tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366870.post226393986876374873..comments2023-07-03T08:50:54.449-04:00Comments on Reading, Writing, & Stuff That Makes Me Crazy: Monday MumblesMarianne Arkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934613403368823760noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366870.post-91356706836474338542012-02-27T14:47:26.508-05:002012-02-27T14:47:26.508-05:00It still surprises me (and probably shouldn't)...It still surprises me (and probably shouldn't) that in this day and age of computers and software that is used to detect plagiarism, some people still think they can get away with it. <br />Best wishes for your week!Brandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02738504696243512495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366870.post-56180484192726878762012-02-27T09:01:06.434-05:002012-02-27T09:01:06.434-05:00I'm not a fan of the whole paypal ordeal. As m...I'm not a fan of the whole paypal ordeal. As much as I don't want to read about incest, or rape, if the next reader does want to read it, who is paypal to say they can't? <br /><br />I've heard both sides of this story, and I can kinda understand some of the reasoning, but I dislike the cencorship. If paypal now deems this as inappropriate, what will they do next? Every book genre has something in it that can offend someone else. So are they slowly going to ban all books because they are all offensive?Angelina Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16953868243120764347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366870.post-20571721045528864322012-02-27T08:14:56.110-05:002012-02-27T08:14:56.110-05:00I think the author community is getting a little r...I think the author community is getting a little riled for what has been in play in other industries for decades.<br /><br />It's all about money. Advertisers' entire existence depends on the market. If the market stirs up a hornet's nest about some author writing incest, it can go viral in minutes, destroying years of work building the advertisers image.<br /><br />Joe Blow writes a graphic and seedy incest novel. Smashwords publishes it. Paypal handles the money, but a customer for Bank of America (or whoever) finds out and rallies his friends. Before long the bank has a black eye, and a tarnished image. So to stop this from happening they implement restrictions.<br /><br />It's not personal. It's business. <br /><br />We can thank Twitter and FB for making big business jump every time someone whispers boycott.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366870.post-88637540592984905732012-02-27T07:12:52.160-05:002012-02-27T07:12:52.160-05:00Dear Author is one of my daily reads.
Hope you h...Dear Author is one of my daily reads. <br /><br />Hope you have a good day.Druhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978384022143035332noreply@blogger.com