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1 ***••• 1 to •••••• I ——— —————— wwj ■ I ■!■■■■■ I VOLUME I. -r-M SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 188& NUMBER 48. ®fe* fault €*ttt^lfaJdL EVERV THURSDAY MORNING, Minn., . PUBLISHED AX Sauk Centre BY J. H. A S. SIMONTON. <S**: Office corner Third and seventh Streets. one block west of the Sank Oefatre HouSfe; ' Subscription: TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE. Kates of Advertising: "lw| 2w | 3w | 1 m | 3 in | 6 m | 1 y lSqrJ100| 125) 150 | 175| 825 | 5 60 110 00 2 " 1 150 j 2 00 | 2 50 | 300| 5 50 ] 9.00 | 15 00 S " 12-001 2 75 | 350] 4 25 | 6 75( 1050 | 1800 Mcol-J 300) 375) 4 50| 5 251 8 25] 12 00 | 20 00 \i " -"j 5 00 j 6 50 1 7 751 850 114 00| 20 00| 40 00 1 " \ 8 00 | 10 00 j 12 001 15 00 | 25 00 | 40 00 | 75 00 Legal advertisements T5 cents per square for the first Insertion, and Sf}i cents per square for each subsequent insertion. - Special place advertisements- inserted at rates agreed upon. Yearly advertisers to pay quarterly. Strangers must pay in advance, Ot give satisfactory reference. JOB PRINTING of all kinds executed on-short notice in the best style. Sauk Centre Cards. IV. H. MEVBB, Attorney - and Counselor at Law, Notary Public and Conveyancer, Will attend to any business pertaining to a general Law Practice, make Collections and promptly remit proceeds. Draft Conveyances and Contracts, Enter' Government Lands with Cash or Warrants, make Pre-Emption Claims and attend to Contested Land Cases. Office over the Post Office, Sauk Centre, Minnesota. c HAS. WALKER, Dealer in Real Estate, Buying and Selling Land on Commission. AGENT FOB THE .ETNA FIRE iNf5.-CC**. **- Office over the Post Office, with N. H. -Miner. mar26tf . B. R. PALMER, PHYSICIAN db SURGEON, And Examining Surgeon for Pensions, *B* Residence nearthe Mill, Sauk Centre. "S& .N. H. MINER, Insurance Agent, Sauk Centre, - - Minnesota. Represents the soundest and most reliable Fire, Life and Accident Insurance Companies of the Eastern and Western States. Office over the Post Office. W. J. WHITEFIELD, House, Sigit, and Carriage Graining, Glazing, Paper Hanging, &c,,_done with neatness and off reasonable teriris. - Work warranted equal in quality to that agreed upon or no charges made. «3~P»«nt S hop over Bedell &Hmman's Carriage Shop. WEST & TRUMAN, Builders and Contractors, Office over E. E. West's Wagon ^hop, SAUK CENTRE, MINN. Having had over 20 years experience as Practical Builders, we feel confident of giving satisfection. WEST A TRUMAN. -Saukj^iyfei-e, April 15,1868. 45tf OHN CHRISTGAU, x^aivo office: AND Real Estate Agency. VanHoesen & MitchellT: ALEXANDRIA, DOUGLAS CO., MINN'A. Bu*-and Sell Real Estate on Commission, Pay Taxes for N«n-Rasidents, Select and Locate Government Lands for others, with CASH, SCRIP AND WARRANTS, Homestead and Pre-Emption Papers made out. F.- B. Van Hoesen, Jas. S. Mitchell,. Att'y at Law. 41m6- St. Cloud Cards. D R, A. PELHAM, Siirgeou Dentist, Permanently located in St. Cloud. Broker's Block. Office Edhsvarcl O. Hamlin —HAS resumed— The Practice of Law ;p ST. CLOUD, MINN. Special attention given to proceedings in Bankruptcy in united States Courts. Office ih Alden's brick building, up stairs Oct. 1,1867.' ' octl0-6m 3B. ti. GOBDON. "U W. COX.LINS. Gordon &, Collins, Attorneys at Law, St. Clotid, Stearns County, Minnesota Kg- Particular attention given to business in adjoining counties. [ftTILLIAM J. PARSONS, ATTORNEY AT LA W, Saint Germaine street, over Burbank Bros., - St. Cloud, Minnesota. "%tm 0r_sTv ctouo GENERAL BANKING AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Gold and Silver, Land Warrants, College Scrip and Foreign Exchange bought and sold. Particular Attention given to COLLECTIONS, and Proceeds Promptly Remitted. Office opon from 9 to 12 A. M., and 1 to 5 ■p.m. St. Germaine Street, St. Cloud, Minn. J. G. SMITH, Cashier. - St. Cloud Jan. 30.1868. RUDOLPH SHCENEMANN, rER WATCHMAiv St. Germaine Street, ST. CLOUD, - - - ■ MINN. A GOOD assortment, of Wateaes, Clocks, Jewelry, Stiver and Plated ware always on had. Galvanizing done. Repairing neatly done and warranted for one year.. --, ly Alarge lot of Spectacles for sale. - Soot Sc Shoe Maker, Main Street, Sauk Centre, Minn., A. complete stock of Boots and Shoes kept constantly tin hand, and made to order on short notice. Good fits warranted. - Repairing promptly done, at reasonable prices. All kinds of Shoemaker's Tools for sale. C. L. ORCUTT, HOUSE, J3IGN, AND .CARRIAGE PAINTEB, Paper Hanger Grainer and GlaziSf Shop over .E. E. West's Wagon Shop, SAUK CENTRE, -^_ • - MINN. All work done promptly and in the neatest gaahner, 6m42 SAUK CENTRE HOUSE, (General Stage Office,) SAUK CENTRE, - - MINN B. P. BARNUM, Proprietor, Has been thoroughly refitted and furnished throughout, under its new management. The comfort of guests will at all times be made the special care of the proprietor, and no expense or pains will be spared to give entire'satlsfaetion to boarders and travelers. Excellent Stabling attached to*hepremises. E. P. BARNUM. AMERICAN HOUSE, Corner 2d and 6th Streets, SAUK CENTRE, - - >* -' MINN. This is a new, large and commodious build- tog, fitted up in the best style, with all the necessary conveniences for the comfort'of guests. A large Barn, with warm and comfortable stabling is connected with the House. Travelers wilffind at the American House the beet of accommodations for both man and beast. DAVID FRANKHAUSE, Proprietor. dOITY RESTAURANT. . JOSEPH GOYETTE, Proprietor, Washington Avenue, St. Cloud; Minnesota. A ladies' and gentlemen's Ice Cream Saloon has been fitted up ln first class style on the second, floor. Ice- cold Lemonade, and Soda Water flavored with all kinds or syrups. Fresli • and Canned Fruits, "Confectionery, arid Nuts of all kinds. . Hot Meals', Lunch, Coffee, Tea and Pastry furnished to order. LAVENIE M'CULLY & SISTER, MILLINERS and Dress Makers. STAMPING, HAIR_ SWITCHERS &c. With a good assortment of Millinery Goods, Ladies' Cloths, Gloves. Ae., Ac, Ae. Ae. All of the VERY LATEST STYLES. Satisfaction guaranteed in every particular. P. 1 FERGUSON, Watchmaker AND Jeweler, E DWARD DREBLOW, Cabinet Maker. Stain street, near the Presbyterian Church, Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Keeps constantly on hand a complete stock of Furniture, Coffins, &c. All orders will receive prompt attention. SAUK CENTRE, MINN. Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry carefully repaired and warranted. J&S*- All work froin a distance promptly attended to'and safely, returned. HOW HAPPY S'LiIr 3B. A little one played. among the flowers, In the blush and bloom, of summer hours; Khetwined the buds.in a garland fair, , And bound them up in her shining-hair. " Ah me!'' said she,41 how happy I'll ho, When ten years more have grown overme, And I am a maiden, with youth's bright glow Flushing my cheek, and lighting my ta' w!" A maiden mused in a pleasant room, . Where the air was filled with a soft perfume; Vases were near of antique mould, Beautiful pictures rare and old, And she, of all the loveliness there, Was by far the loveliest and raoSt fair. '-Ahnie! Sighed she, " how happy I'U be, When my heart's true love comes home tome! Light of my life, my spirit's pride,'■'■ •'■ I count the days till thou reach my side." A mother, bent over the cradle hest, -.,- Where she soothed her babe to his smiling rest; " Sleep well," she murmured, soft and low, As'She pressed her kisses oh his brow;: "Oh! child,sweet child, how happy I'll be, If the good God let thee stay with me, Till later on, in life's evening hour - Thy strength shall be my strength and tower!" An aged one sat by the glowing hearth. Almost ready to leave the earth; , Feeble and frail, the race she had run Had borne her along to the setting sun. 44 Ah me! she breathed, in an undertone, "HoW happy I'll be when lite is done! When.the world fades out with its weary strife And I soajr away to a better life!" 'Tis*thus we journey, from youth to age, Longing to turn to another page, Striving to hasten the years away, Lighting our hearts with the future's ray; Hoping on earth, till its visions fade, Wishing and waiting, through sun and shade; Turning, when earth's last tie is riven, To the beautltul rest that remains in heaven.. j&teJJamj. 1<hs: grandchildren ahs coming. B ILLIARD SALOON, A. DE GROAT, Proprietor. Third street, Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Has flrst class Phelan A Collender Billiard Tables. iGlMftee •Wines, Cigars. ' Liquors, Ale, Porter and T CHAMBERLIN, ' GUNSMITH, Shop on 2d Street, near, the American House SAUK CENTRE. Guns, Pistols, &c, Repaired on short notice. Parties* in this upper country will find it to theft advantage to get their work done at homftjittnd-thereby save the extra expense of ■ending to St. Cloud. Terms reasonable and •ttisjactlon warranted, aprl6 SAINT FA.TTJL. Fire & Marine INSURANCE CO.. ST. PAUL, MINN. Assets over $530,000. Insures Buildings, Merchandise and other Property, against Loss or Damage by FIRE, at Rates as low as other first class Stock Companies. Particular attention-given to Insurance, of Farm Property, "Isolated Dwellings and tneir. Furniture, FOR'ONE, THREE OR FIVE YEAR. Also Inland Navigation*.