the sky is blue. is this a sign of the apocalypse?

[lagilman]

well, it looks as though the voting LJ-public wants a contest involving an ARC. So we'll see what we can do (I may also do one for a Tuckerization, but that will require more thought -- and you'll have to work harder for that one!)

Woke up this morning @ 4:30. In the morning, yes. No, I don't know why, either. It was decent sleeping weather, and the Skelaxin is supposed to make me sleepy. My alien biochem apparently disagrees (non-drowsy cold meds make me nap, too. I am Contrary). Made up my to-do list and was suddenly sleepy, but by then the coffee was done and then it was time to go to the gym, and here we are at Monday 9am.

Some Publishing Stuff:

"Three Amazon inventors set out to correct what they felt was a real problem: that 'out-of-print or rare books ... typically do not include advertisements ... the content is fixed and, therefore, has not been adapted to modern marketing.' Their solution is spelled out in newly-disclosed Amazon patent applications for On-Demand Generating E-Book Content with Advertising and Incorporating Advertising in On-Demand Generated Content.

As mentioned here earlier, Borders has decided to give Amazon a run for the money. And they're doing it the smart way -- by being inclusive. Until recently in the United Kingdom, people wanting to buy an electronic book-reading device had little choice of machines. This week, the bookseller Borders launches its own e-book reader, which promises to ignite competition at last.

Of interest to only a few here: Penguin UK is cutting about 100 people, and Helen Fraser is retiring. *blink* Huh. Innneresting, said the former Penguinite. Not indicative, necessarily, but interesting.

And y'all know that the government is looking into the Google Rights Grab Settlement, right? I have no predictions either way, except that ain't nobody looking out for the authors 'cept the authors (and their agents, natch)

Comments

[ex-fashioni.livejournal.com]

>(non-drowsy cold meds make me nap, too. I am Contrary).

*snerk* Me too.

[joycemocha.livejournal.com]

Another Contrary biochemistry here as well--I totally understand where you're coming from.

[evil_plotbunny]

I'm another contrary, which means I avoid taking "daytime" medicines whenever possible.

[shui-long.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure who is going to pay GBP189 for a e-book reader - certainly not me. I already have e-books loaded on my Palm, which also has all the other useful functions (diary, to-do list, calculator, databases, solitaire, satnav, etc) and I do not need another box to cart around, however neat the e-ink display may be. And GBP189 would buy 30+ paperbacks...