A while ago I read an essay/article/rant online re a fantasy author / series and I'd like to read it again but google is failing me because I can't remember any specifics.
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posted by fearfulsymmetry
on Apr 23, 2013 -
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I read a novel when I was in high school that was written I think back in the seventies or maybe the sixties. I have been trying for awhile now to remember the title and the author. I've done some searches, but I can't narrow down my search terms to where I can get search results that would be helpful. Please help me remember!
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posted by Fukiyama
on Apr 18, 2013 -
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I recently read a blog post / article written by a best-selling Amazon author who noted that after all of Amazon's small print, he was only getting about 20% revenue share on the sale of his work (comparable to the traditional publishing industry) rather than Amazon's frequently lauded 70%. Can anyone find the post / article in question?
posted by whimsicalnymph
on Apr 8, 2013 -
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This comment in a Hacker News thread introduced me to Yashavant Kanetkar. Apparently his C programming books are the worst of the worst. Yet somehow, the Indian education system uses his books pervasively. I tried to find out more about this guy and the controversy around him, but web searches turned up a flat nothing. Anyone read his books or know about the story?
posted by scose
on Mar 3, 2013 -
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So, the book is done. Woo hoo! I intend to seek an agent and a publisher, but I would also like to self-publish a small quantity for friends and family. I'm also considering self-publishing a somewhat larger quantity for local distribution. Would doing either of these things adversely affect my chance of being picked up by a traditional publisher?
Other considerations I could use help with: get an ISBN or not? E-publish? Any other guidance would be most appreciated!
posted by ecorrocio
on Jan 21, 2013 -
13 answers
"Book review" typically refers to the review of a single book. Is there a term for a single article that reviews the collective works of an author?
posted by NotMyselfRightNow
on Nov 30, 2012 -
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HELP ME FIND THIS POET! someone was reading his or her book on the train this morning and i didn't get a chance to ask "Who is that author?"
although i did glimpse some verse, enough to know that i want to read more.
some of the lines i remember:
"in order to be structurally sound you must subject yourself to measurement"
and
"there are gods here that love us, and they want us to fuck, are you ready? have i earned another story?"
that second line is from a poem called "a guide for the world to begin."
i've been looking online but i can't find anything. i hope this looks familiar to someone. i also noticed that at the end of a book there was a note describing how the author was using ideas from the traditional tarot card deck as inspiration.
posted by zdravo
on Nov 16, 2012 -
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As a favor for a friend I'm trying to find contact information on Roger Edison, who has written or edited a number of guitar and music books for Alfred over the years. Most of his books are long out of print, unfortunately. Web searches have proven fruitless and I was unable to get anything useful from Alfred themselves. He has been producing books since at least the 70s but I've only actually been able to get my hands on one and there was no information on the author in it. Any pointers to either Edison himself or where I might want to look would be appreciated.
posted by tommasz
on Nov 13, 2012 -
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I just got an offer to publish my first novel. I know very little about the publishing industry and the business aspect of being an author. Help!
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posted by inire
on Oct 22, 2012 -
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After viewing the excellent "A Man for All Seasons"
IMDb and the BBC's Kierkegaard - Sea of Faith
YouTube I'm in want of viewing other portraryls of noted authors & philosphers. What are your recommendations?
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posted by MeatyBean
on Oct 11, 2012 -
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Name That Story/Author: Latina mother asks husband to build rooms for new babies. The last room--is special.
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posted by dlugoczaj
on Sep 11, 2012 -
3 answers
WordPressFilter: How can I make a WordPress author have their name show up in the
posts they make, but not the
pages they make?
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posted by antonymous
on Aug 3, 2012 -
10 answers
How do I ensure that the people who are contributing content to my site are getting enough credit?
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posted by thatbrunette
on May 30, 2012 -
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BookFilter: This book had some futuristic name for Australia. What's the name of the book?
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posted by Heretical
on May 20, 2012 -
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Scare me please!
I am looking for the scariest book out there. I have read most of Stephen King, The Exorcist, etc. But i want to find something new that will frighten me even more than the evening news...
posted by keep it tight
on Feb 27, 2012 -
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You all did such a great job of helping with my Black History Month question, that I am returning with another similar question about African American authors of fiction--specifically SF Bay Area-based, "classic", not controversial...
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posted by agatha_magatha
on Feb 16, 2012 -
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Book-filter: Used to have a list of quotes by someone named "Weinberg". Predates Gerald Weinberg but many of he quotes were computer-related and from the '60s! Who is Weinberg?
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posted by Man with Lantern
on Jan 20, 2012 -
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If you've read (and love) a few of these authors, please recommend others I might like: James Lee Burke, James Crumley, George Pelecanos, Robert Crais, Dennis Lehane, (old) Michael Connelly.