-.tBtsh® on. Cargoes or Freight.' BOARD OF DIRECTORS, the the for J. C. Burbank, John L. Merriam, W. W. Eastman, John S. Prince, Horace Thompson, Wm. Lea, John Nichols, Theo. Borup, Peter Berkey W. F. Djiyidson, W. P.Murray, Geo. L. Farwell, E. F. Drake. J. C. BURBANK, Pres't. JOHN NICOLS, Vice Pres't. S. S. EATON, Sec'y. W. A. WE1IS, Gfcii'l Agent. fl. HvMMER, Local Ag't. SAUK CENTRE, MINN BY HENRY WARD BEECHER. From the New York Ledger. After all—what is the use? We set up our house, and one by one children fly into it, ^ike birds out of some foreign wood into a^cage—one, two, three, four, and more. ' With each one comes also a cry; and that cry is the keynote to which a hundred sorrows add their voices, and gradually swell into that strange chorus which men call human life I For each child .there is to be a fringe of care on the edge of every day. Each child brings burdens- and anxieties. Tears in their eyes are but harbingers of many more in the eyes of all who love them! To shape them from infancy to goodness, to shape their hands, to repair their mistakes, and' secure their firm footing in an honorable manhood, who can measure the thought the feeling, the endeavors ? And then, when the long task is.done, is.there no compensation ? Or they do they not, one by one, . detach themselves, and like comely fruit, fall from -the bough on-which they grew, leaving it bare and empty ? That daughter—just as she began to be a full companion—to repay aU the labor of her training—is snatched' away by some one who has-known her fewer weeks than parents have years; she goes. The home is empty of her. Her rooms, her drawers, her books and school tasks, fondly preserved, carry a sadness to the mother's heart every time they are looked upon. The boys, almost before you. dream that they have ceased to be boys, come asking the father's blessing on a new comer. By the time that father and another are conscius of age and infirmity, the whole brood is scattered and gone. The old house is solitary.. It used to be straightened for room when all the children were at home; but now there is room too much. It used to be unquiet and noisy, but now one might doze all day for all. the, noise that is made. Only the fire, snapping out suddenly, or the drowsy old clock ticking behind the door, or a kitten mewing to get in, or to get out, or a squeaking mouse or rat, make any audible noise. When children are all at home, a man is like a Norway spruce, whose well grown branches, beginning from the level ofthe ground, rise up ;ih- a perfect pyramid, shaping the tree to exquisite proportions. But each child married is a bough lopped off, leaving a wide spaoe, until the parent trunk is finally trimmed up like a shaft, and all the verdure left clings ta the.top. In European communities, the children often marry and settle down around their childhood home. But this is rare in America. The endless circulation that is "-going on sweeps away the children ; and to be married is almost synonymous with going away from home. All this, Mr. Bonner, describes my state of mind last week. It is very different now. Word has come that- -the grandchildren are coming home? What! both the children and their mother ? for a good long visit? Bless their hearts, let them come. There's nothing in -this house too good for them. Now, then, we shall have a household once more. Children are the flowers wfyich God sends down from Heaven to enliven and cheer this life. What was I. saying, a little while back, about the care, and anxiety, and pain, and trouble, of bringing them up ? Stuff—mere stuff, Mr. Bonner, I assure you. Don't believe a word of it. I was surely in a dream. It was a half nightmare. I am awake now; and do assure you that he who is fit to have, and to rear children, will see ten, yes, a hundred joys to every, sorrow'; and the sunshine of their smiles Tsria.1 turn into rainbows every, tear which they shed or cause to be shed. If there is anything in the world that -pays as it goes along, it is taking care of children. Raising ■ flowers is all very well. But flowers have no mischief in them, they behave too well, they lack human nature, they need the iridescent qualities of disposition that flash from every surface of a child's life. Children a trouble? Do they pout? fret? disobey and go wrong ? Don't you wish asters I and honeysuckles would show as much life ?. What would you give to have a singing vine, or a.flower that Could learn to say its prayers ? * , Why,-trouble in the.nursery is a. paN| rent's pastime. If one -don't "believe it let him be left for a while without children. He will soon be glad to hear that the grandchildren are coming home I Well, we must get ready for them. Let the drawers be filled with candy. Get out the crib, and put up the dear little narrow bed again. Hunt .up the dolls, the wagons, play house, the picture books, string. Where are the tall chairs the; table, and the little cups, and knives and forks- for a child's hand ? It looks like living again ! Now we shall be waked in the morning by a chubby rogue climbing up jon the bed and playing tricks with my eyes and nose! Then will come the trooping down to breakfast, and all the table antics, Then -we will all go up to family prayers—and what a time those children will make of it. Children are not natural worshippers. But how patient will we be 1 Nothing shall fret us. Already we are more robust, and shall let out the buckle of our girdle one or two holes. In short, the grandchildren are coming; and, in bringing themselves back to us, they bring back the childhood of parents too, and bring us back to selves I THE HEAVY STAKE. their A True Story. From t he New York Weekly. He was a man rather over medium size, with .black hair and whiskers, and a handsome face, with clear, gray eyes, who came into a gambling room in Sacramento one night, badly under the influence of liquor. He sauntered idly from one crowd to another, gathered around the various gaining tables. When we met he said : •' John, you been an old friend. I been here ten years now. Going home to settle down. I love Fanny, you know, and she loves me. Look here," he continued, taking a wallet from his bosom, "here's ten thousand dollars in gold." I looked at his treasure. It was pure gold dust, gathered from the then prolific placers of California. " Put that away," said I. " Take it from this place. Let me go with you to your, hoarding house, at once." : Taking his arm I endeavored to lead him aw^iy. But he resisted- as a man who had resolved on his own course. With a silly, drunken air,-he said : " What's ten thousand dollars for ten years' work? When I left the 'States' to come here, poor as a mouse, Fanny Morton promised to be mine, and she shan't repent it. Such complexion and such.eyes are worthy a better fortune than ten thousand dollars. It's like] her throwing away her time waiting for. me, if I don't go home with any more money than that. Shall that dear little angel be disappointed ? Never 1 I'll make it twenty thousand dollars tonight 1" He started with unsteady step toward a faro table. Vainly I strove to tiirn him from his purpose. He, however, stopped again, and said : "Tell you, John, what you do. If I lose I'll be ousted—won't have a cent in the world. Maybe that would keep me here another ten years. She wouldn't wait so long. I couldn't stand that, for she has been my only hope for these ten years. So for me it is twenty thousand or death, and I never played a game in my life. If I fail, write to Fanny and tell her all about it. Here, John, Dick, Tom, Jones, Wilson, what'll you have?" A crowd gathered around to assist him to imbibe at the bar. I refused to drink. I had never seen him tipsy before, and now he was both drunk and wild. " Come onyfellers," he shouted, waving his wallet over his head, " and see a game 'at's wuth seein'. Here goes for ten thousand dollars on one bet 1" A crowd began to gather around him as he pressed toward a table. Every other table was forsaken. A hundred persons surrounded this table tip-toeing with eager curiosity to see the progress of this heavy wager. Swinging his wallet around with a drunken, swaggering flourish, a hiccough and a wild eye, this man of less than thirty years of age, with his life's hopes, and life itself placed on one cast, selected his number, and placed his money upon it. I saw the movement, and as he withdrew his hand from the completed action I looked again in his face. His eyes met mine from the table. H© was perfectly sober I ImL hii'ij Never shall I forget the fearfallV anxious expression of the now terrified man. Every faculty of interest seemed multiplied a hundred fold and concentrated in his face. All present knew him and in death-like stillness awaited the result, which they knew was to enrich or beggar him. The right card turned up. My friend had won. A hand was -stretched forth to grasp the twenty thousand dollars, and I made a movement to thrust the robber back, for such I deemed him, as I looked up from the table I had been watching^ and missed my friend. His hair was black. This intruding stranger was a gray-headed man. A second look showed me that the unendurable agony of suspense had turned my friend's hair white! I was not alone in this discovery, for a cry of horror burst from the assembled mass, following' close upon the hearty cheer at his success. He never after that drank a drop of any intoxicating liquor, or played a. game of chance. -He returned homo by the next steamship, and though his betrothed was surprised at his grave face and gray hairs, she attributed4 them to toil in the mines for her sake, and cheerfully fulfilled her promise of marriage. ANOTHER CHICAGO DISASTER. A Fenian Mass Meeting Precipitated Into a Cellar—Forty Persons Seriously Wosjidtd. The Chicago 1ribune has the following particulars of the fall of Healey's Hall, .bin Archer avenue, Thursday night whereby; the whole audience was hurled from the second floor into the cellar, and about forty persons serously wounded, some of whom will'die: - The hall was filled to its greatest capacity with eager and enthusiatic Irishmen. A grand meeting of the Fenian organization was taking place. General O'Neil, the Presidenfof the Brothehood,, and Mr.-Gibbons, the second in command, were both present. The latter"4 had just concluded a strong and exciting appeal tohis countrymen to arise and strike for the redemption of their native land. The applause, which was frequent while he spoke, redoubled at the close. It was a paroxysm of cheers, of clappings and stampings. In the very height of this frantic and tumultuous applause, whioh continued despite the warnings given a moment before by the proprietor of the place, the floor of the hall gave way, and nearly all of the shouting, applauding multitude were swept down to the floor below. The flooring of the hall was supported only by a couple of beams nine inches by twelve, which were resting upon joists fourteen feet long. Flimsy and unsubstantial aa paper, it is wonderful that the frail structure had not gone down long. ago. These unfortunates being thus precipitated together with broken beams and boards upon the billiard room below, the flooring tp that in turn gave way, and all hurled a distance of six feet more into the cellar. Fortunately but very few people were in the billiard room, nearly all having gone up stairs to hear the speeches; There was however, a large stove in the room, and it was feared by the horrified bystanders that it would set fire to the debris. The alarm box was broken open and the alarm struck, but the flames were happily extingaished without injury being done to any person. When the floor thus caved in, numbers who were near the windows saved themselves by jumping out of or by clinging to them; and a few, also, who were in the extreme southeastern corner of the room,escaped uninjured. The rush was terrible, and the consternation was equal to that which prevailed at St. Mary's Church on Good Friday night. The fears ofthe fire, the cries of those who lay in the wreck of the building, and the shouts, of- those who had been go fortunate as to escape, made the scene one not to be easily forgotten. A number of persons were observed to dangle on the outside from the second story windows, when they felt the floor give way under their feet, clung. frantically to the window sills, and subsequently some of these changed their 'position to' the outside, and clung to the outside until rescued "by* means of ladders from the somewhat perilous