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Dec. 5th, 2006
I spent nearly two days writing this code. (OK, it could have been quicker, but I'd never done a Perl XS extension before, so there was a little learning curve in there while I worked out how to return a string back to Perl from a DLL written in C.)
It takes 25 seconds to run.
It be run only once, ever.
But it saved huge amounts of time - if the work had been done by hand, it would have been hundreds of man hours, and been very prone to error.
It takes 25 seconds to run.
It be run only once, ever.
But it saved huge amounts of time - if the work had been done by hand, it would have been hundreds of man hours, and been very prone to error.
I spent nearly two days writing this code. (OK, it could have been quicker, but I'd never done a Perl XS extension before, so there was a little learning curve in there while I worked out how to return a string back to Perl from a DLL written in C.)
It takes 25 seconds to run.
It be run only once, ever.
But it saved huge amounts of time - if the work had been done by hand, it would have been hundreds of man hours, and been very prone to error.
It takes 25 seconds to run.
It be run only once, ever.
But it saved huge amounts of time - if the work had been done by hand, it would have been hundreds of man hours, and been very prone to error.
The future of publishing?
Dec. 5th, 2006 04:45 pmAmazon takes on Lulu? (The Inquirer)
Allegedly, Amazon is looking at doing more print-on-demand of titles, rather than maintaining warehouses full of books. If so, it's going to be directly impinging on Lulu's business model.
More to the point, it looks like a shift in the way that future book publishing takes place. Assuming that this trend progresses, I can see the following happening:
Of course, digital paper is the wild-card here.
Allegedly, Amazon is looking at doing more print-on-demand of titles, rather than maintaining warehouses full of books. If so, it's going to be directly impinging on Lulu's business model.
More to the point, it looks like a shift in the way that future book publishing takes place. Assuming that this trend progresses, I can see the following happening:
- Most titles will become print-on-demand.
- The big book presses will still print the majority of books. If this seems to contradict (1), that's because a small number of titles will have very large print runs, and it will still be more efficient to use big presses for these bestsellers.
- Presses won't even be cranked up except for very big print runs. Even so, when sales tail off, they'll switch to PoD
- Specialised printers will remain. There's no way these presses could do Folio Society type stuff.
- Books will no longer go out of print.
- Writers will negotiate limited term licenses, instead of having reversion occur when a title does go out of print.
Of course, digital paper is the wild-card here.
The future of publishing?
Dec. 5th, 2006 04:45 pmAmazon takes on Lulu? (The Inquirer)
Allegedly, Amazon is looking at doing more print-on-demand of titles, rather than maintaining warehouses full of books. If so, it's going to be directly impinging on Lulu's business model.
More to the point, it looks like a shift in the way that future book publishing takes place. Assuming that this trend progresses, I can see the following happening:
Of course, digital paper is the wild-card here.
Allegedly, Amazon is looking at doing more print-on-demand of titles, rather than maintaining warehouses full of books. If so, it's going to be directly impinging on Lulu's business model.
More to the point, it looks like a shift in the way that future book publishing takes place. Assuming that this trend progresses, I can see the following happening:
- Most titles will become print-on-demand.
- The big book presses will still print the majority of books. If this seems to contradict (1), that's because a small number of titles will have very large print runs, and it will still be more efficient to use big presses for these bestsellers.
- Presses won't even be cranked up except for very big print runs. Even so, when sales tail off, they'll switch to PoD
- Specialised printers will remain. There's no way these presses could do Folio Society type stuff.
- Books will no longer go out of print.
- Writers will negotiate limited term licenses, instead of having reversion occur when a title does go out of print.
Of course, digital paper is the wild-card here.
#99 Mike Carey: Vicious Circle
Dec. 5th, 2006 08:21 pm
Mike Carey: Vicious Circle Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Orbit (5 Oct 2006)
ISBN-10: 1841494143
Category(ies): Horror (it says). Well, demons, ghosts, zombies ...
( The review )
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rysmiel said this was even better than its predecessor. I agree.#99 Mike Carey: Vicious Circle
Dec. 5th, 2006 08:21 pm
Mike Carey: Vicious Circle Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Orbit (5 Oct 2006)
ISBN-10: 1841494143
Category(ies): Horror (it says). Well, demons, ghosts, zombies ...
( The review )
rysmiel said this was even better than its predecessor. I agree.#100 Ken MacLeod: Cosmonaut Keep
Dec. 5th, 2006 11:06 pm
Ken MacLeod: Cosmonaut Keep Paperback: 396 pages
Publisher: Orbit (1 Nov 2001)
ISBN-10: 1841490679
Category(ies): SF
( The review ) It's time I reread this. Again.
#100 Ken MacLeod: Cosmonaut Keep
Dec. 5th, 2006 11:06 pm
Ken MacLeod: Cosmonaut Keep Paperback: 396 pages
Publisher: Orbit (1 Nov 2001)
ISBN-10: 1841490679
Category(ies): SF
( The review ) It's time I reread this. Again.