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Forum: Reading Recommendations 03-14-2012, 06:47 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,184
Posted By Redcard
Be even more impressed :D She wanted to end...

Be even more impressed :D

She wanted to end it at one. Then her publisher told her she would have to sign a three book contract or no contract at all.
Forum: News 03-13-2012, 11:21 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 3,727
Posted By Redcard
The definition is not "any artistic or literary...

The definition is not "any artistic or literary value."

It's "SERIOUS artistic or literary value."

Porn is likely still going to be considered obscenity, and porn involving the touched on...
Forum: General Discussions 03-13-2012, 06:36 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,178
Posted By Redcard
Then don't buy it? I don't see the problem...

Then don't buy it?

I don't see the problem here. Businesses may price things as they wish. Consumers may choose to or not choose to buy them. Myself, since it's just a popcorn piece of fiction...
Forum: News 03-13-2012, 06:21 PM
Replies: 107
Views: 11,225
Posted By Redcard
Every company that has forgotten or ignored that...

Every company that has forgotten or ignored that has died a horrible death or is on their way to doing so.

Kodak
Borders
Blockbuster (and a whole variety of other video stores)
Forum: News 03-13-2012, 02:45 PM
Replies: 424
Views: 35,609
Posted By Redcard
It does sound like this decision is getting...

It does sound like this decision is getting un-made shortly.

:D

So we will win.

Fiction is not real, and treating it as though it were is thought crime, and it sounds like Paypal and...
Forum: General Discussions 03-13-2012, 01:41 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,043
Posted By Redcard
Actually, that's kinda not true. In the...

Actually, that's kinda not true. In the publishing world, books are hyper analyzed for marketing characteristics, and only those that meet those characteristics get pushed in a given quarter. Big...
Forum: Reading Recommendations 03-13-2012, 11:48 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,491
Posted By Redcard
And to answer your question.. which I missed...

And to answer your question.. which I missed doing.. no, you don't need to read the GG as they are often ancillary to the main story lines. That said, there are some "injokes" and "behind the...
Forum: Reading Recommendations 03-13-2012, 11:42 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,491
Posted By Redcard
Here's what I would suggest. Buy one. Or...

Here's what I would suggest.

Buy one. Or buy a Monthly Bundle containing one. :D Read it, and if it's not for you, cool. The reason I suggest this is because sometimes people think they might...
Forum: News 03-12-2012, 05:25 PM
Replies: 424
Views: 35,609
Posted By Redcard
Because they are a business and businesses in a...

Because they are a business and businesses in a free society can choose who they do or do not do business with?

The authors, too.. can choose.
Forum: News 03-12-2012, 01:54 PM
Replies: 424
Views: 35,609
Posted By Redcard
Off topic a bit, but that IS Hunter S. Thompson,...

Off topic a bit, but that IS Hunter S. Thompson, right? I wonder what he would have thought of this stuff.
Forum: Writers' Corner 03-12-2012, 12:00 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,050
Posted By Redcard
You should pay zilch to get your book onto the...

You should pay zilch to get your book onto the market and published. Money flows TO THE AUTHOR, not the reverse.

Now, some start up fees.. or if you want to personally buy an inventory of your...
Forum: General Discussions 03-12-2012, 11:07 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 7,516
Posted By Redcard
They are, but at the rate things are going, those...

They are, but at the rate things are going, those items will not be there in 20 years, so for a lot of us, we need to privately handle that.
Forum: News 03-12-2012, 10:23 AM
Replies: 424
Views: 35,609
Posted By Redcard
Well, I was reading a rebuttal by Visa that said...

Well, I was reading a rebuttal by Visa that said they have no such restrictions on the usage of their cards.

Visa's main comment statement, paraphrased, is that we already have laws, and those...
Forum: Writers' Corner 03-08-2012, 10:08 AM
Replies: 95
Views: 13,095
Posted By Redcard
You kind of have it backwards. In the US, at...

You kind of have it backwards.

In the US, at least, where Smashwords is based, the Constitution all but bans the government from censoring except in very limited circumstances. Even in those...
Forum: News 03-06-2012, 11:44 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 7,094
Posted By Redcard
Right, but even if I don't hack it, I can MAKE my...

Right, but even if I don't hack it, I can MAKE my own e-reader. I can find plenty of authors who do NOT do DRM. I can implement Android on the E-reader, or I can put my own embedded linux stuff on...
Forum: Reading Recommendations 03-05-2012, 11:53 PM
Replies: 93
Views: 24,440
Posted By Redcard
We have a used book store near us. I picked up...

We have a used book store near us. I picked up .. probably twenty trek books.. for a little over $5.50 :D
Forum: News 03-05-2012, 11:48 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 7,094
Posted By Redcard
I don't get how it's going to be a walled garden....

I don't get how it's going to be a walled garden. I can go to five or six sites and read fiction right now that I'll never see in a bookstore. Well edited fiction. On some of those sites, I push a...
Forum: General Discussions 03-05-2012, 11:27 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 14,417
Posted By Redcard
If you have linux, you can use read.amazon.com in...

If you have linux, you can use read.amazon.com in Chrome.
Forum: General Discussions 03-05-2012, 10:47 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 7,516
Posted By Redcard
Most authors out there (like myself :D) are not...

Most authors out there (like myself :D) are not supported by the community at all. We just have day jobs.
Forum: Reading Recommendations 03-05-2012, 10:30 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 6,871
Posted By Redcard
Extremely frequently. But, given that Martin...

Extremely frequently. But, given that Martin also kills off every three characters per book, the population of Westeros and surrounding communities is probably dropping :D
Forum: Writers' Corner 03-05-2012, 10:29 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 30,290
Posted By Redcard
True, I wouldn't go series on your "breakout...

True, I wouldn't go series on your "breakout projects." I'd go self-contained stories. Probably instead of your five part series, I'd do three different "worlds", and write one full story in each...
Forum: Writers' Corner 03-03-2012, 08:38 PM
Replies: 95
Views: 13,095
Posted By Redcard
It is worth noting as altword has said, Paypal's...

It is worth noting as altword has said, Paypal's agreement has banned pornography for years. ALL pornography, not just these "touchpoint"pornography categories.

It's hard for me to blame paypal...
Forum: News 03-01-2012, 04:20 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 6,210
Posted By Redcard
Yeah, I think I'll continue supporting Baen books...

Yeah, I think I'll continue supporting Baen books and other people doing it right.
Forum: News 02-28-2012, 06:49 PM
Replies: 424
Views: 35,609
Posted By Redcard
Um. Yes, it is a tacit approval of people...

Um.

Yes, it is a tacit approval of people being allowed to read whatever the hell they want to read so long as they are not hurting anyone else through force or fraud.

It's not slippery at all....
Forum: News 02-28-2012, 06:15 PM
Replies: 424
Views: 35,609
Posted By Redcard
No, I don't think it's okay to have moral desires...

No, I don't think it's okay to have moral desires about how society operates. Society is a construct, and different constructs have different moral desires about how to operate. You say society,...
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