position. The work ' of extricating the dead, maimed and wounded from the debris was attended with considerable difficulty! ' The chief source of trouble was the want of light. Living objects could only be detected as they gave token of existence by cries for sueeor and help. At first all was confusion,' and men even willing to render, asistance ran hither, and thither, Apparently without aim or object. But finally comparative order and some sort of dicipline was brought about, and then the _ painful and arduous labor of extricating the sufferers was prosecuting to some purpose. —At.San Francisco, April-2d, Wm. H. Abell was put on examination, charged with rape on a little girl aged eleven years, who was taken by himself for adoption from the Industrial School. The spectators saw Abell fimabling at his neck tie. Suddenly a cry of horror arose from all parts of the Court room as Abell now rope -in -*the dook with his-l^e&drhalf severed from his body by four slashes of a razor which he held in his hand, the blood spirting ih all directions. He died in a few minutes without speaking. sw ALL SORTS. but —The Fremont, (Iowa) Times says* " The grsshoppers have hatched out ihicker'fihan ever. The ground froze last winter with no snow, but they hatched, i The prairies were burned over, but they warmed themselves by the fire, and came out healthy. It rained and they looked refreshed. Wednesday, night-we had a snow storm- that would have killed any common critter, and Thursday morning we saw the little cusses pelting each other with4" snow-balls. Henry Strothoff poisoned himsolf, in Pittsburg, on Friday night, because he had sold his property for $5,000, which some of his friends told him was worth double the sum. —Curses .come home' to roost, not roosters to curse. —He who assumes airs of importance exhibits his credentials of insignificance. —You are a queer chicken I as the hen said when she hatched out a. duck. —Why is a goose like' a cow's tail ? Because they both grow down. . • —Advice to old bachelors who dye their hair—" keep it dark.',' —Why is early grass like a pen-1 knife ? Because the spring brings out the blades. —When does an artist appear most thoroughly miserable ? When he draws a long face. —The lap of luxury—a cat enjoying her milk. I —A Western editor, says that in smoky Pittsbug men kiss each other's wives, and are able to tell which is their own only by the taste. —Jo Clarke, of the Hays City Advertiser,- is as dry as one of his own " chips." • An inquisitive gentleman asking him the other day in regard to the manners and customs of the plains and . Indians, said: *• Tpresume they (the* Indians) live by raising corn, sir V* "Raise—"said Jo, "they live ty raising, hair." "Oh." A man recently sued another for use of room, lights, fuel, meals, &c, while he was courting the plaintiff's daughter. Tho court, justly indignant at this attempt to reduce courting to a matter of dollars and cents, decided that there was no cause of action. —True wealth consists in virtue, and not in the posession of great estates ; and wisdom consists in understanding and not in yeaas. The wisest of men is he who has the most civility for others. —" What a fine head your boy has 1' said- an admiring friend. '* "Yes," said the fond father, "he's a chip ofthe old block ; ain't you, my sonny ?" "I guess so; my teacher said I was a blockhead." " Where are you going?" asked a little boy of another who had just slipped and fallen on an ioy pavement. .. "Going to get up," was the blunt reply. —One of the miseries of human life: is being beaten in an argument and afterwards thinking of some happy retort that would have completely annihilated your adversary. -r-A paper gives the follwing reasons for not publishing a poetio effusion : "The rhythm sounds like pumpkins rolling over a barn floor,' while some lines appeared to have been measured with a yard stick, and others with a ten foot pole." —A cleanly shaved gentleman inquired of a fair demoiselle, the other day, whether or not she admired moustaches. "Oh!" replied the charmer, with an arch look, "I invariably set my face against them !" Very shortly afterwards his upper lip betrayed symptoms of careful cultivation. —Query: Is a man who has made a fool of himself to be considered a self- made man ? —Love's young dream often turns out to be the nightmare., —It takes more than a. thousand years for a sardine to grow up till he becomes a whale. —Like cures, like. Sulpha*-feomes from Vesuvius, therefore it is good for eruptions. —As long: as the miser his money chest is sure to be air tight.1 ' ■—The funniest incident that has lately transpired is the case of a doting mother; who, being satisfied that her child merited a flogging, first had him placed under the influence of chloroform-: " Which, my dear lady, do you think . the merriest place in the world? "That immediately above the atmosphere that surrounds the earth. I should think" "And why so?" " Because. I am told that there all bodies, loose their gravity. —An early spring—jumping out of bed at 5 o'clock in the morning. —Here is an amended quotation, by a married man who has been waiting for his wife " to put her things on^'Hope springs, eternal in the husband's breastj Wives never are, but always to bo dress'd. —In Woonsooket, Massachusetts a few nights since, just after' John B. Burns and.haafamtly had retired, his little son, six years of age, cried out that something had fallen upon and cut him. On going to his bedside, Mr. Burns found the house eat lying upon the boy's chest, with its teeth fastened so firmly in his throat that it had to be kicked seven or eight times before it let loose. It was immediately killed. —A telegram has been received at Port Jervis from the General Superintendent, H, Riddle, to the effeet that the report' of the conductor of the sleeping car, who is now in New York, , shows that there were twenty-three passengers in the rear coach, which was completely destroyed by fire. So far as has been ascertained, but two persons- escaped from this car, and the remains of only six' have been recovered. This leaves fifteen of whom there is no trace. —Barbers and brokers are always shaving. The former do it before peoples faces ■ the latter behind them. •Jl I ri
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Address: Chapel Street
Stratford Upon Avon
Warwickshire / CV37 6HA "
Staying in Stratford Upon Avon can be an expensive business. As a major tourist destination, hotel prices are often expensive, particularly if you want to stay right in the centre of the town. Pay cheaper prices and you're either going to get poorer accommodation or be a fair distance from the town itself. At least, that's what I always thought, until I stayed at the Legacy Falcon.
The hotel itself is almost slap bang in the middle of Stratford. Although set back on one of the side streets, it is less than five minutes' walk from the town centre or the newly refurbished RSC Theatre. This makes it very easy to find, as visitors can simply follow the signs for Stratford town centre and then take a right turn off the main street. We certainly had no problems finding it and the building, with its black and white timbered exterior is so striking looking that you will recognise it as soon as you see it.
The main issue we had was finding the car park which is tucked off down a side street and the entrance not immediately obvious. It's also situated on a one-way street so if you miss it first time around (as we did), you have to make your way back round to it, rather than simply being able to turn around. The entrance to the car park is also slightly confusing as there is a large sign as you go in telling you that you have to pay (quite a significant amount) to park there. In fact, this just applies to non-residents; residents of the hotel can park for free.
Entering the hotel for the first time was not quite what we expected. The old nature of the building exterior leads you to expect a dark, timbered interior. Nothing could be further from the truth. The lobby area is bright and airy - the sort of thing you would expect in a much more modern hotel. This makes it very welcoming and a pleasant place to wait whilst you check in.
In fact, there are two parts to the hotel: one is the old 16th century building (the lovely black and white timbered bit they show in all the photographs!) and a more modern annex (which is where reception is located). We have actually now stayed in both parts and each has their advantages and disadvantages. The older part is wonderfully atmospheric (as you would expect from a 16th century inn). Full of wooden beams, black and white timber it is charming, whilst still managing to be comfortable. On the downside, the rooms are smaller and a little more basic, as there are limits to what can be done with them. The more modern rooms are a lot more spacious and airy, but are also a lot more generic and feel like any hotel room anywhere in the world.
Check-in at the hotel is available from 2pm, which suited us fine as we didn't want to arrive too early (check-out time is 11am, which is also reasonable). The check-in process was very quick and efficient. All we had to do was allow the hotel to take an imprint of a credit card (to cover any additional charges accrued during the stay), enter our car registration in a terminal (to be eligible for free parking) and that was it. The receptionist on duty was very friendly and helpful (something which proved to be true throughout our stay) and provided us with excellent directions to our room, so we had no difficulty in finding it.
The layout of the hotel downstairs is as delightfully quaint. The whole place (particularly the older sections) is a rabbit warren of corridors all running off each other. Whilst this can be a little confusing when trying to find your way back to your room (particularly if you have been partaking of some of the excellent local beers!), it is also part of the hotel's charm. You'll soon find lots of different shortcuts to where you need to be that don't involve trudging up and down long corridors.
The downstairs area is given over to the dining and bar area and is set out in a very appealing way. Presumably due to the way the building has evolved over the years, there are several little self-contained public rooms going off the main corridors where you can retire with a drink. This makes for a very relaxing environment, as you can choose where you want to be and tuck yourself away in a corner if you would like a bit of peace and quiet, or go to one of the busier areas if you would like company. As well as the usual bog standard stuff, the hotel bar (which stays open late for residents) stocks a number of different real ales, which are well worth sampling. Free Wi-Fi is provided in the public areas and although I only tried it briefly, I had no difficulty getting connected.
