Best Wash Post correction ever? … Best Wash Post correction ever? Yes. pic.twitter.com/fT5G4pC3cc — emma brown (@emmersbrown) October 23, 2013 Photo Copyright Claims Follow Book Publisher – Pearson, the parent company of Penguin, is being sued for distributing photographs in its textbooks without permission (and I assume compensation). The suit ... more >
The Literary Darknet of Independent Publishing – DBW reports on “Book Genome Tools”, a computer code that can map out the number of sex to non sex related scenes in a book and that purports to identify erotic content with up to 99% accuracy. It also claims to identify bestiality ... more >
The Blizzard that Never Was – and its Aftermath on Cattle and Ranchers – I’m not one for reporting on the local weather but I thought this issue needed to be highlighted. The worst blizzard in the history of South Dakota occurred just this last weekend. There is not a ... more >
I know; I know. You’re as burned out as I am on all the community drama of late. And here I promised a post on the marketplace of ideas, when instead I’m writing one on plagiarism. But because we are a community based so strongly in words and in the ... more >
So this last month or last year has been terrible at times, but maybe we should just let the under 12 set run our world. This really made me smile and actually gave me hope. Books-A-Million to Install Two Book Machines – Books-A-Million which, since the demise of Borders, the ... more >
Nintendo targets user YouTube videos – Youtube creators can turn on ads for their uploaded videos and receive income generated from the placement of those ads. Some youtube creators will record themselves playing a game, sometimes just for fun and sometimes for “walkthroughs” which help other, not so awesome gamers, ... more >