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NPHC, NALFO, IFC, UPC. If you're wondering what the PANHEL we're talking about, it's time to getcha getcha getcha Greek on.
I know you feel me now. I know you hear me loud. I scream it loud and proud…Getcha Greek on!
Think you wanna go Greek, but just don't know the difference between Alpha Lambda Sigma and Sigma Lambda Upsilon? Don't fret. It's all greek in PLV this week beginning at 9:00 p.m. on Monday, February 3, as Circle of Greeks comes to the Willcox Gym. All of Pace University's Westchester sororities and fraternities will be present to answer all of your questions and give short presentations on their organizations. Don't miss it!
Next up will be recruitment events for UPC, IFC, NALFO, and NPHC.
Events will be held as follows:
UPC (University Panhellenic Council) Recruitment Weekend
Phi Sigma Sigma, Delta Phi Epsilon Alpha Lambda Sigma, Nu Zeta Phi, and Sigma Iota Chi
Friday, February 7
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Kessel Student Center
Saturday, February 8
11:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
Willcox Hall
Sunday, February 9
2:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Willcox Hall
IFC (Interfraternity Council) Recruitment Weekend
Alpha Phi Delta, Phi Kappa Tau, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Chi Rho, and Alpha Chi Epsilon
Friday, February 7
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Kessel Student Center
Saturday, February 8
3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Willcox Hall
Sunday, February 9
4:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Willcox Hall
Fraternities will be hosting individual chapter events from Monday, February 10 through Friday, February 14.
NALFO (National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations) Recruitment Events
Omega Phi Beta, Lambda Upsilon, Lambda, and Sigma Lambda Upsilon
Informational Tabling
Monday, February 3
12:00 p.m.
Kessel Well
Meet and eat with NALFO members as they introduce themselves over baked goods.
Got a Minute?
Tuesday, February 4
9:00 p.m.
Butcher Suite
College students juggle a million and one things, ultimately leading to procrastination. NALFO tackles time management on February 4, giving different alternatives on how to manage time efficiently while taking on more than one role on campus.
Wednesday, February 5
9:00 p.m.
Butcher Suite
What is NALFO? That's the answer and the question, as the Latino organizations host a fun and interactive way to get to know them.
NPHC (National Pan-Hellenic Council) Recruitment Events
Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Kappa Alpha Psi, Sigma Gamma Rho, and Zeta Phi Beta
Trading Places
Thursday, February 6
9:00 p.m.
Gottesman Room
NPHC orgs will switch with each other, dressing, strolling, stepping, and acting like the org they are portraying.
Life After the Yard
Monday, February 10
9:00 p.m.
Butcher Suite
Participate in a series of obstacle courses and activities.
Save the Last Gasp
Wednesday, February 12
9:00 p.m.
Butcher Suite
Discuss thoughts and feelings about suicide and how it affects others. NPHC will show clips and promote awareness about suicide.
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Becoming a member of this close-knit community will not only provide you with life-long bonds but will also offer an academically supportive environment, numerous leadership prospects, community service opportunities, and access to larger alumni networks.
To attend, you must fill out the Interest and Information form available on OrgSync. For more information, visit http://www.pace.edu/student-development-plv/greek-recruitment.
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The US Patent and Trademark Office has denied Apple's request to trademark the term "iPad mini," according to a report. In a letter to Apple, the USPTO describes the term as "merely descriptive of a feature or characteristic of the goods," therefore, the trademark registration was refused. The examiner's description is a bit curious, as iPad is already an Apple trademark, but that term is also referred to as "descriptive" in the letter. There's still a possibility Apple could be approved for the "iPad mini" trademark after further review, though the burden is now on Apple to counter the Office's interpretations. Notably, Apple successfully trademarked many variations on the iPod name, including iPod shuffle, classic, and touch, but does not appear to have trademarked iPod mini. [via Forbes]
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After reading the article about 343 studios auctioning off old Xbox 1 controllers it made me remember how much I loved that thing despite how ugly it was. I'd like to know what is your favorite controller of all time?
My favorite is the Xbox 360 controller. It's the perfect size for my hand whereas the original Xbox controllers never felt right. The buttons are perfectly placed and the trigger are like a dream. I liked the SNES controller, too.
I don't personally like any of the PlayStation controllers, though. I don't know why but they always give me cramps after playing with them for a while. I never have this problem with any other controllers. I think it might be because of the specific shape, plus the analog sticks are too high and loose. The L2 and R2 buttons on the PS3 are dreadful pieces of crap.
As for first-party controllers, definitely the 360 LE controller with the transforming D-pad. Nothing else even comes close. The 360 controller took what I thought was the best controller last gen, the Xbox Controller S, fixed the black and white buttons, made it wireless, but unfortunately screwed up the D-pad. The LE version fixes the D-pad and improves it to the point that it's the best D-pad I've ever used. So it has an excellent D-pad, extremely solid construction, good buttons, the best triggers, an ergonomic shape that's comfortable for small or large hands, good rumble, what isn't to love?
Including all controllers, I like my Fight Stick Tournament Edition. Granted, it's only good for the one genre of games, but it's so good at what it does that it's still my favorite.
Keyboard and Mouse. Have yet to find a controller that felt natural in my hands, and let me do what I wanted it to do.
Sega Megadrive controller. Still an absolute pleasure to use.
Probably the dual shock. A right analogue stick solved all of the 3D camera problems of the past.
It would be the 360 controller if it didn't have that pathetic d-pad.
I also have to mention the Mega Drive controller which had one of the greatest d-pads of all time.
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Keyboard and Mouse. Have yet to find a controller that felt natural in my hands, and let me do what I wanted it to do.I take it you've never played a fighting or driving game before, right?
I would say 360 controller but I can't overlook the D-Pad.
My other choice would be the PS2 controller.
The Xbox 360 gamepad. It's the right size, it's the right shape, the face buttons feel great, the triggers feel great, the analogue sticks have great grip and are positioned perfectly. The only poor part is the D-pad, which I'm fine with since I've never needed to use it for anything more advanced than weapon switching.
The 360 controller, because it's suited for nearly every type of game (don't play fighting games so I don't really mind of the horrible D-pad) and the DualShock 2 controller. The extra curving that the L2 and R2 buttons gave the controller are just so damn nice. Shame they fucked it up with the SixAxis and DualShock 3.
Any iteration of the Dualshock. I fucking hated the original Xbox controllers, they cramped my hands up to the point of going numb.
Fondest memories? Playstation one, pre-dualshock.
Best? Xbox 360. I mean that's not even debatable.
These days, the Xbox360 controller. The dpad sucks, but better a sucky dpad then a sucky analog stick (Playstation). I also like the Gamecube controller, but it is nowhere near as versatile as the Xbox360 controller (no LB/RB, second analogstick is to small, no USB, etc.). That said, official drivers for the Xbox360 controller on PC are the worst drivers I have ever seen for a controller, luckily homebrew alternatives exist.
