Blog Entries tagged 'World Wide Web'

Make Facebook Work For You

rkelly

With the advent of web social networking sites such as Facebook & MySpace, more small press publishers are taking advantage of the benefits of social networking in new ways. Social networks aren't limited to the web sphere though; remember that they're just a copy of the real-world concept of advertising, & this is the basis of many successful referral-based systems used by advertising gurus of publishers of diverse sizes & industries.

When you're working with a [...]

How to Write a Book�The Short Honest Truth

scififan

Every author I know gets asked the same question: How do you write a book? Scott provides simple, basic information about writing and book and links to more practical advice.

It's a simple question, but it causes unexpected problems. On the one hand, it's nice to have people interested in something I do. If I told people I fixed toasters for a living, I doubt I'd get many inquires. People are curious about writing and that's cool and flattering. Rock on.

But on the [...]

The problem with the interweb: It's stupid

rhughes

The Internet is a lowest common denominator medium. Unlike newspapers, books, and magazines, there's no editorial staff, no advertisers to please, and no style guides, standards, or traditions to uphold. It's a Tower of Babel mishmash filled with junk. On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog, a 15 year old pimple-faced kid, or just an idiot. Why does this matter? Because one person's opinions are not just as valid as another's, if that other has absolutely no background, s [...]

This weblog is rated G

scififan

Haha... Just found this neat little thing while travelling the inter-web...

Click here to find out what your blog is rated. I am like that Disney channel. Maybe I should write some tougher posts.

Foetry closes up shop

stevenl

Thanks Alan Cordle and Foetry.com!

If you weren't aware foetry.com (whose dedicated members doggedly pursue cronyism and cheats in the pobiz) has closed up shop. In there three years, foetry.com exposed some major universities, publishers, and well-known poets who were involved in contests and complicit in rigged contests-causing students, friends, and lovers to win.

This caught me off guard. Indeed, while posting seemed to be down on the site, no one thought they [...]

How small press publishers can use blogs to get the message out

rkelly

Publishing a book is something many would-be small presses start-ups have done only to quickly realize that the more difficult task is to get folks to buy it and read it. Even giving it away free is no guarantee that you will get respectable audience for your new title. Compare this to a weblog, where you will start getting hits in a few hours! Small presses should fully appreciate and understand the power of weblogs to attract interest quickly and to deliver their message with more efficienc [...]

Joost invites available

anthrasula

I'm going to help Joost keep their marketing budget small. Seems like an interesting product. I'm not sure why, but viral marketing is all the rage these days-it's like it's viral or something. Anyway, I have Joost invitations, so you should get them while they're hot.

It's not that I don't like sitting mindlessly in front of a colorful box frittering my brain away, I just do that on the internet instead. Whether wasting time watching [...]

Webby Award winners

scififan

This year's Webby Award winners have been announced. You can find the full winners list here. I just chose a few of the award-winners and nominees in a few of the media-related categories, that might be of interest.

Guides: Yelp.com (Webby) CNet (People's Voice) Humor: The Onion (Both) Magazine: MediaStorm (Webby) Salon.com (People's Voice) Music: Last.fm (Both) News: BBC News (Both) Newspaper: Guardian (Webby) NYTimes.com (People's Voice) Television: Current.tv ( [...]