Another link I read lately, when discussing a favorite author -- Patricia McKillip: Vengeance in McKillip.
Let's add some more in: Graham's Locus roundtable. Check out Scalzi reaming Black Matrix -- who, I might add, is about par with Hugo Gernsback, who was infamous for not paying authors. When I say "not paying" I mean he wouldn't ante up the $5.00 owed, and got sued. Read The Futurians for more details.
His pay rates were still Not Good. Scalzi does some more notes here.
Ann Leckie does a summation as to why this matters to you, the writer. Note that this links to Patrick's comment, and he mentions John Klima -- who runs EV, where I work -- and Kelly and Gavin, who run Small Beer Press, which publishes Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet.
Andrew Wheeler on e-books -- or, how much do these REALLY cost to make?
Patrick wishes us all a happy 80th: yes, fandom's been around that long. omg.
Will Shetterly is pulling a Cory Doctorow with his latest book. Here's why. :/ I want this book as a book... am adding it to my to-get list.
In case you're wondering, yes, I do indeed chase down fandom history. I like it. [Same for SCA history.] I have Pohl's The Way The Future Was in my reading queue now.
And Merry Christmas Eve!
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Gersback gets a bum rap. I started working for him in the 50's and even then when he received a letter about an unpaid ms, he would verify the claim and send a check.
For more information on Hugo Gernsback check out a new biography available on Amazon.
The document was found by me when we closed down Gernsback Publications in 2003. It was an old ms that I edited and produced as a book.
Follow the link and you can go to the book and thanks to Amazon’s “look inside” feature, you can even get an idea of what it covers.
http://www.amazon.com/Hugo-Gernsback-Well-Ahead-Time/dp/1419658573/ref=ed_oe_p
Hope you find it interesting.
For more information feel free to contact me, Larry Steckler, at PoptronixInc@aol.com
You posted this same comment to Whatever. Which is an advertisement. Are you going all over the Web doing this??
Please don't treat me like I was incapable of reading and comprehending something I quoted; it's not appreciated. Nor is it the way to garner sales.
Besides, I rather trust Pohl, Knight, et al -- over someone running Gernsback Publications. I'm funny that way. Call it bias if you like, I don't mind.
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