Comments on: Monday Night Links of Twitter http://dearauthor.com/features/monday-night-links-of/ Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Mon, 28 May 2012 03:56:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jim McCormick http://dearauthor.com/features/monday-night-links-of/#comment-196586 Jim McCormick Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:01:12 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=11036#comment-196586 I had posted my late wife's novel Cowboy on twitter over six months and 3500 tweets. She would have loved the idea of posting this way. In particular, the idea of writing a story at starts at the end. It can be seen at http://www.twitter.com/talkingcat I needed to show the forward reading version at http://www.pick2prod.com I believe that it was the first novel on twitter to be completely posted, started in May, 2008 I had posted my late wife’s novel Cowboy on twitter over six months and 3500 tweets. She would have loved the idea of posting this way. In particular, the idea of writing a story at starts at the end. It can be seen at http://www.twitter.com/talkingcat I needed to show the forward reading version at http://www.pick2prod.com I believe that it was the first novel on twitter to be completely posted, started in May, 2008

]]> By: Jennifer Estep http://dearauthor.com/features/monday-night-links-of/#comment-196010 Jennifer Estep Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:59:25 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=11036#comment-196010 As someone who works at a newspaper, I think something like that will have to be done to keep the industry in business. People say they won't miss newspapers, but there's just no other source for some of the things we do -- especially when it comes to covering things like local school board meetings or county commission meetings. All the things that involve where people's tax dollars go, where they send their kids to school, etc. And obits. People love their obits. No magazine is going to cover local communities like that, and the 60-second story on your local news doesn't give you nearly as much info as a newspaper story would. It makes me kind of sad how the industry is circling the drain ... As someone who works at a newspaper, I think something like that will have to be done to keep the industry in business.

People say they won’t miss newspapers, but there’s just no other source for some of the things we do — especially when it comes to covering things like local school board meetings or county commission meetings. All the things that involve where people’s tax dollars go, where they send their kids to school, etc. And obits. People love their obits.

No magazine is going to cover local communities like that, and the 60-second story on your local news doesn’t give you nearly as much info as a newspaper story would. It makes me kind of sad how the industry is circling the drain …

]]> By: Laura Vivanco http://dearauthor.com/features/monday-night-links-of/#comment-195966 Laura Vivanco Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:21:16 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=11036#comment-195966 Dan Kennedy, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/feb/03/newspapers-non-profit-endowments" rel="nofollow">writing in the UK's Guardian</a>, which is itself owned by a "non-profit trust," has what I thought was an interesting piece on how this might work in the US given that for a non-profit newspaper <blockquote>to win the tax exemptions that would make all this work, newspaper managers would have to promise not to "influence legislation" or to "participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates".</blockquote> He suggests that perhaps it's time to look into the restrictions on the freedom of speech which are tied to tax exemptions. Another possibility he mentions is for the papers to be run as for-profit organisations, owned by non-profit organisations. Dan Kennedy, writing in the UK’s Guardian, which is itself owned by a “non-profit trust,” has what I thought was an interesting piece on how this might work in the US given that for a non-profit newspaper
to win the tax exemptions that would make all this work, newspaper managers would have to promise not to “influence legislation” or to “participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates”.

He suggests that perhaps it’s time to look into the restrictions on the freedom of speech which are tied to tax exemptions. Another possibility he mentions is for the papers to be run as for-profit organisations, owned by non-profit organisations.

]]> By: joanne http://dearauthor.com/features/monday-night-links-of/#comment-195949 joanne Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:22:54 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=11036#comment-195949 I'm really feeling my age. Women are leaving men because of their twittering? hmmmmmm.... I’m really feeling my age.

Women are leaving men because of their twittering? hmmmmmm….

]]> By: SonomaLass http://dearauthor.com/features/monday-night-links-of/#comment-195948 SonomaLass Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:32:35 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=11036#comment-195948 Oo, oo! Sign me up for the "Jane Litte editorial space for snarkiness and mean girliness"! I will totally contribute to that fund-raising effort! Oo, oo! Sign me up for the “Jane Litte editorial space for snarkiness and mean girliness”! I will totally contribute to that fund-raising effort!

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