tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.comments2010-04-14T22:09:51.777-04:00Lorileihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10315924963313557045noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-66031568050467972622009-04-15T01:25:00.000-04:002009-04-15T01:25:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Poster Printinghttp://www.onlineposterprinting.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-37388373326984593162009-03-31T22:17:00.000-04:002009-03-31T22:17:00.000-04:00Rsrcher,<BR/><BR/>Twitch noted and seconded. I often feel the same especially in the marketing to anti-consumers front. A product is a product, no matter how fuzzy anyone feels about. <BR/><BR/>But, I spend most of my time flip-flopping from cynic to optimist, and in light of this post, I defend with an optimist's sentiments as you said its "a cool little thing".Lorileihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10315924963313557045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-69670210931595737942009-03-31T17:56:00.000-04:002009-03-31T17:56:00.000-04:00That is indeed a cool little thing; the triumphlist new marketing angle does give me a little twitch wherever I encounter it (you know...): <BR/><BR/>incremental modifications of social organization and selfhood facilitate authenticity, expressing yourself, cooperating and sharing affective ties, free exchange and brand choice driven by non-manipulative marketing = warm, fuzzy model of social change, a la Guarav Mishra's 'How to market to anti-consumers':<BR/><BR/>http://www.drewsmarketingminute.com/2008/09/how-to-market-t.html<BR/><BR/>...but this is an interesting presentation, and puts a lot into a very digestible and thought-provoking package. Really compresses a lot of ideas, and some of the stuff has a rather compelling aspect...<BR/><BR/>'ppreciate the link!rsrcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05668029098740878094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-38417806698398108042009-03-29T18:17:00.000-04:002009-03-29T18:17:00.000-04:00Thanks a lot!Lady Cameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360925367010145101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-79668483797131050422009-03-29T13:30:00.000-04:002009-03-29T13:30:00.000-04:00Wow. 3D stuff! That is very interesting. At the very least I now have another way of searching for the trend. I think that's the hardest part of finding new things, is figuring out what people call them. <BR/>Thanks.Lorileihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10315924963313557045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-90309671980670213302009-03-29T09:58:00.000-04:002009-03-29T09:58:00.000-04:00This is not an academic source but the "make it yourself", "sell it yourself" trend reports might be of interest to you:<BR/>http://trendwatching.com/trends/pdf/2007_12_8trends2008.pdf<BR/><BR/>I will still have a look to see if I can find something of interest in the academic journals in marketing.Lady Cameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360925367010145101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-55752111963618270612009-03-26T14:43:00.000-04:002009-03-26T14:43:00.000-04:00From what I can understand the tagging is a word-of-mouth (off/online) sort of thing. The maker of this blog has a section dedicated to tagging. "Tag You're it!" Individuals submit their books, links to them, request tags they'd like, and a little more information/description. The blogger Todd A Fonseca, author of The Time Cavern, posts this information up, and I gather other authors and readers help their fellows. I know if I'd published a book I'd tell all my friends, family to do the same. I'm sure popularity would likely factor in. Interesting description, snazzy cover design. <BR/><BR/>As far as Lulu being a nice site, its very pretty and clean cut. But don't forget its also a company that generates money. There is a clear colour code and design, and I'm sure there were board meetings about it, and graphic designers to work on it. (Not that this is a negative thing, just I wouldn't expect the same from other many of the other class sites.)Lorileihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10315924963313557045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-3341080646347395342009-03-26T09:44:00.000-04:002009-03-26T09:44:00.000-04:00That is a cool concept... Who normally tags the books? Friends of the autor, readers, people with time on their hands??? Is it essentially helping you browse by pertinence or, also, by popularity? I'm looking forward to see your presentation! <BR/>And your site is so nice that it makes mine look bad! :))Lady Cameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360925367010145101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-43351164539253551292009-03-22T16:01:00.000-04:002009-03-22T16:01:00.000-04:00considering what 'tag' is when kids play this game....this form of "tag" your discussing seems to be more beneficial to the individual....interesting stuffGolden Pastryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18047237725139911973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-65552424485242243892009-02-20T01:31:00.000-05:002009-02-20T01:31:00.000-05:00I&#39;d be interested to hear if the party analogy holds up to scrutiny; if some of my recent experience in anarchist forums discussing the Greek riots, etc., is any indication (and I admit that it is an exceedingly specific one) then they can very much be the wrong kind of party (the &#39;hosts,&#39; a couple of individuals putting in all of the social labor needed to keep the conversation fresh, dominating, and the one-off commentators or flame-throwing ranters kicking in much of the supplementary content). <BR/><BR/>This is actually a fine form for a sort of Q&amp;A (with &#39;hosts&#39; both gracious and seemingly knowledgeable), but fares so-so with the party model...