[pshrynk]

Well, the concensus at the meeting this morning was that DRM is misguided and only harms those who wish to legally purchase content. There were several examples given of sellers who prospered by not having DRM and that putting up barriers is not such a good idea. even the publishers there were not in favor of using it. I shoule mention that Karen Wester-Newton, an MR member was on the panel. The other two panelists were Kathryn Sullivan and Traci Castleberry, who are not.

The Editing Game was mostly about the lack of translators for non-English works into American English. Apparently, only about 2% of published works in the US are translations. Sort of sad, really.

I got my picture taken to be a part of a crowd montage for a graphic novel that a group called P-Brane Publishing is doing. They take an SF script, photograph actors in various scenes, then Photoshop the Hell out of them to make the graphic novel. They have taken on the idea that if you photograph people at conventions and stick them into crowd scenes that they'll sell more books. Worked for me. I bought a copy of the first edition and will buy one of the second when it comes out...