Going back a decade: The Sidewinder 3D Pro was a fantastic joystick, brought throttle and ruddle controls to every day consumers, didn't require calibration and had a bunch more buttons then other joysticks. I also find it much more comfortable then the Ergonomic Sidewinders that followed. To bad its Gameport only and doesn't have USB.
It's a toss up between the GameCube's WaveBird and the 360 controller. The WaveBird's ergonomics are perfect and I love how your fingers slide into the hollowed out triggers. But the 360 controller is smoother, has more responsive, weighty buttons and is lighter. If it wasn't for the terrible D-pad, it would win hands down.
Also the TE Fightstick is the best thing ever.
And the Wii's classic controller is awful! Tiny sticks on a SNES controller, really?
Xbox 360 with the lockable D-pad. The PS3 controller isn't bad, but the triggers curve the worng direction.
For anybody who picks the original XBox controller, I'd like to know how tall they are. The only guy I know personally who likes it is 6"3. It makes sense that people with bigger hands might like it more.
The 360. It has a really poor d-pad (at least the older models) but it isn't such a big deal, since most games don't use it.
I hate that Sony seem to refuse to move the analogue sticks to make them the primary method of control, even though they're used as such in almost every game these days. It's uncomfortable having them at the bottom and they're made of a bad material.. the triggers are bad too. I think the Gamecube controller is second for me after the 360 one, it was a great shape and just felt right.
It's the 360 Pad for me, it just fits so well in my hands. I might try and pick up one of the Duke controllers if they sell them for a limited run.


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Got a refund? Get a car
Published: Sunday, February 13, 2005 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, February 12, 2005 at 11:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON | Convenience and car purchases are probably not what come to mind for most Alabamians as W-2 forms descend on their mailboxes, hailing the arrival of tax season. But that's exactly what some Tuscaloosa-area used-car dealers are trying to get people thinking about.
Jerry Giles Automotive, Dunn's Wholesale Used Cars and Brookwood Motors are three of many Tuscaloosa-area dealerships flooding the airwaves with the offer to prepare taxpayers' state and federal income tax returns if at least a portion of the refund is used as a down payment on a car.
When electronic filing, or e-filing, began on a national level in 1986, various big-ticket vendors began getting into the tech fray with this kind of offer, said Dan Boone, spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service for Alabama and Tennessee. Boone said car dealers and appliance and furniture stores led early in the promotional frenzy, but as the popularity of e-filing has grown, so has the variety of offers.
"It's been happening for many years, and it's not uncommon," Boone said, adding that recently the promotions have taken on a fad-like quality. "Very early on, after e-filing was introduced, we started to have various businesses and companies offer electronic filing as a part of their deal."
Dana Jones, finance manager at Jerry Giles Automotive, said that when the dealership started offering the tax service three years ago, it was among a small group of independent lots preparing the returns. Now, she estimates, about 90 percent of area dealerships -- both independent and franchises -- have jumped on the bandwagon.
This year, the IRS expects 66 percent of Alabama returns to be filed electronically, a huge jump over the 51 percent e-filed in 2004 and far ahead of the national projection of more than 50 percent. While the IRS tracks the number of returns completed by a paid preparer, they do not count how many are tied into a promotional deal.
The practice appears to be legitimate and legal, according to the Better Business Bureau of Alabama, which has never received a complaint about this type of promotion. Yet, it cautions taxpayers to understand all stipulations and obligations, such as the taxpayer's responsibility for all the information on the return.
"It would raise some red flags as far as we're concerned -- just the fact that somebody is having a service with the obligation of using whatever returns or so forth that they are going to receive as a down payment," said Don Boomershine, president of the Better Business Bureau of Central Alabama.
"Like anything else, when in doubt, check it out," Boomershine said.
Brookwood Motors General Manager Jack Whisenhunt said customer convenience is why his dealership is partnering with Tax Deals for Wheels, a Virginia-based branch of Tax Max, which serves car dealers across the nation. The day a customer walks into the showroom with a W-2 form, he or she can drive off with a car.
"The people that actually do get a refund plan to buy a TV, buy something big for their home or make some other repairs," Whisenhunt said. "We just figured that we'd make it easier on them if they wanted to buy a car."
Dunn's Wholesale Used Cars also uses the Tax Max service, said owner Paul Dunn.
The process is completed by fax, said Doug Leech, vice president of sales and marketing for Tax Deals for Wheels. Initially, the dealer fills out a worksheet containing general information on the customer such as income and number of dependents and sends it to the preparer. Five minutes later an estimate is sent to the dealership along with an explanation of the fees that will be charged if the customer agrees to proceed with preparing his or her taxes through the dealer.
Assuming the estimated refund is enough for the dealer to structure a finance deal, the taxes are prepared in "45 minutes or less while [the customers] are test driving cars," Leech said. They aren't "dealing with complicated forms," he added, because most of the customers are filing using a 1040EZ, a tax form that does not allow itemizing of deductions.
"We focus on car dealers because it helps them," Leech said. "One hundred and thirty-one million people file returns, and 61 million file electronically.
"These refunds are the most money that most people have all year, and if we [can] help our car dealers get that money on their lot to sell a car, that's what we do."
The result of the process is a refund anticipation loan. RALs are often criticized for swallowing significant portions of low-income taxpayers refunds through unnecessary fees. RALs are bank loans secured by the taxpayer's expected refund and last about seven to 14 days until the actual tax refund arrives at the lending institution.
Upon the arrival of the refund, the loan is automatically forgiven. However, if the IRS calculates the final refund to be less than the amount originally loaned, the customer is responsible for the difference.
When taxpayers file electronically themselves or go through a certified public accountant, the refund is in their hands in two weeks or less, Boone said. Thus, in effect, a RAL charges for getting the customer his or her money about a week sooner.
About 70 percent of RAL borrowers didn't realize that they were actually getting a loan and thought it was simply a faster refund, because of the automatic cancellation of the loan, according to a National Consumer Law Center survey.
Leech said the "all-inclusive" fees charged by Tax Deals for Wheels range from $184 to $249, depending on the amount of the refund and include the lending bank's fees as well as the preparation fees. The dealerships do not charge another fee on top of this.
For example, on a refund between $2,000 and $5,000, the Tax Max fee is $249. The average amount refunded to Alabama taxpayers in 2003 was $2,070, according to the IRS, placing it in the $249 fee bracket and eating up about 12 percent of the total refund.
Paul Dunn said a flat fee of $224 is charged to the customer when the Tax Max service is used, but if a customer is only getting back "about $400 or $500, we suggest that they go somewhere else."
"We always try to do what's right by our customer," Dunn said, adding that if the return is large enough for a down payment, the dealership will pay the $224 for the customer when they agree to the finance deal.
When calculated on an annual basis, rates charged on a RAL can run between 70 percent and 700 percent, according to the NCLC, which estimated that American taxpayers spent an "unnecessary" $1.4 billion in 2003 on the loan and administrative fees associated with RALs.
