Articles from February 2006

Public Service Announcement #24

February 3rd, 2006 · 1 Comment

We are totally behind tilting at windmills, so bring you the story of one man’s attempt to accomplish the impossible*. Since the fine folks at the OED are more diligent than those at the U.S. Patent Office, they do a pretty thorough search for prior examples of word usage. We suspect this internet thing helps. […]

File Under: Square Pegs

Fulfilling the Scene Mission

February 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Fulfilling the Scene Mission

Far be it for us to express disappointment when a television network embraces fans, or, in this case, fan-fic, but, you know us. Too little caffeine. The L Word is inviting fans to play along by writing scenes based on a “mission”. You know, the scene recons the territory, comes up with a strategy, executes […]

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Amazon Introduces Plog, We Are Intrigued

February 1st, 2006 · Comments Off on Amazon Introduces Plog, We Are Intrigued

Okay, we were more than a little surprised to see that Phillip Jennings was prominently featured on our Amazon homepage. Also purses, iPod cases, and books (the books were at the bottom, which is rather sad, but maybe it’s one of those things that moves around whenever we reload). But let’s back up — we […]

File Under: Marketing For Introverts

Booksquare Has a Harlequin-Themed Temper Tantrum

February 1st, 2006 · 3 Comments

Though we do not have time to check our archives (in fact, we are not entirely sure where we keep our archives, though something tells us they’re in that place we’re supposed to “clean out”), we believe we have volunteered to sit down with the brass at Harlequin and offer our free advice. We believe […]

File Under: Publishers and Editors

How To Kill A Book Club With Cynicism

February 1st, 2006 · 2 Comments

If we were Scholastic (and evidence suggests we are not), we would be doing everything in our power to build a trusting relationship with the little kids who make our publishing venture strong. We would be squeaky clean and bend over backwards to make sure that parents are not off-put by our very name. We […]

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Associated Press – Now With Two More Years Experience

February 1st, 2006 · Comments Off on Associated Press – Now With Two More Years Experience

We don’t understand why we stopped and read this story, but stop we did. Read, we did. Post, we did. The age of the Associated Press isn’t of even the remotest fascination, except, well, except that it’s older than one thought. Which is just one of those things that makes you wonder what or who […]

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