August 6th, 2007 — networking, publishing
This weekend while I was mowing my jungle lawn between the final performances of Midsummer Night’s Dream, I listened to a MarketingExperiements podcast called “Harnessing Social Media - Web 2.0 Grows Up - Free Internet Traffic.”
Yes, I am a supergeek. And I thought I should share some things I learned.
July 26th, 2007 — publishing
Not very to this little publicity stunt. Apparently, the Jane Austen Festival submitted three book proposals based on Jane Austen’s books, including sample chapters that were remarkably similar to the original manuscripts–even going so far as to state verbatim the first sentence of Pride and Prejudice:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
You can read the entire story Austin scam exposes publisher’s pride and prejudice.
Tip of the hat to David Zimmerman at IVP’s Behind the Books for posting on this. (But it breaks my heart to see Dave’s completely reasonable explanation for why Jane Austen would never be successful today. Sigh.)
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