Writers and Editors

Yale launches course for the magazine and book publishing industry (to fill the gap left by closure of the renowned Stanford Professional Publishing Course that was offered from 1978 to 2009). First session to be offered July 18–23, 2010, with subsequent sessions held annually, says Publishing Executive 4-12-10. Read More 

Still preparing your taxes? If you have not lost your sense of humor altogether, check out A Tax Form for the Marginally Employed, Sam Potts timely piece of Op-Art (New York Times, April 13, 2010). For those qualified to use Schedule BFaS  Read More 

The O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference explores emerging trends in digital (ebook) publishing. You can watch and listen to many of the talks online. Here below are links for the TOC Conference) 2010. Also:
Round-up Day 1 (Mike Rankin) Read More 

The Web is wonderful for tracking down music from a certain place or period, and sometimes you can actually listen to bits of the music. Here are some good sites for finding vintage music:
• Billboard’s #1 Song on Any Given Date in History  Read More 

By popular request (feel free to comment or suggest other titles), good gift books for creative people:
• Books for Writers and Editors: http://bit.ly/bookswe
• Books for Writers:http://bit.ly/booksw
• Books for Fiction Writers or Editors: http://bit.ly/booksfiction
• Books for book clubs (or good reading): http://bit.ly/clubbooks
• Books of and about Narrative Nonfiction: http://bit.ly/NarrativeNonfiction
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