Yet, customer satisfaction remains high for those obtaining their new car through the tax preparation offer.
"I think we have a very good reputation with two sets of people: the car dealers and the taxpayers," Leech said of Tax Deals for Wheels, which has branches throughout the 48 contiguous states. "We never get calls that say we screwed this up."
Jones, of Jerry Giles Automotive, echoed Leech's claims and added that customer satisfaction is always their first concern. The dealership sells about four or five cars per day through the tax preparation offer, Jones said. After using Tax Max for two years, the dealership recently switched to a local CPA firm to save customers the extra administrative fees. Jones said that the typical fee charged now is less than $150. Through Tax Max, the fees had been closer to the high end.
"We don't do it that way because it's about $150 extra, and I just don't think that's right for the customer," Jones said, adding that about 40 customers took advantage of the offer last year, and she expects an even higher number this year.
During tax season, the typical down payment is $2,500, up $1,000 from the rest of the year because many people hold off on purchasing a car until they've got the refund money in their pocket, Jones said, and are able to buy a more expensive one.
The Alabama Department of Revenue was unfamiliar with the offers that seem to be flooding the airwaves and newspaper pages of the Tuscaloosa area, but it didn't see anything wrong with the promotion as long as the customer knew what he or she was getting into.
"It's up to the person for what they want to do with their refund," spokeswoman Carolyn Blackstock said. "You just might consider it as an interesting and innovative way for a company to do business."
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I've got a PWR 395 long block coming soon and since I'm so confident that Johan can tune anything... It's got a 112LSA stroker cam in it.
I can't wait!!
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Congrats man ..... I'm not getting a stroker, but working on a Procharger install project
So going to be blown, not stroked ..... can't have everything (at least not yet )
Past, mine: 2007 Charger R/T AWD, heads/cam, hi-flow cats, full JBA exh., 6.1 injectors, a few other things. 355 AWHP, 370 AWTQ
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YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!But serious congrats maybe when mine gets payed for I can step up, until than where is my octane booster.
Good to hear. I kind of figured that... but I did lose some sleep over choosing what to go with.
Getting blown might even be better!!
My stroker's going to suck... about 3,200 times per minute right before it shifts.
stroked and blown
Challenger Mods: PWR 393, Mean Street heads, Procharger D1 pushing 11+psi, SHR Nag1, DSS 1400 axles and drive shaft, SHR trans but with Paramount Dominator and stage2 valve body to finally be error code/limp mode free. BBS CH-R's and custom splitter with 2011 front spoiler. AAC SMD halos, 3K fog lights, white stripes, cervini wing, hotchkis springs, custom 10" sub w/ kicker amp, sequential tail lights.
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I have a pwr custom 393 on the way. Olvier rods custom je pistons with all the coating on them, And a scat crank. Throwing a pair of turbos behind it as well as my direct port system.
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Gesus man... Can't wait for that build!!!!
Sounds like one helluva combo shake... The only thing that puts me off about the KB unit is the custom fab work needed with the Jeep. If Adam and I were closer, this would be my ultimate plan of attack.
Stock catback, and stock drivetrain
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The fab work kinda turned me off at first too, but with the motor being pulled and my dad and brother both being mechanics at the family body shop, I figured its not gonna be that bad. Plus, with Adams kits for the jeeps, they are complete kits and come with alot of the parts already fabricated and include great directions and templates for what needs to be done ( So Ive been told). So time will tell lol.
I know your staying N/A, but you're still gonna have one hell of a Jeep
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This is awesome! American Atheists revealed details on Wednesday about its 2014 national convention in Salt Lake City, announcing that speakers will include NFL Raiders punter Chris Kluwe, Survivor®: Philippines winner and sex therapist Denise Stapley, and Grammy®-nominated Spin Doctors bass player Mark White. The convention will also feature an art show, workshops, childcare, and [Read More...]
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You probably don't know much about Charles Portis, but you should. Portis has been called "everybody's favorite least-known novelist" because over the years he's flown so inexplicably under the radar. Yes, he wrote the best-selling western True Grit, but there's a lot more than that to love about this humble author from Arkansas.
Brush up on these 6 little-known Portis facts and impress your literary hipster friends.
by Shannon Loys
In the '60s, Portis took an active role in the civil rights movement, working as a journalist in Alabama in 1963. One night he even reported from a KKK rally which erupted into burning, exploding riots. Portis had guts to be there in the first place, considering that violence against 'yankee' reporters was not uncommon at the time.
Journalist Jay Jennings goes so far as to say Portis' coverage of that night in 1963 "is one of the great deadline reporting efforts of the civil-rights era and maybe of the second half of the 20th century."
Maybe to blame for his relative obscurity, Portis almost always declines interviews. "Amiably recalcitrant" is how Maud Newton of the New York Times describes him. He could be really shy, or maybe it's just that he has "the old-fashioned notion that he said what he had to say on the page." We dig it.
Hollywood funnymen Bill Hader and Bob Odenkirk have both named The Dog of the South as one of their all-time favorite novels. And for good reason; it's hilarious.
He's alive (81 years old) and living in Little Rock, but the reclusive author hasn't written a book in nearly 25 years… to great lamentation from his fans.
Wolfe and Portis worked together at The New York Herald-Tribune, and both were influential in the New Journalism movement, the beginning of a brand new writing style that blended literary techniques with traditional reporting. They sat one desk away from each other, and Wolfe would later describe Portis as "the original laconic cutup."
The American automobile factors big-time in Portis' writing. He pays a lot of attention to engines, parts, and the inner-workings of cars, and so it's no coincidence that his most unlikeable characters are those who don't properly maintain their vehicles.
To read more about Charles Portis, check out our Recommended Reading list.
The world premiere stage adaptation of The Dog of the South opens at Book-It February 14.
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]]>I suppose in a roundabout way I owe my love of Charles Portis to John Wayne. Like a lot of people my age, I saw the Wayne version of True Grit when it was first released. Being a rabid movie enthusiast, I bought the tie-in book edition, but being a teenager with a short attention span I never bothered to actually read it.
My reading of True Grit took place many years later when I was visiting my mother and was hunting through her bookshelves for something to read. I noticed my old yellowing paperback and pulled it down and read the first paragraph, more out of curiosity than anything. It was one of those experiences that one gets all too rarely as a reader, where the sky cracks open and you enter another dimension.
I was riveted.
Why hadn't anyone ever told me what a great book this was and what a great writer this Portis fellow was? The book of True Grit was so much better than the Wayne movie as to defy comparison. I read the book from cover-to-cover in one sitting, and knew that I had stumbled upon a truly great American writer, an artist who deserved to be mentioned in the same breath as Twain, Lardner, and Salinger. I became a fanatic about the book on par with one of Portis' own obsessive heroes. I hardly talked about anything else but True Grit for weeks, trying to convince all my friends that they should stop doing whatever they were doing and immediately read True Grit. I won no converts, only disbelieving and pitying looks from my friends who thought I didn't have both oars in the water. Read a book that was the basis for a John Wayne movie? Judd had clearly gone round the bend.