I can't comment on the food, as we didn't eat in the hotel. However, when passing the dining room, it looked and smelled very good. Prices for food varied. The price of sandwiches was actually quite reasonable for the amount you got, but main meals were a little more expensive, although not excessively so. Certain dishes are even available 24 hours a day so if you arrive at a strange time, you can still get something to eat.
The room we were allocated on our first stay was very good. As we were in the original part of the building, our room was all decked out in low beams and black and white timbers and was genuinely charming. It was reasonably light (despite only having small windows), although as noted above, it was slightly smaller than you might normally expect from a hotel room, although it didn't feel cluttered.
Furniture was relatively sparse. A bed, wardrobe and two bedside cabinets together with a writing desk and office style chair were the only real pieces of furniture. The major drawback to this room was that there was no space for any easy style chairs. This did mean that if you wanted to sit down to read or watch TV, you had to use the bed. This was not a problem for us, as we were out most of the time and mainly used the room for sleeping in, but it may be a consideration if you intend spending longer periods in your room.
If you are in the more modern part of the hotel, you will find that these issues evaporate, as the rooms are bigger and so have more furniture in them. On balance (having stayed in both parts), we love the atmosphere of the older section, but have to confess that the greater comfort offered by the more modern rooms has an even greater appeal!
I was half expecting the room we had to be slightly noisy at night, as it was on a corner overlooking the main road. As the old part of the hotel is a listed building, double glazing is not fitted in all the rooms, and I was initially a little concerned about this. In fact, after about 10.30pm, there were very few noises coming from outside, as Stratford is a relatively quiet place at night (at least outside of the main tourist season!) and we were not disturbed at all. The biggest disturbance came when the recycled glass was collected, which made a real racket fairly early in the morning!
The biggest issue we found related to the car park, which was rather small. The hotel has about 80 rooms, yet the car park has space for less than 50 cars. This situation is further exacerbated by the fact that non-guests of the hotel can park there on a pay and display basis, which potentially further limits the spaces available. This wasn't an issue when we checked in on the Friday afternoon and we were able to get a space relatively easily. However, on returning the hotel on Saturday evening, there were no spaces to be found.
Thankfully, the hotel staff are obviously used to dealing with this and were very accommodating and helpful. On reporting the problem to reception, they immediately phoned the manager who directed us to a place where parking where not really permitted (within the hotel confines) or, on another occasions to some staff-only spaces and assured us we would be OK there (which we were). It's this extra little level of service which marks the hotel out as something special.
Of course, the other big drawback to staying at this hotel was the cost. A four star hotel in a busy tourist town like Stratford Upon Avon does not come cheap and even a basic double room with no meals included costs at least £90-100 per night. This rate also does vary quite considerably, depending on when you go, so you might be looking at even more! That said, for what you get, the prices are a lot more reasonable than many of the other hotels in Stratford. Thanks to its central location and picturesque outlook, the hotel is also very popular, so rooms can be hard to come by during the tourist season - definitely one you need to book in advance!
Situated in one of the most picturesque black and white buildings in Stratford Upon Avon, the Legacy Falcon hotel is a great place to stay. The old 16th century building remains intact and provides a charming, different atmosphere, whilst the hotel itself has been well adapted to ensure that visitors can stay in an old building whilst enjoying modern comforts!
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Legacy Falcon Hotel
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Stratford Upon Avon
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This hotel, restaurant and pub in Stratford Upon Avon is a place I am very familiar with. It was the very first pub I was ever taken into as an 'adult' when a family friend took me out for dinner and the theatre as a treat for passing my GCSEs back in 1995 (wow, so long ago its scary).
Back on that night, as a wide eyed 16 year old I remember feeling that it was a very quaint and welcoming place. I have been back many times since, as a regular theatre goer, and finally, this past weekend I stayed over in the hotel for the first time.
It is actually known these days as the Legacy Falcon rather than the Falcon Regal, I believe the Legacy Hotels chain have bought it and have been slowly refurbishing all the rooms. The iconic outside remains the same, however, the slightly skewiff tudor building with the beams and thatch is a trademark of this historical town.
The location of the Falcon is one of its main selling points and the reason why it is used as a pre-theatre base for those in the know (rather than the theatre bars which are more expensive). The Falcon stands across the road from Nash's House/New Place which is one of the three buildings looked after by the Shakespeare Trust and open to the public. It is a mere stones throw from the Swan/RSC theatres (currently closed for extensive refurbishment but due to reopen later this year).
A five minute walk the other way, towards the high street is Shakespeare's birthplace and Sheep Street, where the three big hitters in terms of well regarded Stratford restaurants (Lamb's, The Vintner and The Oppo) are based is literally around the corner. Stratford is a fairly small town anyway but the Falcon is smack bang central in the middle of the sights.
Behind the tudor facade to the front there is an extensive network of modern extension which houses a whole wing of recently refurbished hotel rooms, a restaurant and pretty gardens. The reception desk for the hotel is right at the back but you will enter directly into the lobby if you park on their dedicated car park which is to the rear. There are plenty of spaces and a multi-storey section, we have never had a problem parking here, even when its busy.
If you enter off the street at the front you will step initially into the bar area and you have to navigate the rooms and corridors (which are signposted) through to reception at the back. The pub area at the front is a lively bar room with screens showing whatever sport might be on, plenty of tables, bar snacks and decently priced beers, wines and spirits.
As I said, for the first time this past weekend we were staying in the Falcon's hotel rooms. I was very excited when I found a double room on Hotels.com for £60 bed and breakfast. At £30 each for the night, knowing the location etc very well I jumped at the chance. Officially this is a 4 star hotel so I was pretty sure we would get great value for money, I was actually quite surprised to get a room at this rate on a bank holiday weekend - it just goes to show that it pays to shop around as the rates on their own website for the same room are between £90 and £115 a night.
On checking in, we were a little early, arriving around lunch time. They told us that our room would not be ready until 2pm and offered to look after our bags for us. We did not mind this and left the bags before wandering into town for some lunch. There was a wedding party beginning to gather in the lobby as this is a popular venue and I did wonder again at our luck getting a room.
Anyway, we returned at about 2.15pm and the lady on reception apologised profusely and asked us to take a seat, it turned out the cleaner was still in our room. There are plenty of sofas in the lobby area so we sat down. I was getting a little annoyed 15 minutes later and my patience was wearing a little thin when I heard the cleaner radio down to say our room was finally ready.
So, we asked for our bags, only to be told they had been put in our room, number 106 on the first floor. We got to our room and our bags were not there. I despatched the other half back down to reception and eventually we were reunited with our bags and in our room! I put this error down to them being busy and maybe a little short staffed - it was the only niggle with our stay and not a major one.
So, our room was lovely, a king size bed, all very contemporary decoration with a flat screen TV which could be angled however you liked, a very clean and spacious bathroom with a great shower and lots of posh looking toiletries. There was also a large wardrobe which contained an iron and ironing board, a dressing table and full tea and coffee making facilities (plus complimentary walkers biscuits which the other half immediately snaffled).
The room was clean, quiet and perfectly comfortable. All the furniture and fittings felt relatively new. Our room looked out over the car park so it did not have a wonderful view but then we only intended to be in the room to sleep anyway so it did not matter.
Both of us slept very well and were undisturbed by other guests until about 9am the next morning. Breakfast was served until 10.30am which was a nice touch and meant we did not have to rush.
I was very impressed with the breakfast selection, it is a nice, posh feeling hotel restaurant where tea, coffee and toast are bought to your table for you, orders are taken for cooked breakfasts and a full range of continental pastries, cereals and fruit/yoghurt are on a buffet. For the rate we paid this felt like an added luxury.
The staff at breakfast were very attentive and polite, I enjoyed some pain au chocolate and brown toast with some tea and felt we had got fantastic value for money.
All in all, this is a great base for exploring Stratford. My first experience as a hotel guest was as good as I expected it to be, knowing this place pretty well from the past. I am glad to see that it is indeed a lovely place to stay, with well trained staff and nice food. Shop around if you intend on staying here and you may find as competitive a rate as we did.
A top notch destination in this busy tourist town.

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By Bill Sheets Herald Writer
EDMONDS — When Edmonds United Methodist Church needed a new furnace a few years ago, the church leadership didn't just go out and buy a newer version of the one they already had.
They put together a committee, hired a consultant, researched the topic and bought a boiler that's using less energy and saving $6,000 per year in heating costs over the old model.
The church again saved by replacing all the old lighting in its building at 828 Caspers St. with newer, more energy-efficient LED bulbs.
While these projects saved money for the church, the real inspiration behind them is one Edmonds United Methodist shares with a growing number of churches nationwide: combining their Christian faith with concern for the environment.
There's even a name for it: "creation care."
"Part of our faith is the sacredness of creation and the stewardship of creation that's entrusted to us," said the Rev. Kathlyn James, senior pastor at Edmonds United Methodist. "I feel like caring for the Earth is a huge part of our trust that needs to be recovered in our time."
The church marks Earth Day with an annual "Earth Sunday" that includes an environmentally related service along with booths and other activities.
This year's program is Sunday. Earth Day is traditionally observed on April 22, but Edmonds United Methodist celebrates it each year on the Sunday after Easter.
The featured speaker is Kurt Hoelting, who will discuss his year of traveling only by foot, bicycle, kayak, and public transportation within 100 kilometers — 62 miles — of his Whidbey Island home. He wrote a book about his experiences titled "The Circumference of Home: One Man's Yearlong Quest For A Radically Local Life." Services are scheduled for 9 and 10:30 a.m.
Edmonds United Methodist is one of 60 churches to be certified as a "Greening Congregation" by Earth Ministry of Seattle, a nonprofit group that works with churches on environmental stewardship.
