Public Address | Cafe | Muse: WHORISH SELF-PROMOTION VS. PATRIOTIC GEEKY LINKY LOVE

Steve Barnes

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:45:40 +1200

HAKI is my maori name…

That would be Māori innit?
Gets (feathery) coat...

Sofie Bribiesca

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:36:16 +1200

Ian probably thought I was following him, (actually he would'nt have noticed me) . I parked behind him then followed him into the shop, all unintentional, mind.Also when I saw Ruby, thought, 'oh good, Stella has a fellow mutley to communicate with'.
Didn't do the chit chat cos I didn't…

Jackie Clark

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:19:41 +1200

Yes, that was mostly likely him. And yes! That was Ruby Pup in the car. HAKI is my maori name....

Sofie Bribiesca

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:19:59 +1200

That would be fantastic. Seriously. Actually, now I come to think of it, I’ll see if I can’t bring a bootload to the Great Blend next week. We could stand in the carpark and look illicit.

I think, for every bootload you may remove, another may appear. I am sure…

Ngaire BookieMonster

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:58:07 +1200

Back off, bitch. I've thrown more elbows at charity book fairs, church fetes and remainder sales than you've had hot dinners. :)

This makes me wonder how many times we might have unknowingly tussled!

Jackie Clark

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:08:21 +1200

Oh, well that's settled then. What a great way to get rid of a few extraneous books! I thank you, gentle men.

James Butler

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:57:03 +1200

Back off, bitch. I’ve thrown more elbows at charity book fairs, church fetes and remainder sales than you’ve had hot dinners. :)

That's it, I demand satisfaction! Lazy Guns at dawn, sir!

Craig Ranapia

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:43:18 +1200

Good to hear at least one old-media company sees digital as an opportunity, and not a threat.

Quite – and since Orion acquired Gollancz, and the eye-wateringly impressive science fiction/fantasy backlist its collected over fifty years, I'm amazed it's taken this long to get something like SF Gateway on the…

Craig Ranapia

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:34:53 +1200

Let me know when you’re dumping books – I can take them h̶o̶m̶e̶ to the tip for you.

Back off, bitch. I've thrown more elbows at charity book fairs, church fetes and remainder sales than you've had hot dinners. :)

Kumara Republic

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:25:55 +1200

Good to hear at least one old-media company sees digital as an opportunity, and not a threat.

James Butler

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:23:18 +1200

Although I shall miss those big yellow Gollancz hardback covers.

Jackie Clark

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:22:16 +1200

That would be fantastic. Seriously. Actually, now I come to think of it, I'll see if I can't bring a bootload to the Great Blend next week. We could stand in the carpark and look illicit.

Jackie Clark

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:21:42 +1200

He loves second hand bookshops, just loves them. But it does mean, yes, that the piles never decrease. I don't know why I should care, really, since this house has become ever more bombsite-y with the introduction of Ruby Pup into the mix.

Raymond A Francis

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:20:54 +1200

What James said
And this means I am going to have to seriously check out an e book reader thingy

James Butler

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:20:29 +1200

I too was thrilled since it means we can now contemplate getting rid of all his books which are in piles everywhere.

Let me know when you're dumping books – I can take them h̶o̶m̶e̶ to the tip for you.

giovanni tiso

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:15:55 +1200

My husband gets excited about very little, and he is new to the whole online game, but he did get his knickers in a twist about this. “Just imagine” he said ” I don’t have to buy books anymore”.

Whereas I get excited at the prospect of fairs being flooded…

Lilith __

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:06:27 +1200

Omigod omigod omigod omigod

Jackie Clark

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:06:15 +1200

My husband gets excited about very little, and he is new to the whole online game, but he did get his knickers in a twist about this. "Just imagine" he said " I don't have to buy books anymore". I too was thrilled since it means we can now contemplate…

James Butler

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:58:14 +1200

Gollancz, the SF and Fantasy imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, announces the launch of the world’s largest digital SFF library, the SF Gateway, which will make thousands of out-of-print titles by classic genre authors available as eBooks.

Omigod omigod omigod omigod

Public Address

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:58:14 +1200

Discussion from blog post.