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almost famous

2003-05-08 - 2:47 p.m.

BF received a brief mention on msnbc.com. It was in the Weblog Central section by Will Femia, dated May 1. There's probably no use linking to it because msnbc doesn't keep its articles up very long, but I'll post an except here:

"Could the increase in the number of blogs mark a decline in the number of books?

A bit of blogspotting reveals that there is no need for such concern....many authors are able to blog and write books at the same time.

...Cory Doctorow... is enjoying success in spite of the seemingly counter-intuitive strategy of giving the book away for free.

William Gibson doesn�t have to worry about getting his new book published, but if he did, he could eschew the publisher hunt and do it all himself, from promotion to distribution to "sales" (or, more correctly, "tips") like Roger Williams did for his novel."

I didn't even know there was a blog review section on msnbc, but obviously other people did, since BF is getting clickthroughs from it. I tried to save a copy of the page but it wouldn't cooperate. First slashdot, then this. The "underground internet sensation" continues.

Chickadee Report: A bird singing and displaying from the pine tree and then the bluebird house, performing both the "chickadee-dee-dee" song and the "sell on EBay" song.

The What-the-Heck? Files: The banks need money. I get that part. Still. It's a bit scary when you get a coupon in the mail for $50 if you open a free checking account, with free checks, and you open said account with a deposit for all of $300, and the bank in question is so thrilled that they throw in a free T-shirt and the banker finds the manager and has him come in and shake your hand and urge you to bring all your friends to the bank to get $50 too.

I mean, it's wonderful to be polite and enthusiastic, but there is a point where it becomes a little scary. It seems only yesterday when banks were snooty and were placing all sorts of fees on tiny accounts, because they didn't want to bother with them. Now they're desperate for even the smallest amount of cash. D. says it's because no one buys CDs any more because of the terrible interest rates, and I imagine he's right.

But, call me strange, in a sick sort of way, there was something reassuring about a snooty bank that had no use for your pea-pickin' little amount of money because you just knew that, back in the vaults, they were freakin' rollin' in it.

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