To achieve the certification, the congregation must include creation care in its mission statement and submit an annual plan to Earth Ministry for how the mission will be accomplished.
"Then we support them in terms of resources, education and political advocacy," said Jessie Dye, program and outreach director for Earth Ministry.
Nationally, several Christian and interfaith organizations have formed around environmental issues.
"It is a dramatic movement," Dye said.
Earth Ministry doesn't shy away from the political end of environmental issues. For instance, it's chimed in against the proposed Gateway Pacific terminal near Bellingham that would export coal to Asia. Earth Ministry staff plan to fly to Washington, D.C., this week to lobby on the issue, Dye said.
She understands that some congregations get nervous about politics.
"Many people are uncomfortable starting with political issues but understand they need to take care of their own home and own church and own neighborhood," she said. "We meet people where they are. If they want to start by recycling, that's wonderful. Recycling is an act of worship."
Those small measures are part of the activities at Edmonds United Methodist, said Gayla Shoemake, chairwoman for the church's "Green Team."
Members have stopped using foam cups, plastic utensils and paper plates for church events, using washable kitchenware instead, she said. Members also are encouraged to ride bikes, walk or take public transportation when possible. Shoemake frequently rides her bike through Edmonds.
"We think it's part of our job as Christians to save the planet for our children and grandchildren," she said.
There are many references to the Earth in the Bible, according to creation care proponents. In fact, "green" Bibles are available in which the passages that pertain to the environment are highlighted in green, Dye said.
Genesis, the Psalms and Revelation are particularly flush with Earth-related passages, according to James.
"The Garden of Eden is the garden of the planet Earth," she said. "The Garden of Eden in Genesis really is a symbol for this garden planet Earth we live on."
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Mines professor receives National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship
GOLDEN, Colo., Jan. 3, 2008 –Assistant Professor Tina Gianquitto, who teaches in the Colorado School of Mines Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies, has been awarded a one-year National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship.
"I hope to show how women writers and activists in the late 19th century, instead of turning away from or ignoring the debates concerning evolutionary theory, were instead deeply interested in showing how that theory could be used to support radical social reform activities," Gianquitto said.
"It's important because it is a story that has not yet been told," Gianquitto said.
Founded in 1874, Colorado School of Mines was established to serve the needs of the local mining industry. Today, the School has an international reputation for excellence in both engineering education and the applied sciences with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's resources. For more information about Colorado School of Mines, visit www.mines.edu.


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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Is There a Self-Publishing Bubble?
There has been a lot of talk lately about a self-publishing "bubble." There was the Guardian article in January, a response by Melville House, and the idea has been percolating around the Internet ever since.
Having emerged from a decade of bubbles in our economy, it may be natural to see some parallels between the self-publishing revolution and a new gold rush. There were a few early people striking the mother lode, a rush of excitement, and now it's off to the races.
So is it a bubble? Is all the initial enthusiasm about self-publishing going to wear off? Is the bubble going to burst?
Shifting Attention
There's another parallel that comes to mind, and that's the blog bubble. A couple of years ago you weren't a living breathing human if you didn't have a blog. Everyone was blogging, everyone was commenting, blogging was the way people connected with each other and promoted their work. It was new and fun and exciting.
Now... not so much. There are definitely still people in the blogging game (as you well know since you're reading one right now), but blogging has seemingly peaked, replaced by activity on other social media.
Is the same thing going to happen with e-publishing? Will people put their book out there, struggle to build a following, and then have their attention diverted elsewhere?
What's Permanent About Writing
I say no. We're not in a bubble. This is not a temporary blip.
There are sooo many people who are writing books out there. There even more who want to write a book and believe they have a book in them. There are thousands upon thousands of unpublished manuscripts out there and even more in progress.
And it's not new. People have been writing books for years.
Blogging was a blip. Books are far more central to our culture and are far, far more glamorized than blogs. Lots of people want to grow up and be a famous author. Fewer want to be a famous blogger.
And the ease of entry into the self-publishing game is only getting smoother. Right now it's still somewhat challenging to make your book available in all channels, but those barriers are coming down. There is a massive supply of books in the pipeline.
Get used to the self-publishing boom. We're just getting started.
Art: Soap Bubbles by Jean Siméon Chardin
68 comments:
- Jesse said...
Hear, hear...and amen. This genie is out of the bottle and it's not going back in. And that's a very good thing. Too many wonderful authors out there that keep getting kicked to the curb -- and now have their own voice, their own platform, and are doing quite well. We may never be rich, but then being trad published isn't a guarantee of steady money coming in either. I'm happy with my choice and I'll take my chances. I've nothing to lose and everything to gain. And Indie Publishing is not going to go away or lose the respect that it's been owed for a very long time.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:04 AM
- Richard Gibson said...
Yup. It's cheap and easy and getting cheaper and easier, and the stigma that once went with "self-publishing" is diminishing, not because there's no trash coming out, but because good things are.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:07 AM
- Gracielou said...
I think self-publishing is here to stay. To many agents and publishers are not giving new authors a chance. And so more and more people have to do the self-publishing route. Which isn't a bad thing I don't think. It gets their names out there, it gets their stories out there. It gives us as readers new and wonderful stories.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:09 AM
- Jory said...
They said the same thing about web-serial shows, that they would eventually lose their popularity, and with Hulu and YouTube they are actually more popular than ever. I think people are essentially pragmatic and will continue to use what mediums are available and effective.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:09 AM
- Hektor Karl said...
We're still a long way from e-reader saturation, so there's still room for growth. It feels more like the rocky early stages.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:10 AM
- Mr. D said...
eBooks are the future, and the future has arrived. As for self=publishing, the Amanda Hawkings of the world have proven it is a viable option.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:15 AM
- kathie said...
Thanks Nathan! I self-published last year and have a new book coming out soon. I certainly hope you're right. I guess we never know what will happen in the future, but I know that after a long haul with an agent/without an agent and no sales with the big 6, I was ready to self-publish and see if my books with "no market," actually had a market.
So far the answer is yes. But, I realize things could change...for now, it feels good to write and get my work out there. I couldn't have imagined how good the "stamp of approval," from readers buying and liking my book would feel. That was always the end goal for me, to have readers, not just to have books that had run the trad. pub. gauntlet. Thank you, Readers! That's my mantra these days.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:16 AM
- Gloria Attar RN BSN said...
That felt like a warm hug.... so needed on today, my half-century mark. Gives me the kick I need to drag out all my notes on my life in Italy and get to work. Thanks!
- March 7, 2012 at 10:18 AM
- LM Preston said...
I call it choices. Now authors have many more.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:19 AM
- Lisa Yarde said...
Amen, Nathan. Books are part of our culture. As e-reader technology and deliver ability modes expand, books will remain with us. So will the self-published authors who are willing and able to work steadily on their books and take advantage of easy upload and distribution processes. I do believe there are some who wish there would be a bubble...but that's a comment for another blog post.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:25 AM
- E.J. Wesley said...
More than folks writing books, there is no end to readers! People don't have a threshold for the number of books they're willing to read in a lifetime ... well, people who aren't Seinfeld characters don't anyway.
No one reads a single book in their lifetime. If JK Rowling writes 100 books, I'll read every one so long as I have eyes. Self-published, big-published or no. Same goes for any author I enjoy.
So why then, should there be a cap on the number books that can be written if there is no cap on the number of books that can be consumed?
- March 7, 2012 at 10:31 AM
- Rick Daley said...
Your logic makes sense to me. I think blogs are quite different from books, and some of the decline in the blogoshpere can probably be attributed to repetition of content (especially in writing blogs) as much as other social media siphoning away readers. Can we have just one more post about dialogue tags and adverbs? (NOTE: You do a good job at keeping things fresh here, Nathan, which may explain your loyal following.)
Many authors are taking the indie route seriously; self-publishing is not as much a vanity project anymore as it is an entrepreneurial effort. Indie authors are a new wave of small business owners. I think it's a great representation of the American dream. What's even greater is that the traditional route still exists for those that prefer it.
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- March 7, 2012 at 10:32 AM
- Dara Young said...
There may not be a bubble in the sense that writers are going to get bored and go do something else, but there may be one in the receptiveness of the reader. As the glut of self-published books continues to grow (and I agree it will!) I think the reader will become more discerning out of nessecity. It is a buyers market if you will.
I, as a reader, do not have to spend my time reading a poorly edited book. So as my demand decreases due to a natural desire to be selective about what I spend my valuable time reading. Wouldn't it naturally cause a slow down in self publishing as only those commited to producing a quality product will continue to self publish? It seems to me readers will begin to sift the chafe from the wheat causing fewer dreamers to spew out a book and post it for the world to read.
I agree self-publishing is here to stay, but I highly doubt that the market will continue to support the glut of books we are currently seeing. I hope not, as it would be nice to see self-publishing recieve its rightful place as one of three platforms for any successful author in any genre.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:33 AM
- Susan said...
I think self-publishing is here to stay, but I still believe 99% of the people who try it will make absolutely nothing. And these same people would have made absolutely nothing in traditional publishing, either, but will probably have put out less money up front to try. There is no evidence people are willing to read twice as much all of a sudden. There's a limited supply of eyeballs.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:57 AM
- Mira said...
"Get used to the self-publishing boom. We're just getting started."
I completely agree!
I scanned the Guardian article and the response, and although I do think there are some who are jumping on the self-pubishing band wagon as a "get rick" thing, I think those articles are missing the point of what is happening in the world right now.
We are not seeing a "gold rush" boom, we are seeing a re-distribution of the labor force.
As we move from paper to digital, labor is moving with it.
With paper, the only "employment" available to authors was to "sell" their work to publishers who then sold it to distributors.
With digital, the options of "employment" for authors have opened up. Authors can choose to continue the old model, or they can sell directly to the distributors (Amazon, etc.), or they can even go it on their own, if they want.