From the opening sentence of Dog I knew I had lost my heart to dear, hapless Ray Midge and that I would gladly follow him through his hilarious, heart-breaking journey many times in my reading life.
Undeterred, I was determined to read everything Portis had ever written. This took some doing in the 1990s because all of Portis' novels, apart from True Grit, had gone out of print. I scoured used bookstores and eventually found a battered copy of The Dog of the South. Though my expectations were high, I was completely unprepared for a book that was even greater and crazier than True Grit. From the opening sentence of Dog I knew I had lost my heart to dear, hapless Ray Midge and that I would gladly follow him through his hilarious, heart-breaking journey many times in my reading life. I once again became like one of Portis' obsessive characters and told all my friends to forget about reading True Grit and that they should instead read The Dog of the South, which was Portis' real masterpiece. Once again I won no converts, only shrugs and pitying looks from my friends. I didn't care. As surely as Dr. Symes believes John Selmer Dix has all the answers to the universe, I was convinced that Charles Portis was one of our greatest writers, perhaps the greatest American comic writer of the 20th Century.
In time, I found copies of Portis' other books, which I read and savored. When I read the last of his five published novels, Gringos, I felt as sad as if someone had died—there were no more Charles Portis books to read, and apparently no new ones on the way. It was disheartening. To console myself, I re-read The Dog of the South countless times, somehow enjoying it even more with each reading. But it was a lonely preoccupation because I had no one to share the books with.
"Is this Portis guy the writer you were babbling about a while ago?"
Then a small miracle happened: Overlook Press re-issued all of Portis' novels. Suddenly, many of my friends who had previously declined to read True Grit or Dog were asking me, "Is this Portis guy the writer you were babbling about a while ago?" People I knew were buying Portis' books and telling me about them. I couldn't believe it! But I rejoiced because I finally had people to share the books with.
Around the time that the Coen Brothers version of True Grit was released, my kids and all their friends became interested in dear Mr. Portis. I became known as the crazy dad who had read all of Portis' books and who knew everything there was to know about Portis. I felt like John Selmer Dix! People sought my advice as to which Portis novel to read first and I always told them that there was no better starting point than The Dog of the South. My copies of all of Portis' novels started disappearing from my bookshelves as my kids and their friends borrowed and didn't return them. I have lost track of how many replacement copies of the novels I have bought, especially of Dog—but it was money well spent to have inducted many people into the secret-handshake society of Portis lovers.
And now, whether you like it or not, dear artists, you are members of this secret society, and God bless you for it.
Judd Parkin has produced and written numerous telvision films, including the acclaimed CBS miniseries Jesus, the Christopher Award-winning Nicholas' Gift, and the Liftetime Television perennial Christmas favorite Comfort and Joy. He is the author of the 2010 novel The Carpenter's Miracle, which he adapted and produced as a GMC world premiere movie. In 2013, he adapted Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Uncensored for Book-It.
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Jen Taylor: Yeah, it's super fair to say that.
S: How far back does this love go?
J: I probably didn't fall in love with Jane Austen until college, but I read Pride and Prejudice when I was 8.
S: Whoa.
J: And I underlined all of the words that I didn't understand and looked them up which took a very long time. (Laughs) I remember the word that struck me the most was "countenance." Because it's not a word that we use, and the concept of someone's countenance was very confusing to me. I was like, "Well is it what they look like? No, is it their mood? Is it, you know, a cross between those things?" Yeah. I was very fascinated by that. Interestingly enough, I think I say "countenance" 45 times in this play.
S: 8-year-old Jen underlining words in Pride and Prejudice. I mean, you were an adapter in the making.
J: (Laughs) My mother would love to hear that. I think it was mainly because my mother loved the book. People: read books to your children. My mother was, and is to this day, an avid reader. She was interested in it so I thought, "This must be good." And she watched the BBC production so I watched it, too. I wondered why Elizabeth didn't end up with Wickham, frankly. Which is probably why I married my first Wickham. [Colin Byrne played Wickham in our 2004 production of Pride and Prejudice.]
S: I hear there's a story about the necklace you're wearing on the poster and in the show.
J: Yeah. The necklace that I'm wearing is a replica of the one that Jane Austen wore, that my parents gave me for a birthday, I think.
S: Wow.
J: So nerdy. Right? The nerdiest thing you've ever heard.
S: I would imagine that most people in the audience—unless they know you and your history with Book-It—would assume that you're just an actress who happens to be in an Austen play. They wouldn't know that you, in your real life, have this special relationship with the material.
J: Yeah, so [Co-Artistic Director] Jane Jones loves this story: ten years ago I lost everything I owned in a burglary, where I was moving and they stole my moving van. I went to the mall because I needed to buy the staples and I was so overwhelmed by all of the consumerism, and how much stuff–I didn't have anything–and I just thought, "What am I going to do?" I got a little freaked out and I went to the book store and bought Pride and Prejudice. I went back to where I was staying and just sat there and read it. I needed comfort.
S: Is Pride and Prejudice your favorite Austen novel?
J: You know, I'd say that Persuasion is my favorite Jane Austen novel.
S: And what have you adapted for Book-It?
J: I adapted Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility.
S: And this is the second time you've played Elizabeth?
J: The third time.
S: The third time! Excuse me.
J: Yeah, I did it in Portland too, at Portland Center Stage.
S: Playing her every single night, is there anything new to discover?
J: Yes, of course! Every second is new. You know, there are moments when you're rehearsing that, sadly, you gloss over, but then there are all sorts of times when you are onstage and you're having a conversation with somebody and you're thinking "Oh god, this is where I am in this moment. I just finally figured this out." And especially with a completely different cast who's interpreting things in a different way and a different director. Absolutely, yeah. It's a new ballgame with a very familiar frame. (Thinks) I'm in a familiar stadium but I'm playing a different game.
S: Elizabeth must rank in the top 5 most-beloved literary heroines. What is it about her?
J: She's smarter than hell. She's flawed. She is so witty and clever and good with language that she says all of the things that you wish you could say when you're encountered with these things, right?
She's kind-hearted. So she's trying to be good to people, even though she can be a stinker.
She says all the things you wish you could say. I leave here sometimes going, "God I wish I could just have her sitting in my brain for those moments."
S: To have those words when you need them. I mean, anyone can think of the right words later.
J: Right. She's got them. They're all right there. She's so… wonderful.
S: It's clear that you think so. It's clear that you really love playing her.
J: It's a blast.
S: What is your favorite Elizabeth "zinger" that you deliver on stage?
J: "From the very beginning, from the first moment of my acquaintance with you, your manners impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of others were such as to form that groundwork of disapproval on which succeeding events have built a now immovable dislike. Indeed I had not known you a month before I felt you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed upon to marry!"
