Posts Tagged ‘ economics ’

Retaining Copyright

Think that Copyleft sounds like a shitty socialist pun? You’d be dead right. But it’s a socialism of ideas, and isn’t that shitty… kinda. In essence, Copyleft says two heads are better than one, and what’s in my head might do just as well to be in your head, and really we should just work [ READ MORE ]

If:book Essay: You’re the Voice

If:book Australia is a think-and-do tank dedicated to promoting ‘new forms of digital literature’ and exploring ‘ways to boost connections between writers and audiences’, which is more exciting than I can fully express. They are associated with the Institute for the Future of the Book in New York, and if:book London, and are based at Queensland Writers’ [ READ MORE ]

INTRO: Academy Notes

I don’t know where to start. Attempting a summary of any festival would require access to the thoughts of all involved, because any festival is the people who make it up. So the only thing I was able to say about it before I left Adelaide for Robe to take some time out was, on Twitter, [ READ MORE ]

Step Out of Your Shit-stained Pants, Hold Our Hands, And Come With Us, or This Won’t Hurt a Bit

these are times that call for mixed business models[ READ MORE ]

Hey There, Blimpy Boy!

Sam Cooney republished an article he wrote for Bookseller+Publisher about, well, the relationship between booksellers and publishers – and how this relationship is changing as publishers embark on direct-sales ventures, which, I guess, have the potential to undermine the traditional business models of booksellers. On the surface it seems like a superfluous debate, when compared [ READ MORE ]

HTGYST | How To Get Your Shit Together: The art of pulling your socks up

I am currently trying to get my shit together, and the likelihood of it ever happening is feeling increasingly elusive as I try to plan and work at the same time. Meanwhile I’m reading The Land of Plenty by Mark Davis1, which isn’t helping. He’s going on about the ‘prosperity scandal’ and the mythologies that have [ READ MORE ]

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