I think there is a natural tendency for labor to move in the direction of the best working conditions and compensation model.
As long as Amazon continues to offer the best "employment" options, the movement of authors to that labor model (self-publishing) is pretty much assured.
Whether that continues, will really depend. If legacy publishers matched or exceeded Amazon's terms, the movement toward self-publishing might signifantly slow.
This part is hard to predict, since it depends on what they major players decide to do.
Although I will say that I think self-publishing is here to stay, regardless. There are some authors who may value freedom over any other working condition, and they will most likely keep self-publishing alive and thriving, even if legacy publishers step up their game.
- March 7, 2012 at 11:26 AM
- Steven J. Wangsness said...
What may be needed for the successful future of epublishing is some system to weed out all the "noise" in the ebook world -- in other words, the mountains of crap that crowd out the well-written books. There will need to be some sort of gatekeepers to divert the crap to the dungheap. Traditional publishing has agents and editors and marketing gurus; epublishing is going to have to come up with something that produces a similar result. Otherwise, breaking out your ebook from the pack is only going to get harder than it already is, as those of us who have epublished have already experienced.
- March 7, 2012 at 11:35 AM
- Mira said...
Sorry to add to my post, but the other thing that will keep self-publishing alive is unlimited access. There is no cap on how many people can publish. This is what you talked about, Nathan, and I completely agree.
- March 7, 2012 at 11:37 AM
- Ranae Rose said...
I agree, Nathan. It perplexes me when people talk about a 'self-publishing bubble', because clearly, books aren't going anywhere. And with e-books (also not going anywhere), self-publishing is the most accessible form of publishing for many people.
- March 7, 2012 at 11:48 AM
- Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban said...
I agree that self-publishing is here to stay.
But I think those who self-publish just because they think it's an easy way of making money will realize it's not so, and give up.
That will leave the rest of us, too many still, who are cursed with the need to write.
And as Susan put it, the problem is there are not more readers than before. And those who read won't read more.
So self-publishing is here to stay, but, unfortunately, that doesn't mean writers can make a living this way.
- March 7, 2012 at 11:54 AM
- L. Shanna said...
I want to agree with you, Nathan, but I have to be honest and say that I have never bought a self-published book. I'm sure I'm missing out on some great works, but my (wrong? outdated? uneducated?) assumption when an author self-publishes is that they have done so because they grew tired of rejections from the traditional publishing world. Until that stigma changes for the general public, I'm afraid the majority of self-published writers will continue to struggle to be taken seriously.
- March 7, 2012 at 12:04 PM
- D.G. Hudson said...
Bubble = Marketing term.
Usually when too many people rush to board a ship, it sinks. If the bubble bursts, some other latest trend will replace it.
I like choices.
As for the blog bubble, some will survive, some won't. I agree with Rick D.'s comments about repetition.
- March 7, 2012 at 12:30 PM
- Darlene Underdahl said...
That was sane and sensible; thanks.
BTW, you find the cutest pictures!
- March 7, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- Janiel Miller said...
I don't believe self-publishing is a bubble. Blogging was just the next new toy. Self-publishing is where writers have increasingly had to go as publishers narrow their sights tighter around the Next Sure Thing.
Publishing has been shaken up and is trying to figure itself out. To that end, I hope self-publishing matures quickly and finds a process that creates credibility. I find myself nervous to purchase self-published books. Which makes me nervous to publish one.
- March 7, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- Stephen Parrish said...
I agree with you. We're not in a bubble. We're at the beginning of a revolution.
- March 7, 2012 at 12:51 PM
I agree with Nathan -- self-publishing is no bubble. Plenty of authors take self-publishing very seriously, and the process is similar to setting up your own business. You don't need to go through traditional publishing houses to create a professional product. You can hire your own cover designer, and actually control how your novel is portrayed artistically. You can hire an editor, and because of recent cutbacks you may well hire someone who has worked for the big six. You can even pay to get on blog tours or handle other marketing aspects. The difference between self-publishing and traditional publishing is about control. You control how much you invest in yourself, and as a reward you also reap the profits. Nathan has done the math before, there's a good chance that a mid-list author would come out ahead. Self-pubbing allows writing to have an entrepreneurial spirit!
- March 7, 2012 at 12:58 PM
- Taylor Napolsky said...
I feel this blog has changed directions. I remember when it was more partisan for traditionally published.
- March 7, 2012 at 1:57 PM
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- March 7, 2012 at 2:24 PM
- Rashad Pharaon said...
I respectfully disagree.
I think we are about to see a boom indeed. A cataclysmic explosion of desperate e-authors in the next couple of years--who will ultimately exit the business when they realize no money is to be had.
I find it hard to believe most writers are not fame and money motivated.
If you are not, I congratulate you. You are amongst the 1% of us who do it freely and without expectation.
As I peruse my Twitter followers' posts, nearly EVERY one of the ebooks I see mentioned are a giveaway. Not a one-hour, or a one-day giveaway, but weeks on end.
The VAST abundance of free material is encroaching rapidly on the living of the few who are trying to actually make money.
I am an economist. I realize we use loss-leaders to generate enthusiasm, but we are not doing this. Loss-leaders still have a price, albeit at a loss to the producer. But this is making no business sense.
When was the last time you stepped into the cereal aisle of the supermarket and saw half of them being given away? Why should I bother buying?
We are creating a free book landscape where one can accept any number of books, at any time, thus creating a highly unlikely branding of authors. This, in other industries, is referred to as price-fixing--but at what price? Zero!
Allow me to share this link from a literary agent: http://bit.ly/A96qoq
This is exactly what is happening.
I am getting bombarded by free ebooks. Why should I pay for ebooks anymore?
I ask you, yes you, since when did we stop competing on quality, and started selling based on price?
Promotion is a silver bullet, not a religion.
- March 7, 2012 at 2:27 PM
- Rusty Biesele said...
I think of the flood of self publishing as equivalent to the sudden flood of personal computers. What happened there was that when critical mass was reached, the buzz became "customization". I think that is what will happen with respect to self publishing. For many, the cost barriers are coming down, so you don't have to write a mass market novel to be successful. You just have to identify a group of people that you speak to and publish customized work for your particular group. You will still make money---a reasonable amount but not the runaway riches of a mass market blockbuster. It will be a living, and readers will be happy because they will be getting books closer to what they want.
- March 7, 2012 at 2:35 PM
- Vera Soroka said...
This is a great time for writers. They finally have control over their careers and are not at the mercy of the old ways. It's great and it will only get better as time goes.
- March 7, 2012 at 2:39 PM
- Natalie Aguirre said...
So agree with you. And there's nothing wrong with people independently publishing their stories.
Some stories are good that just don't make it the traditional way. And if people have the time and money to get their story published and market it, that's great. Because they are just actualizing their dream a different way. We have to be careful not be prejudiced against anyone path to publication.
- March 7, 2012 at 2:41 PM
- Vanessa Eccles said...
I'm on the fence about how I feel about self-publishing. I've self-published two collection books, but I only put them out there for mainly friends and family to read. My novels, I hold securely and have been patiently waiting for a publisher/agent to embrace them. I know self-publishing has come a long way and is continuing to grow, but something old-fashioned in me still clings to the traditional route. Give me another three years with no agent and/or no publisher, and I may be singing a different tune, though.
- March 7, 2012 at 2:44 PM
- Anne-Marie said...
i think we're at the beginning of something new, much like musicians were when they realized that they didn't record labels and could do their own thing about 5 years ago. I've just self-published my first book, not because I didn't think it wasn't good enough to go the traditional route, but because I wanted the control of doing it myself, on my own time, and with my own ideas. Is it a lot of work? Absolutely. But so far, it has been immensely rewarding and I'm looking forward to being an indie entrepreneur.
- March 7, 2012 at 3:44 PM
- Beth Dolgner said...
I agree that it's not a bubble, but I do think that self/indie publishing is going to go through a lot of changes in the next few years. A lot of authors seem to think they will be the next Amanda Hocking with one book. Most of those authors will quietly go back to their day jobs, and we'll never hear from them again. The authors who will find self-publishing success will be the ones who have the patience and work ethic to stick with it for the long haul, producing book after book with great content (and great editing). There is plenty of talent out there, and this really is an exciting time to be a writer.
- March 7, 2012 at 3:44 PM
Self publishing has offered writers a fantastic, not hitherto experienced opportunity. Especially self publishing ebooks. This is the dawn of the age of selfpublisharius.
- March 7, 2012 at 5:33 PM
- J.S. Schley said...
I'm not sure I'd call it a "bubble," but I do agree with others who've posted that many will try it and only try it once.
SP takes a lot of work to do well. Those who look to it as a business endeavor will find it easier and easier and increasingly welcoming. Those who are hoping for a get rich quick scheme, or a way to suddenly have millions read their novel...eh. They'll probably decide their energy is best spent elsewhere.
So, I'm not sure it will just keep increasing and increasing. Sooner or later, enough people will have self-published that the stories people are hearing aren't the Amanda Hockings but the Jane Smith from their church group who put out her NaNoWriMo fictionalized memoir and didn't make back the cost she paid for her goodreads ad. So perhaps then folks will step back, think, and see self-publishing as the business it really is and think for a moment about whether they want to get involved.
- March 7, 2012 at 5:47 PM
- Diana said...
I think it is great that self publishing is so easily accessible and affordable, however I wish authors would spend money on better covers and editing. I just downloaded five self published books on my kindle and only one of them is polished enough. The rest are formatted poorly, have horrible covers, and desperately in need of editing.
- March 7, 2012 at 5:51 PM
- angela said...
I loved reading this today. It's something I'm considering doing for a few shorter pieces of work, more for the personal satisfaction than anything else.
- March 7, 2012 at 6:33 PM
Agree that technological model (or "platform" or "channel" or "market") has changed forever. However, there is and will be a bubble effect in volume of content and players. New players will come and go quickly. Some old players will go, slowly or quickly.
