You sum up pretty much what irritates and sickens me about the current model, including the insidiousness of how things operate on many levels with many related media. I thankfully don't have to play ball with them and while that means purchasing the books that do interest me, it also means my role in book discussions changes from a quasi-book promoter of the new and shiny to a curator of works that may be languishing out of the public eye.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
William Morrow sends a letter to reviewers that some might find to be out-of-bounds
- 02/12/2011 02:02:52 AM
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Sounds to me like he's tired of sending out free books to freeloaders.
- 02/12/2011 03:09:33 AM
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There's more to it than that
- 02/12/2011 03:25:39 AM
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Re: There's more to it than that
- 02/12/2011 05:36:06 AM
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I think they're doing the responsible thing Larry. New realities call for new practices.
- 02/12/2011 04:31:48 AM
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Re: I think they're doing the responsible thing Larry. New realities call for new practices.
- 02/12/2011 04:34:24 AM
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I have no problems with limiting access, it's the terminology that grates
- 02/12/2011 05:03:31 AM
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The LA Times is now blogging about this, with a link to the OF Blog
- 03/12/2011 01:48:25 AM
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