Quick Updates for 2012-04-18
In the Seattle area? Join us tonight at the WIlde Rover in Kirkland for the SFWA reading series. http://t.co/D7IiUcSI #
In the Seattle area? Join us tonight at the WIlde Rover in Kirkland for the SFWA reading series. http://t.co/D7IiUcSI #
The absolute necessity of a happy ending is another Americanism. So, while I understand why some readers were frustrated with those aspects of the story, I wouldn’t change them even if I could because I feel Americans should be open to other points of view — or at the very least, exposed to them.
Reminder: SFWA Pacific Northwest Reading Series in Portland today (Mon 4/16/12), Kirkland tomorrow (Tue 4/17/12)! Free! http://t.co/NiEO0qTo #
2012 Prix Aurora Award Nominations Announced
Unquestionably, the big publishing news of the week was the US Department of Justice’s lawsuit filing against Apple and five major book publishers–Penguin, Macmillan, Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon and Schuster–for alleged ebook price fixing.
Once upon a time, there was an infamous vanity anthology company called the International Library of Poetry, also known by the name of its website, Poetry.com.
SFWA Pacific Northwest Reading Series in Portland 4/16/12, Seattle 4/17/12 http://t.co/NiEO0qTo #
BooklifeNow.com, a website that serves as support for and a supplement to Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st-Century Writer by author Jeff VanderMeer, is proud to announce a new website rebranding and content management team that aims to keep current with changing trends in the writer’s market, as well as increase reader engagement and grow the reader base.
SFWA member @ClanKorval is pleased to announce the sale of 2 sequels to her 2010 Maine fantasy, Carousel Tides, to Toni Weisskopf at Baen. # SFWA member @paolobacigalupi's THE DROWNED CITIES previews the 1st 11 chapters on Kindle http://t.co/SYbizO7q & Nook. http://t.co/Nc4GSVqO #
The Libertarian Futurist Society has issued a press release announcing the finalists for this year’s Prometheus Awards, which will be presented during the 70th World Science Fiction Convention over Labor Day weekend in Chicago.