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My super-literate author J P Cross (THE CALL OF NEPAL) dropped “shramming” into his manuscript — which was a new word to me!
 Quite a bit of chatter in the writing and publishing worlds about the demise of Amazon Connect. From my post to pod_publishing:
Not good to see this in a journal that purports to be the trade paper for the publishing industry.
Either “… areas that used to be strong” or “… were once strong” would be more correct than the purely verbal construction “use to be.” This is a useful trick that does not come up when you enter [lorem ipsum] in the Word 2007 online help!
This is important because it is clever (and, unfortunately, rather evil) in that it creates a new and legitimate way of charging for something that has always been free. It is entirely within Amazon’s rights to charge for the infrastructure necessary to move content from RSS to the Kindle. Setup is extremely easy. I recommend to all my authors with blogs that they participate. Why not? A very funny passage in a very thoughtful essay on the art (and agony) of citation.
The theory: How to fix Microsoft Word’s spell-checker. – By Chris Wilson – Slate Magazine . The practice: How to remove a word from Word’s main Spelling Dictionary. by Suzanne Barnhill, Microsoft MVP. Just saw this in a license agreement written by a big-company attorney who should know better … Q: How should I attribute the sample data provided by BigCo] if I use it as proscribed above? “proscribed” means prohibited, “prescribed” means as instructed … two words, one letter difference, diametrically opposite meanings It is recommended that authors of nonfiction should include a bibliography. Because of the impact of additional pages on cost, we should agree beforehand on length. Also, remember that “complete” means complete: if you are going to have a bibliography, turn it in with the rest of the manuscript. House style is that the bibliography should reference the most important documents that were consulted that are relevant, even if they are not cited directly in the text. My rationale for this rule is that what you need to cite in the final text depends on the exact points you make, how you phrase them, what happens during editing, and so on. The point of the more complete reference strategy is to give knowledgeable readers a sense of confidence that you consulted the best known sources and to give less knowledgeable readers a better set of jumping off points if they choose to read further on their own. I like annotated bibliographies, but I do insist that if you are going to annotate it, you need to say something worthwhile about most (if not all) of the books you discuss. Don’t just say “X is a good study”: explain why you like it, and be candid about which books are better and which are worse. Not to worry! I confine myself to a) clarifying and strengthening your arguments b) questioning assumptions c) pointing out “inconvenient” facts |
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that contradict arguments d) suggesting that you qualify overly bald or sweeping assertions and e) standard copy editing. As the author, you have the last word, except in matters of usage, house style, or libel (all equally grievous sins in my book 
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