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Regina Spektor is fairly well-known. In fact, if you Youtube her music, you'll probably recognize her voice, as her music is used often in movies. She's actually more mainstream than Amanda Palmer or...
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It varies widely. Suffice it to say that a bestseller in trade publishing would probably need to sell closer to 10,000 (or even 100,000, in some cases) copies a month for the first few months, rather...
View ArticleRe: Re: Re: NY has some of the toughest gun control laws in the country.
I'd rather live in China than die in Aurora. Also, lol if you think your goddamn hunting rifle is going to mean anything if the US military comes knocking at your door.
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Man, the Internet is sure falling over itself to make sure rape doesn't get prosecuted! Yay rape culture! Sure, he raped a couple of women. But it wasn't like it was "rape-rape", and come on, isn't his...
View ArticleAuthors won't buy it
Almost all the authors I know abhor DRM just as much as readers; the few who don't are a vocal minority. Hell, I went to a writer's conference a few weeks ago and DRM came up. I squirmed as I prepared...
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This story makes me laugh all around, mainly because the legislation is stupid, but Savarin is also a dick and I'm glad to see a tax-avoidance scheme backfire.
View ArticleRe: $10 Text Files?
Fair enough, but you realize the market has spoken pretty vocally that $10 is an acceptable price for a new book by a big-name author. Also, I'm not sure why you think $10 is unacceptable for a text...
View ArticleDude...
I normally like your reporting, even if I sometime disagree with your conclusions. But define your damn acronyms. I had to jump to other publications to find out what the hell was going on, and ......
View ArticleRe: WTF?!
"Bimbo?" Fucking seriously? Can you criticize someone without using sexist terminology?
View ArticleDamned insensitive
Obviously the decision regarding the "original" photos is silly. But I'm not a fan of your dismissive attitude about the whole affair, particularly the legal actions taken. No one has the right to film...
View ArticleEh
I'm about halfway through, and I'm really not a fan. Far too absurdly bohemian and utopian even when it's trying not to be (of course you can find gourmet meals dumpster diving; isn't everyone else...
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The mainstream gaming populace has been boycotting Sega for, oh, around 20 years now.
View ArticleRe: Question though...
Of course. Plenty of writers are members of multiple organizations, such as the Authors Guild, RWA, SFWA, HWA, etc.
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Bullshit. Your actions certainly contributed to the ending -- the entire game was essentially a denouement, and it played out VERY differently depending on your choices in previous games. Just because...
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If you think The Pirate Bay is more user friendly than HBO Go or Netflix, you're crazy. Not to mention the fact that The Pirate Bay offers downloads, not streams. Many people use things like Roku...
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I would wager the number of people who can stream but not download vastly outnumber the people who can download but not stream.
View ArticleWhat's with the weird quotation marks?
Are you trying to argue that 'gun violence' doesn't exist, or that it's not a 'problem?' I get and agree with the idea that banning violent video games won't solve the issue, but there's obviously an...
View ArticleRe: Re: But wait there's more...
"they couldnt really stop anyone from putting a redhead on the cover" Seriously, that would be like ... I don't know, banning the phrase 'space marine.' Just ludicrous to even think about!
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