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posted by MoonOrb
on Jan 5, 2012 -
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I am looking for the title and author of a short story about an alien abduction. The abduction itself was a major plot twist-- the story was about a farmer, but very abruptly, the farmer is abducted.
posted by jstef
on Dec 15, 2011 -
1 answer
Is there a way in microsoft word to count words by author (based on accepted revisions) in a final document?
posted by srboisvert
on Dec 3, 2011 -
1 answer
How best do I contact an (aged, not terribly well known) author? Via her publisher? Who do I address it to so it doesn't go straight in the bin? Are there any other ways?
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posted by ClarissaWAM
on Nov 17, 2011 -
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cstross! jscalzi! Other fiction authors! What's the most efficient or author-preferred way to spend a given amount of money on his/her books?
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posted by ROU_Xenophobe
on Nov 10, 2011 -
11 answers
Calling all Stephen King fans: If you could ask him a question, what would it be? Alternately, if you have heard a great question posed to an author, what was it, or what made it good?
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posted by tryniti
on Sep 24, 2011 -
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I'm trying to remember where I would have read this. I remember a discussion of the omnipotence/omniscience of a writer in relation to his story world and its characters -- I think the book must have been about writing fiction. There was a particular example having to do with Time, and how a writer who is interrupted by a knock at the door leaves his character, who was about to sit down (or set the table or something), mid-sentence and in a state of limbo. Come to think of it, maybe this was about philosophy or theology... I may have gotten some/all of the details wrong. Any of that sound familiar?
posted by Cortes
on Sep 20, 2011 -
10 answers
Looking for a movie based on a book written by a child author in the nineteenth century possible called 'the young travellors' [sic]
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posted by soymilk
on May 15, 2011 -
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[WebdesignFilter]: Building a website for a professional writer and film critic. Just articles and stories, as Victorian as possible. Got a prototype ready and need feedback.
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posted by yoHighness
on Apr 21, 2011 -
4 answers
I've recently started using Kindle Direct Publish. During the signup process, they ask for all of my identifying information so that they can properly cut me a royalty check. What are, if any, my tax obligations?
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posted by thanotopsis
on Apr 14, 2011 -
3 answers
Name book and character, where character associates being ill with being interesting.
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posted by b33j
on Feb 25, 2011 -
24 answers
Trying to find an author that wrote at least one story for the New Yorker perhaps 20 to 30 years ago, about being in the Marines, not fitting in somehow, getting a rifle butt to the temple, being discharged and suffering brain trauma.
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posted by $0up
on Feb 4, 2011 -
5 answers
Something I wrote is being published (with my permission, but unpaid), yet again. How do I turn this knack for writing in a conversational style into paid work?
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posted by malibustacey9999
on Dec 7, 2010 -
12 answers
Can you help me compile a list of authors/muses? I am stuck after Dante-Beatrice, Petrarch-Laura, Henry-June, Kerouac-Cassady.
Thank you!
posted by bukvich
on Nov 15, 2010 -
26 answers
Yet another question about a book from one's childhood. Mission: Help me find this anthology of "bawdy" fairy tales.
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posted by kkokkodalk
on Oct 30, 2010 -
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Next week, I have the opportunity to see one of my very favorite authors speak: Bill Bryson. I will also be attending a reception where he will be present, and should I have the opportunity to speak with him, I want to be armed with some great questions I can ask, lest I degenerate into the huge, slobbering fangirl that I am.
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posted by anderjen
on Oct 25, 2010 -
19 answers
I recently saw a reference to a
wiki dedicated solely to obscure
writers and published authors. I'm unable to relocate the reference or find the URL, despite having searched for hours. Is anyone familiar with this wiki?
posted by Lucy2Times
on Aug 6, 2010 -
5 answers
Bookfilter: Trying to remember the name of this crime novel about a 17 year old girl who poisoned and eventually killed her talented sister for attention.
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posted by karminai
on Jul 23, 2010 -
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Author Name :Female Writer 2006 story about female reporter going back to her home town to due to a story. She is a recovering cutter (someone who carves into themselves) who discovers that her little sister is the murderer. The little sister ends up keeping a collection of teeth of her victims in her dollhouse. I am trying to find not only the author name but the title of the book. Thank you.
posted by Rolandkorn
on Jul 23, 2010 -
3 answers
Know an author whose later writings were considered/known to be parodies of the genre they worked in earlier?
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posted by mdrew
on May 25, 2010 -
9 answers
Magazine-article writers: do you offer stories to more than one place at a time, or wait for a rejection from one before going to the next?
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posted by spacewrench
on Mar 10, 2010 -
3 answers
I want to become a better writer. Is there a place online where people can critique my writing, and I can critique theirs? How would I get involved in that?
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posted by rebent
on Jan 10, 2010 -
9 answers
How does one successfully publish biography? I'm fascinated by the life of a certain (long-since-dead) American political figure and it appears that he has not yet been given a full treatment by historians. I'm not an academic or a journalist - just a lawyer under the delusion that he can do a good job at something like this.
posted by Saucy Intruder
on Dec 28, 2009 -
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