The Last Slayer sequel revision notes

The Last Slayer sequel revision notes

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(Source: heidenkind)

Commencement Speech by Neil Gaiman — Brilliant!

Kyobo Bookstore, Seoul, Korea

Kyobo Bookstore, Seoul, Korea

Lotte Department Store parking attendant — they all dress like this — tho men are in pants, not skirts.

Lotte Department Store parking attendant — they all dress like this — tho men are in pants, not skirts.

"Publishing has only two indispensable participants: authors and readers. As with music, any technology that brings these two groups closer makes the whole industry more efficient — but hurts those who benefit from the distance between them."

— THE ECONOMIST (June 5, 2008)

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Curt Matthews, IPG’s chief executive, said publishers who dealt with Amazon “will have to insist on keeping their fair share. It is obviously true that producing good content is the hard part of making a good book, no matter how that content is captured. Why should publishers cede all of their power to this new player in the book business?”

(My response: Dear Mr. Mathews, who do you think CREATES “good content”?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/business/media/amazon-to-cut-e-book-prices-shaking-rivals.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1

My Favorite FS from Men’s Competition. Hanyu, only 17 years old, had the most technically well-executed and artistically sophisticated program. He’s going to be incredible.

P.S. Those of you like watching men doing the Biellman spin, I think this is going to be last time he does it. Denis Ten, who used to do it, abandoned it as he got older.