Comments on: On Conclusions Without Proof http://booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/ Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:52:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kassia Krozser http://booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-167179 Kassia Krozser Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:03:16 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/#comment-167179 Benny -- I think that you are not reading the right blogs. Like all forms of publishing, there is a lot of chaff to separate before you get to the wheat. And maybe it's because I look at this medium differently than most. The blogging platform is just an enabler that allows a writer or other content creator to get information online quickly. Blogging software comes with tools that allow non-technical people to publish great content. Smart, thoughtful, well-read, critical thinkers use blogging platforms to write intelligent analysis of today's literary environment. Not only are we seeing a diversity of opinion, but we are seeing a more collaborative environment. This is a good thing. Very good thing -- the old way of working clearly didn't do much to expand the world of reading. It's time for a new model. Benny — I think that you are not reading the right blogs. Like all forms of publishing, there is a lot of chaff to separate before you get to the wheat. And maybe it’s because I look at this medium differently than most. The blogging platform is just an enabler that allows a writer or other content creator to get information online quickly. Blogging software comes with tools that allow non-technical people to publish great content.

Smart, thoughtful, well-read, critical thinkers use blogging platforms to write intelligent analysis of today’s literary environment. Not only are we seeing a diversity of opinion, but we are seeing a more collaborative environment. This is a good thing. Very good thing — the old way of working clearly didn’t do much to expand the world of reading. It’s time for a new model.

]]> By: Mischa KK Bagley http://booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-167173 Mischa KK Bagley Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:09:32 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/#comment-167173 Hi Booksquare Guys: I really like your site. I’ve been following you and subscribing since last year, and have had a link to your site on my blog-roll since then. Just thought I'd let you know! Best regards, Mischa KK Bagley. _________________________________ http://theconfessionofthepantherwoman.blogspot.com ‘Sex, Cathedrals & Metamorphosis’ mischakk@gmail.com Hi Booksquare Guys:

I really like your site.

I’ve been following you and subscribing since last year, and have had a link to your site on my blog-roll since then.

Just thought I’d let you know!

Best regards,
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]]> By: benny thomas http://booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-167149 benny thomas Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:20:00 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/#comment-167149 Blogs from my somewhat limited experience is not literary criticism in its narrow sense. Raves and rantings cannot be well thought of or mature. As for me I maintain blog because I feel I have something to say and it has not that kind of wider appeal to interest traditional book publishers or find place in traditional journals. Each day I write because I can explain many of my hypotheses from events past or present and also learn. So blogging is for me a rather private literary exercise and sharpening my intellectual faculties. These blogs have been put into a couple of books and marketing them well it yet another ball game. benny Blogs from my somewhat limited experience is not literary criticism in its narrow sense. Raves and rantings cannot be well thought of or mature. As for me I maintain blog because I feel I have something to say and it has not that kind of wider appeal to interest traditional book publishers or find place in traditional journals. Each day I write because I can explain many of my hypotheses from events past or present and also learn. So blogging is for me a rather private literary exercise and sharpening my intellectual faculties. These blogs have been put into a couple of books and marketing them well it yet another ball game.
benny

]]> By: Kassia Krozser http://booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-167130 Kassia Krozser Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:45:56 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/#comment-167130 Just noting -- I am quoting from another source (follow the link). My feelings on this subject are quite opposite of those in the article being quoted. Just noting — I am quoting from another source (follow the link). My feelings on this subject are quite opposite of those in the article being quoted.

]]> By: Catching up and going places « Literature’s Next Frontier http://booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-167129 Catching up and going places « Literature’s Next Frontier Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:33:11 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/#comment-167129 [...] I came across a post today regarding blogs and their ability to be critical. Kassia over at Booksquare has suggested in a recent post that blogs do not have the abilities print does to be critical and [...] [...] I came across a post today regarding blogs and their ability to be critical. Kassia over at Booksquare has suggested in a recent post that blogs do not have the abilities print does to be critical and [...]

]]> By: Huysmans http://booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-167128 Huysmans Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:55:23 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/on-conclusions-without-proof/#comment-167128 Kassia, In general you are right and would tend to agree with you when looking at the blogosphere as a whole. But when you do that with print I think you would find the same results. Those who know where the critical is in print can easily find it, that ease has not yet been established as concretely for the web. But I don't think it is because the blog is not designed to be critical, it just hasn't been as explored critically as it has journalistically. One example that comes to mind that was not mentioned in the post is the work of Grand Text Auto, http://grandtextauto.org, where a the process of publishing a critical essay on narrative and digital technology is being developed by a blog and its community. But again in general I agree that most blogs are situated to report and react, but I think they can be designed for reflection and maturation, as some may already be. Huysmans http://bloggingliterature.wordpress.com Kassia,

In general you are right and would tend to agree with you when looking at the blogosphere as a whole. But when you do that with print I think you would find the same results. Those who know where the critical is in print can easily find it, that ease has not yet been established as concretely for the web. But I don’t think it is because the blog is not designed to be critical, it just hasn’t been as explored critically as it has journalistically.

One example that comes to mind that was not mentioned in the post is the work of Grand Text Auto, http://grandtextauto.org, where a the process of publishing a critical essay on narrative and digital technology is being developed by a blog and its community.

But again in general I agree that most blogs are situated to report and react, but I think they can be designed for reflection and maturation, as some may already be.

Huysmans
http://bloggingliterature.wordpress.com

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