S: You got married fairly recently, in the last year or so, to your "first Wickham?"
J: A year and a half ago.
S: Was a mutual love of Austen a prerequisite for dating?
J: (Laughs) You know it's funny, Austen brought me my husband—Jane Austen and Jane Jones. I met Colin doing Pride and Prejudice. And we were just friends for a long time, and then three and a half years later we adapted Persuasion together.
S: Wow!
J: And we fell in love adapting Persuasion. So thank you, Jane Austen for–
S: (Laughs) For everything!
J: I know, right? Truly.
S: You played Elizabeth before you tried adapting. How did you get started doing that?
J: I've always wanted to write a book but I don't even know how to start that, and I didn't feel like I had enough inspiration to write a play. So I was talking to Jane about, you know, telling different Austen stories and she said "Well, why don't you just try doing one?" And I thought, "Oh! Oo. Yeah. Uh, ok! …Wow, I don't even know how I would go about doing that." And she said, "Well, get Colin to help you." Because he'd adapted short stories before. And frankly, what I did was I downloaded the book onto my computer and then I went through and just started cutting. So most of the language is directly from the novel because I took it right off the page.
Something [Book-It Company Member] David Quicksall had said to me very early on was "Find the story within the story that you want to tell."
S: Because there's so much in a book.
J: Because there's so much and you can't do it all, so find the thing that you want to focus on and tell the story that you want to tell. And figuring out what your point of view is, is important too.
And I fumbled around for awhile, trying to figure it out.
S: Was it weird being on the other side of it, hearing actors speak your adaptation?
J: No, it's fantastic. I love it. I mean, I love doing Book-It shows for that reason. I love to be a part of that process. Sometimes I get a little too excited about it, um, cause I like playing with words. It's fun.
S: Are you the in-cast Austen expert for this show?
J: Oh god, I'm probably the bossy—the, the "Bausten." Emma, who is our assistant stage manager, is also very well versed in Austen. So we together are sort of the nerds of the group. I don't know if they would call me—what was it you said?
S: The Austen expert.
J: Yeah, I think they'd call me the nerd. Not the expert but the nerd.
S: Well, I hear affection there.
J: (Laughs) I hope so.
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]]>In a society where single women had few legal rights of their own, it's little wonder that the Bennet sisters and their peers have matchmaking on their minds.
In Austen's lifetime, a smart match was the goal for almost every young gentlewoman. It was in part an economic imperative: few unmarried women had any prospect of being able to support themselves without help from a male relation. A well-off husband meant financial security and comfort for most women. Inheritance laws were such that hardly any young women were in a position to inherit the entirety of a fortune, and any young lady who did inherit a large sum was sure to have suitors buzzing about her immediately. Moreover, unmarried women were expected to live with their families or guardians, no matter their fortunes. With the respectability of marriage came some measure of freedom.
Marriage was a desirable state for young men as well, of course, particularly those not of large fortune, and for single wealthy men, marrying and producing a legitimate heir would ensure that their fortune—along with any lands or hereditary titles—would stay within the family.
Love was not considered a necessity for a marriage in the Regency era. It might develop, over the years, but it needn't exist beforehand. Attitudes were changing in Austen's lifetime, however. The Enlightment of the 18th century had introduced the philosophy of "the pursuit of happiness;" one outgrowth of this was the idea that marriage should be a place of happiness and affection, as well as economic stability.
Austen herself was very conscious of the practical reasons for marriage. More than once, her characters, male and female, voice sensible arguments in favor of marrying for security. In 1796, Austen had a close relationship with her "Irish friend," Tom Lefroy, but family obligations and finances made a match impossible. But when a very good match proposed to Austen in 1802, she refused him, unwilling to wed where she did not love. Later, her niece Fanny wrote to her for relationship advice and Austen told her:
And now, my dear Fanny, having written so much on one side of the question, I shall turn round and entreat you not to commit yourself farther, and not to think of accepting him unless you really do like him. Anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marrying without affection…
Austen's heroines often wrestle with the same dilemmas: should security come before love, or vice versa?
And if a young lady and a gentleman should find themselves fond of one another—what came next? How would they go about making their feelings known?
Of course, there were expectations for carrying on a courtship, which mostly consisted of a long list of things one was not supposed to do. Too much personal correspondence between unmarried men and women was considered improper. Too much familiarity was frowned upon: the lady and her beau were not supposed to address one another by their first names. Too much time spent together unchaperoned, outside socially acceptable settings such as dances or walks, would be inappropriate at best. And showing too much enthusiasm was not to be thought of: a lady should be pleasant to the man she admired, but never more affectionate or demonstrative than decorum allowed.
Somehow, in spite of all these strictures, couples communicated their feelings for each other. Once a gentleman felt fairly certain of the answer, he could make the proposal of marriage. He was expected to seek the lady's father's consent at some point, but it was perfectly acceptable for him to speak to the lady first. Once all parties involved had agreed, and the business details of the lady's dowry, the gentleman's marriage gift, her pin money, and so forth had been settled, the upcoming wedding would be announced for three consecutive weeks at the local church, a practice called "reading the banns."
For those in a real hurry, with little money or care for their reputations, eloping was always an option. While English law required parental consent and the reading of the banns before a couple could wed, Scottish law required only that both participants be consenting, and have a witness to the union. The town of Gretna Green, just over the Scotland-England border, thus became a popular destination for eager couples. An elopement of this kind would certainly cause a scandal, particularly in aristocratic families—but the wedding would be legally binding, and the couple bound to each other, even if their marriage had begun in less than ideal circumstances.
What was the ideal marriage, then—the fairy tale that the Bennet girls might dream of? The gentleman and the lady should be of the same social class; their families should both be respectable, and between the two of them their wealth should be enough to keep them comfortable; their courtship and marriage should be conducted with decorum. Meet all those requirements, and your marriage might fairly be called "ideal."
But to all this, add love, and you might truly have the makings of a Regency fairy tale ending.
It's hard to make an exact comparison between Georgian currency and today's currency, but £1 in 1813 would have roughly the same buying power as £60 today. With the current exchange rate, that's about US$95, which makes Mr. Darcy's annual income almost $1,000,000! (Source: Bank of England's inflation calculator)
£400 a year
An income that approaches the comforts of genteel life. It usually brings a cook, a housemaid and, perhaps, a boy.
£500 a year
This sum, according to domestic economists, fills the cup of human happiness. It would allow for three servants, but no horses or carriage.
£700 to £1,000 a year
This higher range of upper professional incomes marks the most prosperous pseudo-gentry families. Its most significant consumer marker was the ownership of a carriage.
£2,000 a year
At this level we have the landed gentry however, domestic economy must still hold a tight rein, especially when, as with Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, there were five daughters to marry off!
