by Clyde T. Linsley, AIW Board Member It isn’t dead, yet. Not really. But I think it may have suffered the fate worse than death. It’s become Word. First, I must confess a dirty little secret. I think the epitome, the quintessence; of word-processing computer software was Word Perfect. To be more specific: Word Perfect [...]
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E-Publishing: There Is an Upside
by Cecilia Sepp, AIW Immediate Past President & Chair, Member Engagement In the February 8 issue of “The Weekly Standard,” author James Gardner pointed out the up side of electronic publishing: access to the sum total of written knowledge available instantly no matter where you are (as long as you have an internet connection). In [...]
Macmillian vs. Amazon: How Much Is Too Much, or Not Enough?
by Clyde T. Linsley, AIW Board Member If you write books, or ever considered writing a book, you have probably followed the stories about the dispute between Macmillan Publishers and Amazon.com. To quote President Kennedy, “I want to say this about that.” The dispute primarily concerns the price that Amazon wanted to apply to ebooks, [...]
The Internet’s Missing Ingredient
by Clyde T. Linsley, AIW Board Member For the past few years I’ve been writing fiction almost exclusively, but most of my 40-some-odd years as a professional writer were spent writing nonfiction. And mostly, it was journalistic writing. I wrote for newspapers, radio, television, I edited magazines, and I wrote for various web sites. Nearly [...]
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