libraries – Further Annotations

Read our first book, THE AUTOMATION, on the Internet Archive for free:

Posted on September 10, 2020 by blablablaandgabbler

People who value Wikipedia should rise to the defense of the Internet Archive, a core resource in accessing information that was once posted to the web, but later deleted. And also troves of out-of-copyright books. Not to mention the lending program for copyrighted books.

— Pete Forsyth (@PeteForsyth) June 11, 2020

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People like to draw a line between predatory publishers and regular publishers, but in a capitalist system, publishers are still stealing wages from authors no matter how “good” they are. /

— Anarchists Care About Books 🦇🌈 (@_WildeAtHeart) June 15, 2020

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and many people see ebook licenses as not honoring the right of first sale anyway. Their model is not so different than Google Books or HathiTrust, especially considering that people do not get to keep the books. /

— Anarchists Care About Books 🦇🌈 (@_WildeAtHeart) June 15, 2020

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In my experience (25 years in the industry), many publishers are grateful to libraries bc they’re such large purchasers and supporters of books and authors, hold events and readings, etc. He certainly isn’t, though! Major chip on that shoulder

— JaneAustenDance (@JaneAustenDance) July 28, 2020

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On libraries and diverse characters:

Posted on February 12, 2017February 11, 2017 by blablablaandgabbler

“Once upon a time, it was a trendy thing in libraries to say that building diverse collections was a good thing because patrons deserve to see themselves reflected in our collections. And we librarians could feel good, bordering on self-righteous, that we were helping those less fortunate. Turns out, the people most in need of seeing diverse characters were those same librarians—and the entire community at large. Everyone needs to see diverse characters in real life, having their troubles, wishing, longing, fighting, losing, and living just like every other character. Books with a grand message at the end, and books about nothing at all, like Seinfeld: they’re all necessary to create a well-rounded and accurate reflection of life in underrepresented communities.”

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#BLAThoughtOfTheDay – If paying for someone to do your homework is wrong, isn’t it wrong for a ghost writer to write novels for other people?

Posted on August 8, 2016 by blablablaandgabbler

Where does artistic and academic integrity differ? How to do we define integrity; if we’re making money off something does it become irrelevant? Has anyone asked James Patterson or the Big 5 these questions?

“There is another problem with calling on academics alone to tackle plagiarism. Research suggests that many may themselves be guilty of the same [offense] or may ignore their students’ dishonesty because they feel investigating plagiarism takes too much time.

It has also been proved that cheating behaviour thrives in environments where there are few or no consequences. But perhaps herein lies a solution that could help in addressing the problem of plagiarism and paper mills.”

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[“BLA and GB Gabbler” (really just a pen name – singular) are the Editor and Narrator behind THE AUTOMATION, vol. 1 of the Circo del Herrero series. They are on facebook, twitter, tumblr, goodreads, and Vulcan’s shit list.]

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Kindle Unlimited: The Key Questions

Posted on July 20, 2014December 13, 2014 by blablablaandgabbler

We have no thoughts “of our own” on this. We take them from other people. However, we would like to mention you can read THE AUTOMATION for free with Kindle Unlimited. Go for it.

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