Above £4,000 a year
Incomes of £4,000 a year and above (Darcy's, Bingley's, Crawford's, Rushworth's) leave behind the "cheese-paring" cares of middle-class incomes, to enter a realm of unlimited genteel comforts. To spend more than this, according to contemporary wisdom, "a man must go into horse-racing or illegitimate pleasures." (Landowning as a Business 1882).


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February 3rd, 2012, 10:31 AM #1
Is Indie publishing a bubble destined to burst ala the housing market?
February 3rd, 2012, 12:09 PM #2
As can be expected, I have some gripes w/ the logic presented.
1. Yep. Lots of people are going to fail. As the numbers of people increase, the amount of failures will increase exponentially. Will it hurt the publishing model? Not really. People who buy books... shocker, BUY BOOKS! I own a Sony e-reader. I also have a shelf full of paper books. Why? Because I caught them at the libraries sale and it would be cheaper to buy it there than buy it online. Because I found them as I wandered through the bookstore. Or just because...! Am I becoming the minority? Yeah, probably, but these things go in spurts anyway. Anyone remember how reading had died w/ children before Harry Potter? Yeah, me too.
2. Stars are leaving the e-publishing world for mainstream publishing. Yep. And? We have a member of this very site that did so. And I bet, if that contract went away, because he is a WRITER, he would go right back to e-publishing.
3. When I read this, I found it strangely similar to the b&w comic boom that followed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. With that success, tons of b&w books hit the market, saturating it in search of easy profit. When it was over, only a few (GOOD) survived. Comics continued, though some shops that hedged their bets on the B&w craze didn't, and actually entered another boom - the Image boom where everything was collectible and people bought multiple issues to sell in 10 years for millions of dollars. Some of those books survived too, but most (I'd dare say 95%) died a quiet death that hardly anyone noticed. And comics continued. Where shops hurt again? Yep. But strangely enough, you still can find a comic shop in most major cities. Why? They have a fanbase. Even if paper dies and electronic takes over, it'll move online (and some already have). Are books the same? In their nature, largely so, w/ their own problems and strengths, the greatest of which being... us. The readers. Who help good product that we find out about grow. And who kill whatever we don't like.
February 3rd, 2012, 01:16 PM #3
This guy's really starting to annoy me. He has some good points in these things but wraps it up in his own hype, which apparently is, thanks to the Guardian, getting him a lucrative speaking career among the business folk who pay well for supposed gurus.
Look for instance on how he announces that "paper" books are down 53.4%. What the actual figure tells you is that mass market paperback sales were down 53.4%, not all print books, and only in the U.S. and only in September. The figure he quotes for e-books at 138% growth were for nine months, not just September. Why did mass market tank? Economic factors, rising gas prices (trucks) and a little thing called Borders going bankrupt and closing up stores all over the country (which as we previously discussed had nothing to do with e-books.)
It's that kind of shading that messes up other, clearer facts. The reality is that e-books aren't a bubble, unless Amazon suddenly decides that they don't want the self-publishing folk no more or want to charge them huge prices, which is possible, but not likely on the incentives front at this point. Even if Amazon did decide to drop the self-publishing market, at this point, it would likely develop elsewhere, probably at a slower rate but certainly not the equivalent of a financial recession.
What is on a bubble are the e-readers, but everyone knew that going in. That's why they are all shifting over to having tablet products. The Kindle was just the warm up kindle to the Fire. E-books are not restricted to e-readers -- any communication tool with a screen will do. Eventually, you'll be able to read books on your t.v. screen if you like in giant print. Holographic displays of text in the kitchen will definitely be a boon to the cookbook market. As long as we have words and writing, we will have books, which, again, are simply long pieces of text. How much money anyone can make off them is always up in the air.
What he's not wrong about is the predatory practices going on to make money off of the folks trying to do self-publishing. This always happens and we've been talking about it for some time. Paid book reviews. Publicity services. E-book formatters and distributors. Some of these can be helpful services, legitimately priced. But even established companies may try to take advantage, and so that is a process that occurs in the establishment of a new market. That's why I feel the hype that self-publishing is a rebellion warring against the supposed Evil Empire of large publishers is so damaging and companies that do have something to offer, like Smashwords, should not, in my view, resort to it just to increase sales.
The reality is that a lot of people will rush into self-publishing hoping to make money, they won't do so well on that and they'll drop out. But self-publishing is entirely too useful for it to be damaged from this. People still have mortgages, dot.com companies still exist (and Facebook stock will sell for billions.) The only reason a "bubble" matters is that people gamble on it in the stock markets. I am not aware of massive stock speculation on companies solely in regards to self-publishing operations. Self-publishing for all the enthusiasm is, like the rest of publishing, a really low money industry. It's not of more than passing interest to the financial world and then mostly in terms of the electronic gadgets people read e-books on.
That seems to be the big problem in these discussions of the intersection of tech and publishing -- people think the e-books are as important as the gadgets and software programs and so will create some sort of fantastic new world. They aren't; they're just the frosting. But you always want to have frosting around, at least some people do.
February 3rd, 2012, 02:17 PM #4That's why I feel the hype that self-publishing is a rebellion warring against the supposed Evil Empire of large publishers is so damaging and companies that do have something to offer, like Smashwords, should not, in my view, resort to it just to increase sales.
February 3rd, 2012, 02:56 PM #5
The damage I referred to was damage to authors, not publishers, as you very well know. As you also know, I disagree with you that publishers are fighting to keep antiquated business models alive and their amount of interest in keeping others out of the marketplace. I also disagree with those who believe Amazon is trying to take over all of publishing. And Apple could care less. All of these hyped up claims obscure the actual business issues involved and lead authors to make bad business decisions on the philosophy that the whole market, including other authors, is out to get them. Consequently, they ignore real pitfalls they have to deal with to rail at phantoms, in my opinion. This guy is presenting yet another phantom instead of dealing with the real problems that self-publishing authors face that are the rationale for the article. And he's going to make more money off of it, as he himself says he did by saying that authors will all die off, unable to make a living, and he's done so by using a medium -- newspapers -- that tech people have already declared illogically to be dead. He's using standard marketing techniques, creating an imaginary paradigm.
All I'm saying is, the guy plays very loosely with facts and I don't think comparing e-books to housing mortgages makes a lot of sense. But that's not a business friendly message, is it? Can't really sell anything if you're saying that we're dealing with neither Armageddon nor impending utopia.
February 3rd, 2012, 04:36 PM #6
J.A. Konrath thinks differently: http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2012/0...ok-bubble.html
1. People fear change. When change happens, they dig in like ticks and try to defend their long-held and closely-cherished beliefs. (BTW, another term for long-held/closely cherished belief is prejudice. And prejudice ain't good.)
2. The same memes about ebooks keep getting circulated again and again and again because folks are too lazy to do any kind of simple research to inform their opinions.
3. Ebooks are going to follow the examples set by the music, movie, and TV industries. The future is digital, and anyone who disagrees with that is seriously out of touch with reality.Last edited by Seak; February 4th, 2012 at 02:27 PM.
