Hec, have you contacted the folks at Sepiachord?
I haven't, but if you think they're pimpworthy I will.
Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Apr 18, 2008 8:01:25 pm PDT #5524 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Atropa - Apr 18, 2008 8:03:40 pm PDT #5525 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I haven't, but if you think they're pimpworthy I will.
Yes, very much so. They've been introducing a lot of people to all sorts of new music, and I know that bunches of people in the steampunk subculture/genre check Sepiachord on a regular basis.
DavidS - Apr 18, 2008 8:11:08 pm PDT #5526 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yes, very much so.
Who can I contact there? Do you have an email address? I can have my publicist send a review copy.
Atropa - Apr 18, 2008 8:19:03 pm PDT #5527 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
David, insent with contact info.
Hayden - Apr 18, 2008 8:24:56 pm PDT #5528 of 28344
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
David, if you and Kim can pass some tips my way, I'd be most appreciative. I emailed our publicist Claire a couple of days back about organizing a reading and book release party here in Austin, and I haven't heard squat. I mean, I can do it myself, but it would be nice if they had some advice for me on that. I might try John Mark next, because he's at least emailed the group once or twice.
Also, I've started reviewing all of the 33 1/3 books I've read over at my secondary blog: [link]
§ ita § - Apr 18, 2008 9:11:14 pm PDT #5529 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Congrats on the kudos, Hec. I know nothing about nothing where Waites or music talk is concerned, but it seems that people who do like what they're reading.
Check out the very cool cover for Michael Chabon's Maps and Legends
I had never heard the term "belly band" until this very moment. What an auspicious introduction. A comment on that page mentions a Craig Thomas CD design for Menomena which sounds like something I need to see in 3D.
the front cover has eight possible permutations, four when the CD is in the case, and four when it's in the player (it'll be there a lot)-- and that's not counting all of the slight variations you can get by rotating the disc when it's in the tray
sumi - Apr 19, 2008 1:41:45 pm PDT #5530 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!
Hec, I totally plan to start with your book and then Corwood's - and perhaps I will continue as you suggested.
My feeling is that lots of collectors, being completists, will want to start with #1 and go on. And having so many out, all at once, makes it a bit overwhelming.
Toddson - Apr 21, 2008 8:18:15 am PDT #5531 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Remember back in ... January? February? ... when there was a fuss about Cassie Edwards plagiarizing all over the place? well, it seems her publisher, Signet, has now severed the relationship. The copyrights are reverting to her.
Question - how valid is the copyright on plagiarized material?
hippocampus - Apr 21, 2008 8:22:13 am PDT #5532 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
Signet, has now severed the relationship. The copyrights are reverting to her.
I saw that this am too!
Question - how valid is the copyright on plagiarized material?
bwah!
ION - just finished Winter's Tale. Liked it very much. Thanks for the rec!
Nutty - Apr 21, 2008 8:28:03 am PDT #5533 of 28344
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
how valid is the copyright on plagiarized material?
Copyright doesn't fall apart if it's not enforced the way trademark does. If you quietly ignore copyright violations for years and years, and then suddenly decide to enforce them, you are totally within your rights. (Which is why Jon Stewart clips used to be all over YouTube, and disappeared in a twinkling when Comedy Central decided to host its own video site.)
If Edwards quoted more than is permissible from any given work still under copyright, she could be sued for violating somebody else's copyright.
It's a hassle and an expense, so I don't think Mr. Black Toed Ferret would ever bother, but if the grandkids of one of the Indian compendia authors from whom she plagiarized liberally were to go hog-wild, he/she could potentially go to town on Edwards and win considerable damages. Like, she has profited a whole hell of a lot from mis-use of someone else's copyright. If Hog Wild Grandkid were to get just 5% of her lifetime revenue from the 5 books in which she plagiarized that one specific work, that's probably a fair amount of dough.
(Not all her plagiarism was of copyrighted works, but some of it was.)