Letters Remain

Month: October 2009

  • Realising Metaphors

    Deciding which part of this article on how we internalise metaphorical concepts to quote was proving troublesome, then David came along with this take on the article: Though Drake Bennet’s piece feels a little shallow — like he’s pointing to this really interesting thing and rather than explain it is merely puzzling at it beside you — he does…

  • The Downside of Scientific Progress

    Scientific progress is making most ground-breaking academic achievements occur later on in researchers’ lives. This in itself is not a bad thing, of course, but could it be signalling the end of the polymath (or the intellectual polygamist, as Carl Djerassi would prefer it be called)? Back in the early 19th century you could grasp a…

  • Guest Posts (3) – Thanks

    For the past week you have been treated to Andrew Simone’s thoughts on publishing. To recap, these were Andrew’s posts: There is something outside of the text Social Publishing Books, Printing, and Self-Publishing “We have broken your business, now we want your machines.” Newspaper Odds and Ends New Authors and the Web Social Writing Publishing…

  • Publishing and the Digital Landscape

    We’ve talked much about what’s happening in publishing, paper, and digital culture, but let’s talk about what should happen. “Book Oven is cloud-publishing: we are an online toolset that enables individuals and groups to make, improve, publish, and sell print books and ebooks. Book Oven is designed for independent writers and small presses.” Regardless of what…

  • Social Writing

    No, I don’t mean blogs. “Protagonize was originally devised as a lark, testing out a new technology platform with what was supposed to be a simple, fun idea. When the site launched in late 2007, it was dedicated completely to the (nearly) lost art of the addventure (yes, that’s spelled right), a very specific type of…

  • New Authors and the Web

    If you do happened to get signed by a publishing house, odds are you won’t get the attention you think you deserve. Once you finish your book and actually get it out there your job is just beginning: “Being an author has become much more of an ongoing relationship with your audience through the Web,…

  • Odds and Ends

    A few quick links because this day is moving faster than I anticipated. elimae, pronounced el-ee-may, and standing for electronic literary magazine, was founded by Deron Bauman in 1996 and has published essays, fiction, interviews, poetry and reviews. At the end of 2004, Bauman departed to concentrate on other responsibilities, and the editorship was assumed…

  • Newspaper

    In the spirit of self-publishing, Russell Davies et aliud created Newspaper Club, a mostly UK launched collective dedicated to building a service to help people make their own newspapers. One of my favorite ideas is Things Our Friends Have Shot On Flickr which is a beautiful example of the digital world colliding with print media.…