writing wibble

[julesjones]

1) No writing here last night or tonight -- far too jet-lagged/sick to cope with writing after a full day at the Evil Day Job.

2) Charlie Stross has started a series of blog posts explaining stuff about the publishing industry in layman's terms, because it became clear during the Amazon/Macmillan dust-up that most readers knew very little about such matters as who makes decisions like the evil that is DRM. (It's *not* the people who you would think of as "the publishers", but several layers up the heirarchy of the MegaCorp that owns the publishers along with assorted businesses in completely unrelated fields.) First part here:
Common Misconceptions About Publishing: #1

If you want to know *why* your favourite author/publisher is failing to do the obvious, this post and the ones to follow will probably give you a good idea...

Comments

[autopope.livejournal.com]

Subsequent posts will follow when I feel well enough to write them. Ack.

[julesjones]

You have my sympathies. I have the jet-lag with mild respiratory infection on top, but at least I don't have any greater dizziness than one would expect simply from doing .au to .uk a few days ago. Actual vertigo as well would really be too much.