If you just can't get enough of book lists, then you'll love this series from Publisher's Weekly. Each year, the publication reviews the top books of the previous year. They have the top books from years going all the way back to 2009. The also have a few other features for book lists. Since temperatures are starting to rise, you may be most interested in Summer Reads 2012. Usually, the summer reading books are a little less intense than books released throughout the rest of the … [Read more...]
Apr 16, 2013
The Changing Digital World: Selling Used Digital Copies
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Here is something incredibly interesting and rather confusing that has popped up over the past few months. In October, 2011, the site ReDigi opened. With ReDigi, the goal was to allow users to sell their used digital files to the site, which could then resell the files to another user at a discount. The pricing distribution was 60% for ReDigi, 20% for the original music owner, and 20% for the royalties on the digital file. The system works like this: When you want to get rid of a digital … [Read more...]
Mar 26, 2013
Unlocking Twitter: Grammar Tips on Twitter
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To wrap up my Unlocking Twitter series this month, one last way that writers can use twitter is with grammar tips, writing tips, writing prompts, and other such info. If you are looking for any of these topics, try following the hashtags below: #grammar #spelling #punctuation #writingprompt #writingtip #gotoschool #writetip #pubtip (tips on publishing) Any others you can think of? … [Read more...]
Dec 4, 2012
Book Lists: Classic Books that are Actually Enjoyable
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So, I don’t know about you, but most books on required reading lists make my ears bleed. I don’t know how some of those books got to be classics, but many of them are so difficult to read, or so poorly written, that they are un-enjoyable to read. A year or two ago, I tried reading and reviewing Time’s 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century, and I gave up about 10 books in, because I just could not get into any of them. So if you are like me, here is a list of classic books that won’t … [Read more...]
Oct 16, 2012
Potential Updates
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So, I really want to update the Daily Mayo site, but I'm not very good at web design. The main thing that has stopped me is the idea that if I try to change something, I could end up deleting everything. I feel like I know just enough about updating a site to be highly dangerous. So hopefully, I'd like to be able to introduce some changes slowly-ish. I want to brighten up the posting area so that the posts are a little easier to read, and add some more relevant pictures of books and things. I … [Read more...]
Sep 25, 2012
Banned Book vs Movie: Little Women
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Today we are focusing on banned books in honor of Banned Books Week coming up next week. I figure there are enough banned books out there to celebrate for two weeks. :-) Today's banned book is Little Women. My sources didn't really say why it was banned, just that maybe it was because it had anti-feminist themes. It could also be because of the fairly Christian discussions and refrerences in the story. I don't believe that it is on any banned books lists today. … [Read more...]
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