement.” They made a video. How cute! In it, a smattering of geeky icons (Wil Wheaton, LeVar Burton, and Jonathan Coulton among them) proudly declare their love for geeky things alongside … Continue reading