At end of day, the lucrative end of the industry is the same: GREAT PRODUCT + GREAT MARKETING. How the product looks, how the product is marketed, and who shares the rewards are all in flux.
- March 7, 2012 at 7:15 PM
- Matthew J. Beier said...
Great post, and I fully agree with you, Nathan. I did the unthinkable one year ago and decided to start a publishing company (under a brand I have always dreamed of building), publish my first novel THE BREEDERS, and see where the experience took me. Man oh man, it has been incredible. Not only did I learn more about publishing than I ever thought I would know, but I now have a new day job because of it (at a small indie/hybrid press here in Minneapolis). I will be building their eBook department, designing print books, and teaching authors social media. I would never have come to this point had I still been twiddling my thumbs, waiting for my dream agent to take me on.
A few things: self-publishers absolutely must invest in their books to make them matter and to keep this machine rolling. I think true self-publishers will only get smarter and savvier, and it really will change this industry. Two years ago, I never would have considered self-publishing. Now, I'm hard-pressed to pursue the "normal" option for my next projects. That said, the process of self-publishing was so extremely taxing, and it isn't for people who don't have the ambition or ability to grab it by the balls and run with it. I think there will eventually be a perfectly-accepted "breed" of self-published author who can gain respect on par with any other traditionally published author--the one who spends his or her time and money to do it right.
- March 7, 2012 at 8:17 PM
I'd like to see some stats that confirm the blog bubble is deflating. I have five and plan to have about 50 by the end of this year. What a great device to practice writing and hear how much you suck from people you don't know! Every writer should have at least one blog if not many of them.
But please don't confuse blooks, I mean blocks, I mean books and blogs. A book you spend a lot of time working on so it is ready to be seen for others, a blog you spit out in chunks and hope each post is worth reading. If not that's ok, you just post again tomorrow. A book can cost you some money to publish on your own, where a blog can be done for #10 a year for hosting, $100 a year for hosting, and 15 minutes of your time each day.
You'll be lucky if your SP book breaks even, where putting ads on your blog can earn you some extra cash each month.
My point is that most writers will want to do both and they should. But talk to writers about self-publishing, and talk to an Internet consultant about blogging. Then talk to other writers about blogging so you get both sides of the story. :-)
- March 7, 2012 at 8:26 PM
- JDuncan said...
I'm not sure I agree with a bubble, as in it's not something that's going to burst. I do believe we'll peak at some point, reach a saturation point, where the perception develops that self-publishing is not the viable career/make-a-living option they had thought. That 1% success rate will become common knowledge and become a deterrant. At this point, self-publishing is too new to have reached that.
Another aspect that I think will happen is that there will just be so many choices out there that it will overwhelm and readers will funnel to places where books have some curation value attached to them. In the end, we may just see things become much like publishing has been. If your work doesn't end up in a curated location, you will be ignored. Come to think of it, publishers might do well to really embrace the digital content and become curators beyond the limits of their contracted authors.
I don't have an ereader at this point, but I can say now that I won't wade through the thousands of choices on Amazon looking for something to read or B&N for that matter. I will got to places that I can trust to have pulled in books that are worth my time and money. If I want a new thriller to read, I'd want to go to Joe's Crime Shack site where they don't have everything under the sun, thrown up there by anyone who thinks they can write crime fiction. I'll go to the reviewers who are thoughtful in their choices. To me, places like Amazon are not ideal places for curation. There's no control over the process, as anyone can toss up a 5-star review or a 1-star one for that matter, who haven't even read the book. There's no trust there.
So, in the end I guess, I think this change in the industry will settle itself out. The bubble won't burst, but will probably gradually bleed out to a point of stability, and though the players may change, I'm not sure the structure will be a whole lot different. Because as wonderful as the rise of the amatuer is in the world of writing for people who want to write, readers will get to a point where they can't handle the flood. They'll want structure. They'll want the stability and convenience of trusted places to find stories that are worth their while. In the end, quality plus convenience will trump quantity. At least I hope so.
- March 7, 2012 at 8:28 PM
Anything that reaches outrageous proportions usually does, indeed, burst eventually. In the past few years I've seen more self-published authors give up and move on to something else than I've seen continue.
It was the same with the housing bubble. The hobby flippers lost and jumped ship. The serious investors bought with care, did not over-extend, and are sticking it out for the long haul.
I'm more curious about the social media bubble, based on ads. I have no idea whether or not it will last. (As I sit waiting for my invitation to join pinterest :)
- March 7, 2012 at 8:35 PM
Is a publishing civilian a failed literary agent?
- March 7, 2012 at 9:24 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Totally, everyone who changes jobs failed at the last one, amiright?
- March 7, 2012 at 9:33 PM
- Terin Tashi Miller said...
Nathan: I couldn't possibly agree with you more.
And Mira: I sort of agree with you, except I don't think a distribution of labor is exactly the right description.
Again, a brief history:
Prior to Guttenburg's invention of the printing press, Bibles were painstakingly reproduced by hand (and with illumination).
After the invention of the printing press, Bibles could be reproduced with less time and effort and on a much greater scale.
In 1920s Paris, a guy named Robert McAlmon and some friends purchased a printing press. McAlmon's "Contact Press" was born. On that press, he published a 300-copy run of "three stories and ten poems," Ernest Hemingway's first book--a collection. He also published Hemingway's "in our time," which was then handed to friends to bring to New York to try and find a "major" "traditional" publisher for it.
Boni & Liveright, a small printing partnership, agreed and signed Hemingway on--for an advance of $200, maybe something like $2,000 in today's dollars.
Not everyone has friends like Robert McAlmon. But no one else was publishing Hemingway, as he was too unknown, too young, too whatever it was that caused the majority of "traditional" publishers to not take a risk on him.
In short, if Hemingway had not had McAlmon as a friend, he might never have been published. If he'd never been published by McAlmon's Contact Press, he might never have come to Boni & Liveright's attention. If he'd never come to Boni & Liveright's attention, he might never have come to F. Scott Fitzgerald's attention...need I go on?
As the publicist for Melville House notes, tons of people have an idea they have a book in them, or that a book is their way to make their mark or leave something behind. It is an ego trip. Just like blogs, or social networking, or the idea that anyone actually might be interested in something you might have to say.
But the possibility exists--remote as it might be--that someone REALLY good, or maybe even new, inventive, creative, engaging and inspirational or merely emotionally moving MIGHT have been overlooked by traditional publishers because they could not take a risk or thought at the very least, this writer is not going to make a lot or enough money for us to justify the contract.
And for that writer, self-publishing, if you can't get a friend to publish you, has reached the point of virtually having a printing press in your home at your disposal. Painters don't need approval of someone to put their ideas on canvass. They just need to sell their paintings.
Book selling is, of course, another matter.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:03 PM
- Marilyn Peake said...
I agree with you that self-publishing isn't a bubble. Readers love it too much. :)
- March 7, 2012 at 10:30 PM
A bubble? Sounds like fear mongering.
What we are in is a time when folks don't need to lug around books that weight a ton. Electronic books are awesome!
As for this self-publishing thing, I think a lot of this has been caused by the publishers--changing up their advance payment schedules, paying less via the agency model, and holding off on purchasing new books while Borders imploded last year.
Plus, it's not incredibly difficult to produce an eBook with InDesign and some freelance artwork via artists found on Deviant Art.
- March 8, 2012 at 12:25 AM
- London Crockett said...
I suspect we are in the midst of a bubble. It may be cheap and easy to self-publish, but it's difficult to make any real money from self-publishing. As more books flood the market, readers will become increasingly intolerant of poor editing, design and layout.
Some of those things will be made cheaper by software or online services, but good editing won't get any cheaper; the time spend starting to master the craft won't get shorter.
Just like the blogging boom, people are finding a reason to write and discovering some joy in it. However, many of the people who are excited by it now—when tales of million dollar sales are in the air and the sense that anybody and everybody is doing it—will find the limited returns (few readers, little or no money) outweigh their desire to keep at it.
I wonder how many blogs that came and went were full of poems and short stories? I know a lot of people who were writers who aren't now. Not a single one of them is less happy as a result.
- March 8, 2012 at 2:06 AM
- Diana said...
I do think that in the next year or so that we will see the number of writers self-publishing books diminish. As people realize that it isn't easy and that it takes a lot of work to be successful going the self-publishing route, those writers who were only in it for the money will give up and go do something else.
Is it a bubble? Well it isn't like the dot com bubble or the housing bubble. It won't have a negative impact on the economy when the dilettantes go do something else.
I think the overall publishing scene both traditional and self-published will get better once those less serious writers give up and move on.
- March 8, 2012 at 6:25 AM
- S.P. Bowers said...
I don't think epublishing will go away. I don't think the bubble will burst but I do think there will be a pendulum swing. It will settle into a pattern but that first swing may be a doozy. Blogging may not be the craze like it was but I don't think blogging is going anywhere either, it's just settled into it's groove. Hope I wasn't too confusing. If not ignore me, I'm on pain medicine.
- March 8, 2012 at 7:00 AM
- John Stanton said...
I had to laugh at the Guardian article.
There may be a bubble of these companies that make money on the hype of epublishing, but the idea that books and reading are part of a bubble ready to burst is silly.
I know lots of writers, some published and some unpublished, who work hard at writing. Some have been doing it for decades and some are new. They are driven by artistic passion not millions of dollars. They spend those long hours laboring over their manuscript because they are writers and it doesn't matter if they use a pen, typewriter, computer or stylus on clay tablet.
They people who read books want good books with no regard for any bubble.
The bursting epub bubble will only affect people who are moved by or invested in the hype. A perfect example is people who spend time writing about how it's all just a bubble ready to pop.
- March 8, 2012 at 8:47 AM
- Whirlochre said...