February 3rd, 2012, 07:46 PM #7
I don't believe Amazon is attempting to take over 'all of publishing.' I do think they're trying to corner the e-book market and that e-books will only increase in popularity. I think that in time, they're going to expand their publishing side and will eventually merge with one of the traditional publishing houses.
At that point, they'll have the world's largest book distribution network, be one of the world's largest publishers, and the largest producer of e-reader devices. (Unless Apple takes over that, which is still possible.)
I don't see that scenario as being one that's good for the industry or consumers.
February 3rd, 2012, 09:24 PM #8
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Hysteria sells.
Reporters and commentators know this and some pander to those who get orgasmic over disasters. And if there isn't a disaster they'll balloon a tiny bump into a cosmic crash, or just flat make one up.
Tabloids are more blatant about it. But even respectable publications like the Guardian can't resist a story well-written enough that it hides the fact that the writer is bending or inventing the "facts" which supports their thesis.
And on Konrath's points.
"1. People fear change. When change happens, they dig in like ticks..."
An over-simplification. Some dig in - and die, which in business means "go out of business." Some fewer rise to the challenge. The larger the business the more often they resist change, which is why smaller businesses tend to be the ones who adjust. But even the large businesses sometimes change.
Often larger businesses adapt by buying up the smaller businesses. Some then suppress or cannibalize the smaller business. Some instead use those businesses to invigorate themselves.
We've seen both effects in the publishing world.
"3. [Publishing's] future is digital, and anyone who disagrees with that is seriously out of touch with reality. "
Another over-simplification. A working engineer for over 40 years who's helped CREATE the future, I know that every tech product has advantages and disadvantages.
This is the case with ebooks and "pbooks." The two have complementary advantages and disadvantages. Smart publishers will use that potential synergy. I'd guess that we've only begun to see how such publishers will creatively do so.
One example I've already seen at Baen Books, which has a big chunk of tech-smart readers and editors. Baen will often put a CD in the back of a new book by an author which contains all that author's backlist and out-of-print books. Some magazines have also begun putting digital media inside their mags to supplement the mag content.
Bookstores can also be creative. In fact they already have, in several ways. For instance, at checkout some stores scan the bar code on the back cover of all books when receiving them. This automatically adds them into their electronic inventory systems. Then on checkout an individual book is subtracted from inventory. This also has the benefit that books are rung up even faster, making customers happier and more willing to come back to that bookstore.
My favorite bookstore has now gotten a recommendation program in their pay stations which gives its checkout clerks advice. I had one say today (after glancing at a readout) "You know that author just came out with a sequel you might like."
Readers are also creative. I've a friend, for instance, who usually buys both the ebook and the pbook of a novel. Then she'll switch between reading it depending on her circumstances and mood. Waiting in line and in the car wash she'll read from her tablet. At home she'll read the printed book. Sometimes she'll also switch because reading an ebook is (for her) more tiring than a pbook.
A lot of publishers also use digital methods in non-obvious ways which hysterical pundits ignore. Everyone has a desk computer, and probably a digital phone as well. This is used for routine communications, as in every business.
They also have publishing-specific uses. Book queries are increasingly digital. Book submittals also. Books can be edited digitally by everyone concerned - agents, purchasing editors, copy editors, authors proofing their copy-edited books. Artists often create book covers digitally, and send them to publishers digitally. Type setting and printing has been digital for a long time now.
Dinner and my evening warm-up writing is done. Now back to my heroine Dr. Sylvia Connelly as she flies to the South-American tri-state area. She's finally discovered what group of white slavers killed her while trying to kidnap her and force her into whoredom. This is very bad luck for them. She's now an immortal shapechanger who has a sea monster alternate form. And she is really pissed.
February 4th, 2012, 01:49 AM #9
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an example of synergy
Three good hours, three good chapters. Had to stop several times for some quick research of air travel times, place names, and veggie & terrain of the tri-state Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay city. Especially around the Iquazú Falls area. Helped a lot by photos taken by tourists of a hotel & its surroundings near the Falls.
Had to take a break from the computer, so had a snack while reading the latest Economist. Which actually gave me more info about this particular topic. For a subscription form fell out, and a fact stood out.
The magazine subscriptions include a year of both print and iPod, iPad, and Android versions of each issue. Plus you can view them on your computer. You can go back and forth between the emag and pmag version.
Here is a case of synergy between electronic and print publishing. Each supports the other, not competes. In this particular case.
That last fact is crucial. The Economist was recently featured in a trade magazine for the publishing industry. It was cited as one of the few magazines to ADD readers and increase their profits, while many formerly successful mags have been losing money and readers for years. This kind of adaptation to the epublishing era is one reason why.
February 4th, 2012, 02:15 AM #10
That's a little backwards. Amazon started the e-book market. They owned the whole thing nearly for three years. They knew that this would not continue, but they are trying to slow market share as much as possible, yes. But again, not so that they can play king of the e-book market. It's so that they can establish themselves as a software and hardware gadgets producer. E-books are not the money makers again for e-readers -- magazines, databases, documents and web content are. E-books are the frosting.
I think that in time, they're going to expand their publishing side and will eventually merge with one of the traditional publishing houses.
At that point, they'll have the world's largest book distribution network, be one of the world's largest publishers, and the largest producer of e-reader devices. (Unless Apple takes over that, which is still possible.)
Again, all these fancy claims about the e-book market are based on the idea that e-books and book publishing is a big money, big importance business. It's not. It's useful, but it's a blip in the bucket. The big money is in electronic text and video content, like from Rupert Murdoch's media empire, and the equipment to play them on a pay for each item basis. It is the monetizing of the Web, which all these industries have been after for the past two decades and which is way more important than turning print books -- a backwards, nowhere business -- into electrons. Amazon can certainly mess things up and will ruthlessly undercut what it sees as rivals while at the same time partnering up with them in lucrative business deals (normal business practice,) but it doesn't care about publishing (and will probably eventually sell the publishing operations it's starting.) Bezos picked books as Amazon's starting product out of a hat. He can afford to do anything he wants and lose huge sums of money on publishing to do it because the money comes from a massive retail and advertising empire, not books. It's the Web, not the e-books, and downloading bits of the Web into devices, downloading that people will pay for in devices that they will pay for and expand on and continually upgrade, that is the money tree.
Facebook is about to do its IPO for billions of dollars. Do you really think that Stephen King is of any importance next to that? It's like a bunch of minnows talking about how they own the ocean while the whales sail over them.
E-books are neither vital to the universe nor doomed. Self-pubs are neither important nor are they shut out of some of them making money. And the electronic elite do need to step out of their bubble once in awhile. Regardless, self-publishing is not like the housing market, and it's not the Fountain of Youth either.
