tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post5053468738463013700..comments2024-03-29T12:42:15.329+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Publishing Apocalypse... NowAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-83176865245206202902023-08-19T23:10:50.115+01:002023-08-19T23:10:50.115+01:00Some weeks ago my boyfriend broke up with me due t...Some weeks ago my boyfriend broke up with me due to some issues.<br /><br />I did everything to get him back but nothing worked.<br /><br />I contacted a relationship doctor i saw online.<br /><br />I told the relationship doctor everything that happened,<br /><br />He promised to fix my relationship.<br /><br />My relationship was restored just as promised,<br /><br />My Ex-boyfriend is back and promised never to leave me again<br /><br />I am the happiest lady on earth,<br /><br />Never too late to fix your broken heart.<br /><br />You can still get your lover back...<br /><br />Fix broken relationship/marriage...<br /><br />Thanks a lot🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹<br /><br />address:::::: R.buckler11@ gmail. com<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-42916012131215777682010-05-28T22:20:28.646+01:002010-05-28T22:20:28.646+01:00I'm not sure I understand the brouhaha over Ke...I'm not sure I understand the brouhaha over Keillor's column. I see him as something of a humorist, a latter-day Mark Twain. "Shameless attention-seeking"? "Snobbery"? He's trying to be funny, people. It's his job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-42740508890176887452010-05-28T20:23:13.066+01:002010-05-28T20:23:13.066+01:00That should of course be whether not ehether...That should of course be whether not ehether...Weirdmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999326013335351617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-24494054665302787962010-05-28T20:11:08.129+01:002010-05-28T20:11:08.129+01:00I'm old enough (36) to remember when VCRs beca...I'm old enough (36) to remember when VCRs became a household item in Norway in the mid-eighties. There was a huge discussion about ehether this meant the death of cinema.<br /><br />This discussion reminds me of the e-book discussion that is going on today. Cinema is still here. And as I think Hardcovers are the cinema of books (with paperbacks being the DVDs), I don't see peinted books and publishers disappearing anytime soon.Weirdmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999326013335351617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-39827439969449835722010-05-28T19:45:07.092+01:002010-05-28T19:45:07.092+01:00Catherynne Valente said something rather smart abo...Catherynne Valente said something rather smart about this whole thing a few months back. It's now off her blog, as she doesn't keep an archive, but she made the argument that should publishing houses with all of their editorial and marketing staff dissapear, they would simply reappear on its own. Wait, there's someone out there who can make my book better and get me a larger readership for a share of the profits? Yes, please?<br />The simple fact of the matter is that there is a large amount of work in a professionally published work that isn't present in something you submit to Lulu or other self publishing companies. For the vast majority of us, that editorial work is the difference between a handful of sales and actually turning a profit on your writing. And just as much editing and marketing goes into an e-book as a print book, the only difference is the difference in costs between converting the book into an e-format and actually printing the thing. I think it's easy to forget that in all of our giddyness over new technology.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705225728358444312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-74761140337741130732010-05-28T13:15:16.945+01:002010-05-28T13:15:16.945+01:00Ha. Nicely done. The guy reminded me of the old &q...Ha. Nicely done. The guy reminded me of the old "we used to walk to school, barefoot, in the snow, uphill, both ways."Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093997168286551055noreply@blogger.com