Cory Doctorow has written stories about gift economies, but I don't know of any writer who's taking seriously the concept.

They’re like training wheels on your bike. I'm more interested in the "flavour" of a book than in the ingredients of the recipe, and most of the time I can accurately judge that by just glancing over a few pages. Most of those I've acquired by "creative means" after buying the physical book (I just can't help buying books in bookstores). (OTOH, I can certainly think of plenty of authors whose careers I *wish* had died a horrible death after one book. The 'Jukka' (vampire) character is interesting.doubt, not all books make it to mass-market paperback these days.

It’s probably best just to have Jesus cheering on the sidelines, as long as He’s discreet about it and throws in an occasional cheer for the other kids, too. Waiting until 2008 -- I can live with that -- I'm probably not going to have time to read them UNTIL 2008.

John Scalzi on Diving into Sci-Fi: It’s kind of a funny thing—despite the decades-long massive success of science fiction in film, television and video games and culture in general, people are sometimes hesitant to dive into science fiction as literature.

Plus, it gives me a link so I can share with my friends, turn them on to the author/work. Back when Napster was Napster, I bought more music and went to more concerts than I do now.Well, apparently you do have to tell me twice, because it was you and James Nicoll that finally got me to get off my ass and order it (it's been on my short list of books to get for a while now, but until just this minute, I hadn't actually pulled the trigger -- got Accelerando and Spin while I was at it, though).There are reasons for that, of course, because (1) I just don't buy hardbacks (which is kind of a space issue, although I know it's better for the author when I do, I really much prefer paperbacks, and don't actually even have the space for those) and (2) I haven't actually read a book in a year or three.

(If you don't follow the Big Idea pieces[1], you're missing out on one of the better tools that isn't "friends' recommendations" for discovering good new SF I've found. If B&N and Borders aren't even stocking the book, as Watts suggests they aren't, that's a real kick in the balls for potential sales.

Also, of course, all the buzz in the world won't help a book people can't find in the bookstores.

Not every piece of writing needs to be fair and balanced and nice and constructive and useful. Ooh, Lisa, good idea! Not always, but often enough, this= increased sales for the author as well.Oh, and my copy of TAD arrived yesterday, so I'll be diving into it soon, too!My sympathies to Mr. Watts. Year after year.

If it wasn't successful at raising his profile, would he then have effectively terminated his career? If the last book didn't sell well, the next one is going to have a harder row to hoe.

Presumably, those are the people in the best position to understand that sometimes, good books don't sell for reasons completely out of the control of the people involved in the process.4. Who wants to replace Him on the field? (There’s also the procrastination angle, of course — these little sites are total time sucks, and that takes time away from paid work. advanced biology degrees.And I will be buying Blindsight from a bookstore as well. I'm not going to take access to Rifters.com for granted...Anecdotal as it may be, I found myself buying books that where provided freely or under creative commons. At a con, Eric Flint was up at the table filled with editors and made one of those comments that just made me situp and take notice. It’s either that or setting fires in trashcans.In the spirit of fairness, and of completeness, let me go down the list and tell you what I hate about each major branch of political thinking.Defensive and peevish even when they’re right.

I'd imagine that a publisher would be more likely to balk at simply slapping a CC license on a recently-released novel. If Jesus can’t even handle a hand-off, just how well is he going to guide the souls of the saved to their Final Reward? I'm gonna pick up a copy. I also find it interesting to note that FreeRepublic posted my entire column; conservative though the folks there may be, they apparently don’t know much about copyright or the limitations of “fair use.” Oh, well.

Pen their “thinkers” like veal in think tanks rather than let them interact with people who might oppose their views. It seems a good arrangement.Now, I didn’t write the piece just to get attention — i.e., wrote it only because I knew it would be an attention-grabber. I imagine these books will be sitting around for a while as it is. I'll give Blindsight a go and if I remotely like it I will buy a physical copy and spread around the good word.I recall Charlie Stross being very enthusiastic about e-publishing at Interaction, but then Charlie is enthusiastic about everything (and always was)I haven't made much use of it yet, although I hope to change it.

So I checked out the Omaha Public Library and they actually have a copy so I can try it before I buy it.

The problem is that nearly all writers it’s the emotional equivalent of empty calories — it’s ultimately not healthy for one’s career, and eventually even “successful” Web writers want the legitimacy of having other people pay for their work.

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