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January, 2012

[From Holly] Rights Reversion Party this Friday. Please come. Sent Tuesday, January 31, 2012 I'm throwing a party in honor of my agent, Robin Rue, her assistant, Beth Miller, and the very fine folks at WRITERS HOUSE, my agency. The party will be this Friday between 10 AM and 3 PM (my Friday work hours), and will be on my website, so everyone can attend, and also simultaneously on Twitter. You don't have to do anything special to participate on the weblog, but if you want the live feed, you'll need to create a Twitter account, and then follow me. Twitter is here: […]
[From Holly] I was wrong. Sent Monday, January 23, 2012 I was wrong. Last week, I looked at the EULA for a piece of software called iBook Author, and based on reading the EULA and on reading the interpretations of the EULA by folks better at this than I am, and *based on the understanding that iBook Author was designed to be the creation point of original work, and not as a formatter of work created on other platforms*, and with that understanding seeing in Apple's EULA a serious and unethical rights grab, I pulled my own […]
Why I've pulled my books from Apple's iBookstore Sent Friday, January 20, 2012 I pulled my books within the last hour, when I became aware of the problem. The ethical issue is of interest to writers considering publishing books on the iBookstore. This may be of interest to the readers who buy books there as well. It is, at the moment, a small thing with a large and troubling principle behind it. http://hollylisle.com/?p=7169 The link is if you're interested. If you're not, I apologize for the extra e-mail. Holly on a Friday doing […]
#SOPASTRIKE My sites are closed today to protest censorship. Sent Wednesday, January 18, 2012 I am protesting planned US government censorship of the Internet today. I urge you to join me. If you have a site, please black it out. Search SOPA for wordpress plugins, or add the javascript from http://sopastrike.com As for my sites, you will not be able to use: http://hollylisle.com http://howtothinksideways.com http://howtoreviseyournovel.com http://novelwritingschool.com or http://writingcoursesnow.com You will not be able to read articles, use the writing […]