The Daily Square – Hymn From A Village Edition

Today’s links of interest:

• Bloggers and booksellers recommend overlooked fiction.
  For those looking for more to read…
• Unsolicited: Some Gentle Advice for Editors
  Updated after feedback from helpful readers.
• Book: Bush Aides Called Evangelicals ‘Nuts’
  The key nugget of this story is the fact that an embargoed book could be freely purchased, once again raising the question of the efficacy of embargoes.
• The Bat Segundo Show 68: Tommy Chong
  Subjects Discussed: Examining Title 21, Section 863, whether Clinton was in power in the 1980s, salsa dancing, the requirements for being an FBI special agent, plea bargaining, prison life, bodyguards, the Bush family…
• Dooced Again: Blogger Settles w/Jilted Publisher
  Heather Armstrong and Kensington settle a case that sounds suspiciously like there’s waaay more to the story than is being told.
• Writing Well on the Web
  A few tips for good web-based writing. Hint: good writing rocks, no matter what the medium. (Note: had to log in to Yahoo to read this. Go figure.)
• Google faces copyright fight over YouTube
  Yeah, yeah, yeah. It’s all about protecting the work. Or the money. Your call.
• Cultural suicide at Karlsruhe
  The Counts of Baden are broke and need to sell off priceless manuscripts — you know how it goes, the cost of finding a plumber who can fix a moat is very high. And don’t get us started on turret maintenance.
• Writers win partial victory in freelance copyright case
  Turns out that freelancers are people, too. You can’t resell their work without compensation.
• Hamish McRae: Why intellectual property is a vital trade for the English-speaking world
  The best thing about the Google/YouTube deal is the renewed interest in discussing copyright and intellectual property.