Archive of July 2008
July 31
Washer Woman - IP (Eric's edits)
With notated critique/edits that I walked through with <a href="http://www.customizedinstruction.com" target="_blank">Eric Myers</a>. 11:46 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: fiction, writing, washerwoman, draft, in-progress, edits
July 30
Bookmasters/Atlasbooks digital conversion and distribution services
<p>I've used <a href="http://www.bookmasters.com/" target="_blank">Bookmasters</a> twice for self-publishing art-storybooks (<a href="http://drupal.omnibucket.com/eleventybillion.htm" target="_blank">Eleventy Billion Miles Away</a>, and <a href="http://www.gods-acre.com" target="_blank">God's Acre</a>) and have been happy. I'm surprised at how big they're getting now though since it seemed like some small midwestern operation.</p><p>The following was from an email blast of theirs. Nice set of services.</p><blockquote><p><font size="2" color="#000000">BookMasters/AtlasBooks offers its publishing partners the finest digital conversion and distribution services. Utilizing XML-first workflow production/composition methods or post-production conversions to XML, we offer our publishing partners the opportunity to repurpose their existing content for future updates, Web use, or to utilize the many eBook and digital content aggregators that are available in the industry today. Whether it be converting back-list titles or the production of new front-list titles, BookMasters' digital services can provide the conversion process that will meet the present and future needs of publishers. </font></p> <p><font size="2" color="#000000">If the publisher is interested in generating additional revenue from their titles by selling through the fast-emerging eBook channels, BookMasters can provide the infrastructure support to take your books from print version to multiple eBook formats as well as manage the distribution and fulfillment to such eBook players as:</font></p> <ol><li>Amazon Kindle</li><li>Sony Reader</li><li>ebrary</li><li>NetLibrary</li><li>eBook Library</li><li>Myilibrary</li><li>And all other aggregators</li></ol> <p><font size="2" color="#000000">Because each eBook aggregator has their own specific requirements and specifications, BookMasters will provide the bibliographic metadata to accompany each eBook file.</font></p> <p><font size="2" color="#000000">BookMasters will also provide the distribution support to see that the eBook files are made available, uploaded properly, and ready for sale.</font></p> <p><font size="2" color="#000000">BookMasters Digital Conversion and Fulfillment services will enable our publishing partners the opportunity to:</font></p> <ul><li><font size="2" color="#000000">Control their digital content</font></li><li><font size="2" color="#000000">Maximize revenue yet minimize the effort in selling digital content</font></li><li><font size="2" color="#000000">Create and accommodate online content demands</font></li><li><font size="2" color="#000000">Fulfill to the trade and library channels through a convenient yet professional approach</font></li></ul></blockquote> 09:21 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: distribution, publishing, articleJuly 29
Devils edits by Marisa
Marisa Egerstrom's edits and comments. 09:09 PM | 0 Comments | Tags: fiction, writing, draft, edits, devils, in-progress
Cerrito Speakeasy artist-of-the-month, August '08
The Cerrito Speakeasy contacted me about 8 months ago to be their August Artist-of-the-Month, based on the God's Acre artwork (which features 3 artists and a musician). Twas a challenging hang, but with a few bits of fishing line and some big fat nuts to hang at the end, it came out pretty damn cool.
03:32 PM | 2 Comments | Tags: render, omnibucket, ravens and the rhyme, god's acre, event, art, newsThe Writing Salon: Bay Area writing classes
Suggested by Rosie Atkins as a good place for one-off classes. I'll be looking these over and trying one out very shortly. 11:47 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: education, on writing, classesQuickbooks tips: Non-profits
A PDF of "20 tips every non-profit should know" from <a href="http://quickbooks.intuit.com/" target="_blank">Quickbooks</a> (you know, the accounting software). As this is the area I'm least familiar with, but most interested, this one seems the most valuable. Part 3 of 3. 11:01 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: article, tips, business, accounting, non-profitQuickbooks tips: Contractors
A PDF of "20 tips every contractor should know" from <a href="http://quickbooks.intuit.com/" target="_blank">Quickbooks</a> (you know, the accounting software). Applicable to contractors of all types, even though it's bent towards home-construction contractors and the like. Part 2 of 3. 10:57 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: article, tips, business, accountingQuickbooks tips: All Businesses
A PDF of "20 tips every business should know" from <a href="http://quickbooks.intuit.com/" target="_blank">Quickbooks</a> (you know, the accounting software). All good stuff. Obviously some is more common sense than others, but it's all good stuff. Part 1 of 3. 10:55 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: article, tips, business, accountingThe Creative Group on internet trends
<a href="http://www.creativegroup.com/" target="_blank">The Creative Group (TCG)</a> is a job placement agency (which has helped me obtain my last two interactive jobs) which publishes the occasional newsletter on industry trends. I haven't read this one yet, but they're usually well-informed. 10:51 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: article, interactive, web trendsPublishing Trends July '08 - from Bookmark newsletter
Bookmasters has a monthly newsletter that I find pretty useful for tips on working within the publishing world. The article on digital distribution in this Publishing Trends PDF is interesting. Things to keep tabs on for sure. 10:46 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: article, publishing
This has been on my shelf for a while, and though I've read a few other collections by Calvino (some comprising my favorites), I have never apparently read these. I admittedly couldn't get into the first story, but the second two are great:
<b>Smog</b>: A man settling into a city with a sense of unsettlement, preoccupied by dirt, comparing people and observing their equilibrium with themselves and the hypocrisies they support. He observes. He finds an apartment, gets a job, has an affair, makes acquaintances, and eats meals. He finds the place things become clean for the city.
Highlight quote: "Would the saints change their lives, if they knew heaven didn't exist?"
<b>Argentine Ant</b>: Similar to smog in settling into a new place by finding an equilibrium...well, not an equilibrium, but a counterbalance of hope among the paranoid factors. The factors in this story were much more real and external though: watching neighbors deal with the ants in different ways. Through them you get a sense of these people's society. A common trope used here to perfection.
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