Howard Hendrix rant against cc free e-books

Liviu_5 · 04-13-2007, 10:16 PM

Worth checking out; it cracked me up laughing, and the responses even more so. I have not seen Eric Flint responding yet, but I guess he will because being called a scab is one of the few things that probably will annoy him given his career.

The rant:

http://community.livejournal.com/sfwa/10039.html

One funny response:

http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/945926.html

Liviu_5 · 04-13-2007, 10:25 PM

Forgot to mention that Mr. Hendrix has actually a collection of ss published as an e-book only, and he contributed to Aeon which is an online only magazine, so I presume he is only against giving away e-books, not e-books per se. Though in the rant this point is obscured somewhat...

Steven Lyle Jordan · 04-14-2007, 10:13 AM

It's really just an "old guard versus new guard" rant. He doesn't like the new online tools, and doesn't appreciate anyone who is taking advantage of those tools to further their own ends (like scabby little me, I suppose).

I admit, it sounds strange coming from any member of the SFWA, but not so much from someone who has taken advantage of the traditional publishing industry to further his own ends. After all, the new online tools are trying to force a new business model on the pub industry, and the pub industry has shown how little they like that idea.

Robert Marquard · 04-14-2007, 10:49 AM

I have seen remarks about the SFWA on Baens Bar. Lets call them not entirely favorable :->

04-13-2007, 10:16 PM	#1
Liviu_5 Books and more books Posts: 917 Karma: 69499 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: White Plains, NY, USA Device: Nook Color, Itouch, Nokia770, Sony 650, Sony 700(dead), Ebk(given)	Howard Hendrix rant against cc free e-books Worth checking out; it cracked me up laughing, and the responses even more so. I have not seen Eric Flint responding yet, but I guess he will because being called a scab is one of the few things that probably will annoy him given his career. The rant: http://community.livejournal.com/sfwa/10039.html One funny response: http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/945926.html

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04-13-2007, 10:25 PM	#2
Liviu_5 Books and more books Posts: 917 Karma: 69499 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: White Plains, NY, USA Device: Nook Color, Itouch, Nokia770, Sony 650, Sony 700(dead), Ebk(given)	Forgot to mention that Mr. Hendrix has actually a collection of ss published as an e-book only, and he contributed to Aeon which is an online only magazine, so I presume he is only against giving away e-books, not e-books per se. Though in the rant this point is obscured somewhat...

04-14-2007, 10:13 AM	#3
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	It's really just an "old guard versus new guard" rant. He doesn't like the new online tools, and doesn't appreciate anyone who is taking advantage of those tools to further their own ends (like scabby little me, I suppose). I admit, it sounds strange coming from any member of the SFWA, but not so much from someone who has taken advantage of the traditional publishing industry to further his own ends. After all, the new online tools are trying to force a new business model on the pub industry, and the pub industry has shown how little they like that idea.

04-14-2007, 10:49 AM	#4
Robert Marquard Delphi-Guy Posts: 285 Karma: 1151 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: iLiad, Palm T3	I have seen remarks about the SFWA on Baens Bar. Lets call them not entirely favorable :->

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