The Very Rich Indie Writer

there is no traditional publisher in the world right now that can offer Amanda Hocking terms that are better than what she’s currently getting, right now on the Kindle store, all on her own.
http://www.novelr.com/2011/02/27/rich-indie-writer

Indie eBook Hall of Fame

All the books listed on this page have been personally reviewed and vetted by book reviewers who feature indie books on their blogs. In order to be listed on this page, a book must meet the following criteria:

* It is available in ebook form
* It is sold in multiple formats, at least one of them from a DRM-free vendor
* It has received a positive recommendation from at least three independent bloggers
http://sites.google.com/site/indiehof/

The Last Ring-bearer by Kirill Yeskov

Well, there's two sides to every story, or to quote a less banal maxim, history is written by the winners. That's the philosophy behind "The Last Ringbearer," a novel set during and after the end of the War of the Ring (the climactic battle at the end of "The Lord of the Rings") and told from the point of view of the losers. The novel was written by Kirill Yeskov, a Russian paleontologist, and published to acclaim in his homeland in 1999. Translations of the book have also appeared in other European nations, but fear of the vigilant and litigious Tolkien estate has heretofore prevented its publication in English.
http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2011/02/15/last_ringbearer/index.html
At 139,000 words, this 1 Mb PDF is about 80% of the length of The Fellowship of the Ring.
http://ymarkov.livejournal.com/270570.html

Gaiman on Copyright Piracy and the Web

Muistelo vanhoista peli-ideoista

Joskus 90-luvun puolivälissä järjestettiin peli-ideakilpailu, johon sai lähettää synopsiksia uusille tietokonepeleille. Osallistuin muutamalla idealla.

Yksi ideoistani oli rakentelupeli, jossa täytyy keräillä puupalikoita voidakseen rakentaa talon ja kantaa vesipalikoita voidakseen sammuttaa tulipalon ilman sen kummempaa päämäärää. Tuomariston kommentit ideasta olivat jotain "ei kukaan pelaisi näin päämäärätöntä sandboxia".



Jep.

Toinen ideani oli tasohyppely, jossa pelaaja on palvelurobotti tähtienvälisellä huviristeilijällä ja joutuu juoksemaan ympäri alusta toteuttaen erilaisten otusten outoja tilauksia, aluksi turistiluokassa ja ylennysten jälkeen luksusluokassa. Tuomariston kommentit tästä pelistä olivat jotain "ei kukaan jaksaisi pelata palvelurobottina".

Varsinainen hauskuus pelissä olisi tietysti ollut ryhtyä kapinalliseksi, juosta poliiseja karkuun ja kerätä pluspisteiden sijaan mahdollisimman paljon miinuspisteitä aiheuttaen kaaosta aluksella.



Kilpailun voitti muistaakseni joku poliittinen Civilization-klooni, josta ei kuultu sen jälkeen.

Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration

You try to go to a producer today and say you want to make a film that hasn’t been made before; they will throw you out because they want the same film that works, that makes money. That tells me that although the cinema in the next 100 years is going to change a lot, it will slow down because they don’t want you to risk anymore. They don’t want you to take chances. So I feel like [I’m] part of the cinema as it was 100 years ago, when you didn't know how to make it. You have to discover how to make it.
http://the99percent.com/articles/6973/Francis-Ford-Coppola-On-Risk-Money-Craft-Collaboration

The NOT .99 Method

http://www.massivesqwertz.com/the-not-99-method-the-diy-ibookstore-alternative-for-indie-books-comics

What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2011?

If the pre-1978 law were still in effect, we could have seen 85% of the works created in 1982 enter the public domain on January 1, 2011. Imagine what that would mean to our archives, our libraries, our schools and our culture. Instead, these works will remain under copyright for decades to come, perhaps even into the next century. And for most of them – orphan works – that means they will be both commercially unavailable and culturally off limits, without any benefit going to a copyright holder. Think of the cultural harm that does. http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/pre1976

Vuoden 2010 levyt

Kokonaisia albumeja tulee kuunneltua vuosi vuodelta vähemmän, mutta listataanpa silti. Yhtään kotimaista ei tänä vuonna noussut kuunnelluimpien listalle.

1. Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder
2. Aural Vampire - Zoltank
3. The Sword - Warp Riders
4. Salem - King Night
5. Marina and the Diamonds - Family Jewels
6. Quantum Fantay - Bridges of Kukuriku
7. Shining - Blackjazz
8. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
9. Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way of ORWarriOR
10. Coheed and Cambria - Year of the Black Rainbow

Hello Downloader

even failure is better than the crappy label/distributor/retailer system musicians have suffered from for over 50 years.

http://www.alphabasic.com/Please_read.html

http://alphabasic.myshopify.com/

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Suosikkimusiikkivideoita jouluaattoon asti. Hyvää joulua!

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