<BR/><BR/>I expect that many &#39;forums&#39; keep the party alive, but am curious how/why that is (only) sometimes the case (and I have my guesses)...<BR/><BR/>cool project.rsrcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05668029098740878094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-20436994342564501522009-02-13T14:42:00.000-05:002009-02-13T14:42:00.000-05:00Excellent, that one of the developers should come in and post a note, this is one of the blessings of the Internet.<BR/><BR/>This is not quite relevant here -- but does your work involve at any point any discussion or mention of these Kindle thingies I keep hearing about?Maximilian C. Fortehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209329841918356753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-46237860017095966332009-02-12T01:13:00.000-05:002009-02-12T01:13:00.000-05:00Hi,<BR/><BR/>I am a developer of the weRead application and would like to clarify some of the things:<BR/><BR/>You can revise your work at any time after it is published. Any newly printed books will start using the new version.<BR/><BR/>You can use weRead to setup an Author profile and reach out to your readers. As of now, there are 2 types in which you get to interact - discussion boards/wall posts. Look at the profiles on some authors who have setup their profile on weRead: http://weread.com/authors<BR/><BR/>As far as academic work is concerned it is totally upto you. weRead is generic and should help to serve any audience (although I would say we don't have any specific tools to suit an academic audience). Since you can use the application through social networks like Facebook, if you have an academic audience in Facebook, your audience can access your profile and discuss with you via your profile in that network.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>Gauthamgauthampaihttp://gauthampai.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-23645187906058699152009-02-11T19:26:00.000-05:002009-02-11T19:26:00.000-05:00Those are some of the questions I am currently working on myself. (And ways of looking at the same issues I hadn't thought of yet.) <BR/><BR/>I've been doing some digging in the copy-right laws/options as it is something that would concerns me as a writer. <BR/><BR/>I believe as far as being "published" you are uploading a document, say a PDF. I'm pretty sure if I upload a PDF of my first edition, then later has errors pointed out to me, or wanted to alter anything I could simply upload another version with the corrections. As far as printing goes, whatever copy Lulu has for the title you'd be selling at the time of the "buy" request by a consumer will be the one printed. Perhaps this is part of the beauty of "one-off" copies. <BR/><BR/>In fact, these questions, to fully answer them, require there own posts. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for providing some insight.Lorileihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10315924963313557045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-31668814496415059482009-02-11T16:56:00.000-05:002009-02-11T16:56:00.000-05:00Being that this project touches on topics directly relevant to my own, I can't for a second think of anything to contribute! <BR/><BR/>Some questions about self-publishing on such a site: Does anyone help edit the work?<BR/><BR/>Can it be revised once published? <BR/><BR/>Can others comment on it, and are these comments organized well? <BR/><BR/>What copyright options do publishers have?<BR/><BR/>Finally, do you think such a site would work for academic work? Could I reach academic audiences with it? Or does it serve a particular group more?Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09536228069733122141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-38351533663236043272009-01-23T20:08:00.000-05:002009-01-23T20:08:00.000-05:00Sure would tie into my own research. I'm looking forward to hearing more.Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09536228069733122141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-45984805996775517162009-01-20T23:38:00.000-05:002009-01-20T23:38:00.000-05:00Wow amazing template! "This must be Thursday" sounded familiar, now I know where it came from! I hope you'll put more and more Hitch Hiker's guide quote on your template!Snowrunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04223998861938853709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-31264684775345302342009-01-17T20:39:00.000-05:002009-01-17T20:39:00.000-05:00Sorry for the spam,<BR/><BR/>So CafePress may be the site where you do your research? That is a very interesting idea, I would be interested in seeing the kinds of interactions you follow. I also use CafePress, but it is not an account that can allow for message boards, indeed it's ages since I last visited my own account, maybe even years.Maximilian C. Fortehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209329841918356753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157126026788218060.post-34678987158418413392009-01-17T20:37:00.000-05:002009-01-17T20:37:00.000-05:00What the heck, this is amazing. It looks like you are going to show the rest of us a thing or two about how using a real blog template -- I am sorry that I rushed to make a screen capture of the previous version (anyway, it's just meant as a big button on the course website).<BR/><BR/>This looks great, you have made me jealous.Maximilian C. Fortehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209329841918356753noreply@blogger.com