Cochise College has entered into an agreement with Barnes & Noble where the college’s students can rent textbooks. In the college bookstore, which is managed by Barnes & Noble the students can save more than fifty percent of the purchase cost when they get new printed textbooks. I don’t know how common this kind of… [Read more…]
July 21, 2010
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There is something to be said for real life. It is never predictable, and sometimes you get a detour onto a path you have to go along until you come to an intersection leading to a route that takes you back onto your “real” path. For the longest time I’ve been melting in the Swedish… [Read more…]
January 31, 2010
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If you haven’t been living under a rock during the last week, you know that Apple has released this thing called Ipad. Ipad is a media consumption device, but the book industry has high hopes that it will deliver it from the clutches of Amazon’s monopoly in online book-shopping. In a situation where only 20… [Read more…]
December 25, 2009
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I am not the only atheist that have a “dichotomous” relationship with this holiday, and I’m happy about that. It is inevitable that friends get a smirky look when they see me going through the usual frenzy that everyone has at this time of year. You know, rushing this way and that to get presents.… [Read more…]
December 22, 2009
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Sometimes you get some song stuck in your head. This is what’s playing on repeat now. It MAY have to do with the fact that the snow is keeping me stuck in the UK over the holidays, rather than going home to Scandinavia to the relatives.
December 20, 2009
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In the spirit of the season, here is a non-christian Jingle Bells for your enjoyment. Who said Bollywood didn’t mix with Santa Clause?
December 20, 2009
DRM (Digital Rights Management) is a blight upon creation, an evil idea, an affront to the rights of property inherent in being human. But piracy of ebooks may destroy literature without it. I have no solution to the dilemma that DRM vs. ebook piracy, except to list a certain number of objections to the comparison… [Read more…]
December 19, 2009
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I’ve been mopping up the last crumbs of work, so there hasn’t been much blogging lately, but it will improve.I still have my promised take on the second part of my “engaging fiction”-series, and today or tomorrow I will blog about my take on DRM, publishing and the rights-grab by Randon House in the states.… [Read more…]
December 9, 2009
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Writers tend to be such a worrisome lot. I’m still giggling over this post at one of my favorite blogs, Editorial Anonymous. If you don’t have it in your blog reader, it comes highly recommended.
December 8, 2009
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Writing fiction is hard work. You know that, and I know that. There is no “golden method” that will churn out masterpieces that the publishers will throw money at. It means sitting down in a chair over several months, and work the proverbial butt to the bone. That said, there are techniques that makes it… [Read more…]
September 2, 2010
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