After the froth of every man jack horse writing his/her/its dream horror chick lit fantasy and the inevitable shenanigannery twixt trad and indie, the future for writers and writing (and readers and reading) can only be advanced by this new-found means of allowing people to do stuff.
It's messy right now, and as bubbles are inflated and burst there will be bizarre gains and losses on all sides.
One thing is certain: like the very best friendship cakes, there can be no unmixing of the ingredients.
Interesting times for all.
- March 8, 2012 at 4:50 PM
- Catherine Stine said...
In the last 8 months, I've read a lot of great indie pubbed books. I only choose ones that have compelling covers, some good reviews and that have a killer premise. And I made sure that the first novel that I published this way, was flawless, a page-turner, and written well. I loved that I could art direct it, and illustrate it, as I am also a published illustrator.
Is self publishing a bubble? No. Will the cream rise to the top. Yes. The filters will be online indie publishers and collectives that promote only the best of the genres they like.
- March 8, 2012 at 5:07 PM
- Cheryl said...
I agree completely. All those people frequenting used bookstores and taking home sacks of books? They're turning to cheaper ebooks now and still buying, still reading. Most of us can read more than we can afford.
I do think the bubble bursting will be that of traditional pubs who are trying to market and price ebooks like print books. You know, the pubs who can only do so many books a year costwise. The ones who once picked and chose the authors to be published.
- March 8, 2012 at 5:55 PM
- M.P. McDonald said...
Two years ago, I saw self-publishing as a last resort, but right about then, I started reading Konrath's blog. In fact, I think I first linked to it from here, so I should be thanking you. Anyway, I don't think there is a bubble. Like any venture, some will succeed and continue, some will find it's not for them and stop writing/publishing.
I've been at it 20 months now, and can't foresee quitting anytime soon. In fact, I'm doing well enough to cut down on my day job hours to part-time.
- March 8, 2012 at 6:40 PM
- Susan Kaye Quinn said...
It's tempting to look at times of rapid change as a "bubble" but what's happening is essentially a technology revolution touching the book industry. Every industry that technology has "touched" hasn't been a bubble - it's been a fundamental change in how business is done. That's what I see happening here.
And I think we're a long ways from done. Self-pub (and the rest of the industry) is still evolving rapidly. 2012 still has many changes ahead of us.
- March 8, 2012 at 7:41 PM
- Kelly Barnes said...
Why did Mary's garden grow? Because she was quite contrary and she uprooted everything that wasn't a silverbell, a cockle shell, or a pretty maid.
Economies are the same way. I think the self epub trend is more of a rush than it is a bubble.
It's new and there IS a lot of profit (insert your definition here) to be had. When the dust settles, the successful will have elbow room and the others will move on to other things.
- March 10, 2012 at 10:09 AM
- Dara Beevas said...
As someone who works with indie authors, I have to agree that self-publishing isn't going anywhere. Where traditional publishers are reshaping and adjusting with sales numbers declining, our business is thriving. The desire to become an author is a dream for so many that I can't see the self-publishing trend as going away.
Terrific post!
- March 10, 2012 at 6:38 PM
- Sheila Cull said...
Blogging a blip! Maybe everybody did it at first but I think, hope, that a market for it will remain. I recently turned my daily (except for the break to learn more about computers because I was touting e friendly books but wasn't doing it and for a short time turned into a hypocrite)blog into a Podcast and that's absolutely a proliferating market. And hey! Bransford, I grew as a blogger because of your steady advice and I also decided, per you, that I'm a writer, not an author.
Although I absolutely agree with you about the value of a book!
But when something bursts,it's a pretty final event so I don't think burst is appropriate. What it boils down to is that the better the material, the better chance of success, no?
Sheila Cull
- March 11, 2012 at 7:30 PM
- Marion Gropen said...
The rush of people who think that they can write a manuscript feed it into some sort of conversion program, for little or no money, and publish for fame and fortune will fade.
The fame and fortune that a few lucky folks found is never going to happen for most self-publishers.
BUT, those who choose to learn how to publish their own books WELL, those types of self-publishers will continue to do well, as a group. And they will do better because of the ongoing digital revolution.
There's a lot that happens between the manuscript and the publication IF YOU DO IT RIGHT. And if you do it right, your readers will be more likely to find your book, and will enjoy it more when they do.
Publishing well is complex, and requires skill and hard work, just as writing well does.
- March 12, 2012 at 11:21 AM
I tells ya' it's a bubble!
Even dead people are self-publishing!
Here's one that just went up today:
This guy left the room 35 years ago, for pete's sake!
- March 12, 2012 at 3:39 PM
- Jules Hojnacki said...
I'm working on the final draft of my first book and eagerly tip-toeing into the query and publishing process. If anything, the ability and option to self-publish gives optimistic, yet easily discouraged writers like myself, hope that one day a stranger will read their creation and enjoy it. But the various and non-uniform options of self-publishing websites currently poses a major problem for writers and readers. Just being able to find self-published books on the major sites, like barnes and nobles for example, is like mining HTML for the first time. There is no guidance for which books are really good in and of themselves, or any indication on how these books are promoted by the site. That being said, as a novice to the self-publishing world, which sites are recommended for publishing, and which for buying?
- March 12, 2012 at 10:31 PM
- K. C. Blake said...
One of the problems with self-publishing is that a lot of people rush to put their books out. They don't edit enough. It's too easy to put their stuff out there. I've run across quite a few people who say they won't ever read a self-published book again because of a few bad apples. That's what concerns me most. I think a lot of people will stop buying self-published books because they spend their money on the wrong ones and get burned.
Also, I think a lot of 'writers' will quit once they see they aren't going to make a million dollars. Those of us who write because we love it and because we can't stop will continue on.
- March 15, 2012 at 8:59 AM
- Peter Dudley said...
Another difference between blogs and books: There was a time when you couldn't turn around without someone telling you "you must have a blog!" When friends found out I had a blog, they always said, "Yeah, I really should do that, too." My response was always, "Why?" They never had a good answer.
Books are the opposite. When I tell people I've written a book, they say, "Wow, I don't think I could do that." They never say, "I really need to do that, too."
Blogs have zero barrier to entry. You can be blog-curious and get all experimental, then wake up the next day and realize it was just a phase you were going through.
Self-publishing, while shockingly easy, still requires that you first write a book.
Certainly there's a bit of a mania right now, but I believe that will settle out over time. It's not a bubble; it's a change in the market.
- March 15, 2012 at 1:24 PM
- Janice Seagraves said...
I think too many authors are frustrated by the slush pile and self-publishing is their way out of the slush pile and it gets they're book out there.
- March 24, 2012 at 1:02 PM
- Judith Briles said...
I agree. I don't think self-publishing will ever be gone in this world. Many people in this generation continue hoping on having their books published and they are not giving up. Future generations will, in fact, be inspired by such persistent process and somehow give them hope that someday, their books too will be distributed out there.
- April 20, 2012 at 4:34 AM
- Bryce Anderson said...
The implication here is that we can't be in a bubble if the underlying phenomenon isn't going away. This is wrong.
There are plenty of examples to choose from. When a real estate bubble collapses, the underlying land and buildings don't disappear. They just get devalued to reflect their actual importance within the economy.
When the dot com crash hit, wiping out trillions in paper wealth, the Internet didn't disappear. Society as a whole didn't stop writing web apps, the tools that made the rise possible (programming languages, web standards, web server programs, etc.) didn't go anywhere. The hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber that was put down in anticipation of a sharp spike in web traffic didn't dig itself back up, and in fact came in handy once everyone got a Netflix account.
Nathan Bransford even mentions a recent bubble: the blogging bubble. Blogging didn't disappear. It just got its hype stolen by the social media trend. A lot of people stopped blogging, as their blog-ish activity moved to Facebook. But blogs still remain a vital part of our Internet cultural life.
The only evidence presented against the idea that we're in a bubble is that the underlying trend is not illusory. But even in the 17th century, there was a legitimate underlying demand for tulip bulbs.
Even if this is a bubble that's destined to crash, we can still come out on top. As long as a few of the players in this space survive the crash and keep their sites running, self-publishers will continue to have powerful tools for making their creative works available to the public.
- June 17, 2012 at 11:32 AM


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- In 1992, Salvatore Leone, Don of Leone Family ordered ally, Carl Johnson to go to the Bistro to kill a high ranking Forelli gang member in "Saint Mark's Bistro". The area surrounding the restaurant is depicted to be covered in snow, the first instance of snow in a GTA game (the second being by reaching level 9 in the auto-dealership side missions in GTA Liberty City Stories and the third being snow in GTA V missions Prologue and Bury the Hatchet).
- By 1998, the front is owned by the Leones as they are the only Mafia family controlling the areas surrounding Saint Mark's in GTA Liberty City Stories. The Forelli's main base is the Little Italy district of Fort Staunton in Staunton Island.
- In 2001, where GTA III takes place, the Forellis are weakened considerably and instead known as the Forelli brothers. During the same time, their only known front is Marco's Bistro, noted as Mike "Lips" Forelli (the suspected don) is seen there. Under orders of Joey Leone, Mike's car gets rigged with a bomb set by Claude, killing him, sparking a war between the remnants of the Forellis and the Leones that leads to heavy tolls on both sides of the conflict. The restaurant's slogan in GTA III is "Eat till you explode!", an ironic reference to Mike Forelli's death.
- In GTA Vice City, there is a body hanging with some meat in the Marco's Bistro cutscene.
- In GTA Vice City, Marco's Bistro's interior is actually in the Ocean View Hotel.
- In GTA San Andreas, Marco's Bistro has a small back lot with dumpsters and small trees and a wall around it, but in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, this back lot is absent and is replaced by a large empty area behind the building.
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is the only game in 3D Universe that does not feature the Marco's Bistro, even in game or cutscenes.
- A picture of Carlo Gambino can be seen during "An Old Friend" in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.