February 4th, 2012, 11:29 AM #11
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Apple sells hardware, content is secondary. Amazon sells content, hardware is secondary. (Or maybe tenth-ary! Do you know how many hundreds, even thousands, of different kinds of products Amazon sells? Maybe even Amazon does not.)
We fiction writers are very tunnel-visioned about ereading and publishing. We need to wake up and see the bigger picture. "Faction" is a much bigger market than fiction, in books and in magazines and newspapers. And video is even bigger still. The few days surrounding Superbowl Sunday will generate more business than the last several DECADES of fiction sales.
The Amazon Kindle was the Ford Model A. The Fire is its Model T.
We have to remember we are at the very dawn of ereading. A decade from now Amazon may be like Ford in today's auto market. Still a big player, but only one.
Think how much the gasoline-powered wheeled vehicle has changed since Ford and his predecessors. Today we have tiny skateboards powered by one-cylinder engines, and giant earth movers the size of small ships, and all the possibilities in between. SUVs and sports cars and motor cycles. And many different companies all making the vehicles, other companies selling and re-selling them.
Being sci-fi people we should be able to avoid the historic tunnel vision of most of the media, and take a longer look at ereading.
Should. My bet is that most of us won't. We, supposedly the most forward-thinking people on the planet, usually are as tunnel-visioned as everyone else.Last edited by KatG; February 4th, 2012 at 03:02 PM.
February 4th, 2012, 03:06 PM #12Amazon sells content, hardware is secondary. (Or maybe tenth-ary! Do you know how many hundreds, even thousands, of different kinds of products Amazon sells? Maybe even Amazon does not.)
We have to remember we are at the very dawn of ereading.
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Very true. They'll sell you all sorts of hardware, including automotive parts, etc. I should have said their ereader and tablet hardware is secondary to them.
According to several analyses in the business community Amazon sells their Kindle ereaders and the Fire tablet at a loss, but makes up for that by selling content for them at a profit. Plus you can use them to buy everything in their inventory, up to and including big-ticket items selling for thousands of dollars. So you do not need a computer to be an Amazon customer.
February 5th, 2012, 08:16 AM #14
Thats correct. I should have said, Amazon would like to maintain a controlling interest.
But again, not so that they can play king of the e-book market. It's so that they can establish themselves as a software and hardware gadgets producer. E-books are not the money makers again for e-readers -- magazines, databases, documents and web content are. E-books are the frosting.
Absolutely not. They're using the publishing operation as leverage in the industry with publishers, rival booksellers and again most importantly, with rival gadget makers. They don't need to merge with anyone, just partner up, which they've already done.
While Im at it, Amazon started off as a bookstore. It didnt *need* to sell an e-book device and it didnt *need* to get into e-publishing, but it did that anyway. And it did that after it became the biggest online retailer in the world.
They don't care about having the largest book distribution network, they don't want to be one of the world's largest publishers, and they aren't that concerned with being the largest producer of e-reader devices. The e-reader device was just a warm-up that allowed them to build infrastructure and get the lead in multiple countries to being an electronic content gadget supplier, and will settle into being a small niche part of the overall product line. The money is in the tablets.
Amazon has acquired 30 different companies since its inception.
As long as theres money to be made then Amazon will attempt to make money, and theyre already in the book distribution, e-pub, and digital device market.
Look also to Amazon probably developing a smart phone and possibly a social network of some kind. Amazon is aiming at Google, Apple, Verizon and other much larger companies than anything in publishing.
Because its a large conglomerate expanding in a very predictable way.
And Apple doesn't have an e-reader, nor do they want to have one.
Again, all these fancy claims about the e-book market are based on the idea that e-books and book publishing is a big money, big importance business. It's not.
It's useful, but it's a blip in the bucket.
While Im at it, Simon and Shuster are owned by CBS. The idea that small businesses and industries cant be gobbled up by larger businesses and industries isnt one that hold water with me.
February 5th, 2012, 02:49 PM #15
They already know they can't hold on to e-books. But they've got the jump in the foreign countries market outside of North America, so they'll ride that for awhile. And their DRM and exclusivity practices have slowed the meltdown -- but not stopped it. They'll probably be able to maintain a 25% share of the e-book market down the road. The e-book device was just the entry point. Amazon is already making more on subscription services of media content -- newspapers, etc. for the Kindle than on e-books. A key use for the Kindle is for business documents, a market that they will expand. But the big money isn't in print -- it's in video, including games, and services -- GPS, Internet search services, graphics programs, etc. Amazon is focused long range on retail computers and Web services -- Apple and Google's market, not Random House's.
Did Time Warner need to merge with CNN? Did Disney need merge with NBC? Did Google need to merge with YouTube or start a Facebook like social network?
While I'm at it, Amazon started off as a bookstore.
It didn't *need* to sell an e-book device and it didn't *need* to get into e-publishing,
You're assuming that a large company can only be interested in one thing at a time. Amazon is breaking into the tablet market AND becoming the world's largest shoe store AND is developing search engines AND has on-demand services for books, CDs, and videos AND is a video game developer. Amazon has acquired 30 different companies since its inception.
Again, you're assuming the company can only do one thing at a time.
Why did Amazon buy Zappos, a shoe store? If publishing is small potatoes, surely shoes are as well? Why did it acquire diapers.com?
Both the ipad and the iphone are e-readers.
My 'fancy claims' are based on the fact that Amazon is big and books aren't. That's the entire basis of my speculation. If books were big, I wouldn't worry about one company coming in dominating the industry.
The Big Six global publishers are owned by CBS Corporation, News Corp., Bertlesmann, Lagardere, Georg van Holtbrinck and Pearson -- multi conglomerates that own everything from education software to t.v. empires and film studios to aerospace, and all are heavily involved in digital, electronics and Web businesses. Holtbrinck, for instance, owns one of the largest social networking sites in Germany (and thus Europe.) They all have vested interests in owning their publishing arms for integration. While Amazon is no small cookie, being worth billions, and it's possible that some of these companies would sell Amazon an imprint or division, it would be extremely hard for Amazon to take over all their publishing operations. To do so would mean abandoning its efforts against even larger companies like WalMart, Google, etc.
Amazon can, though, scare the pants off publishers with promoting the self-pubs and the new publishing operation, similar to scares that cropped up from Borders and Barnes & Noble in the past with Amazon much better equipped. And that gives them leverage in their negotiations with companies and efforts to remain dominant in books retail. Having a direct publishing operation also gives them entries to multi-platform film and merchandising as HarperCollins and Random House are currently doing. So it's worth them having publishing operations, but not attempting to take over the whole production side of the market. Amazon should, logically, have much more interest in media companies than book publishers, but it's not going to be able to swallow the large boys there. And I'm not sure that's what they're after. They seem more interested in the data side.
As are comic books. Yet TimeWarner bought DC and Disney bought Marvel.
What this guy is saying in the article is that Amazon's domination in any area isn't going to matter because the self-publishing market will devolve. I don't think that's what's going to happen either.