“There are people already sharing eBooks out there, .. and they do it simply because they love books. You don't buy a second copy of a book, cut the spine off, lay each page on a scanner, run that .tif through an OCR (Optical Character Reader), hand edit the resulting output for errors and then post it online if you don't love the book. it can up to 80 hours to turn a printed novel into an eBook. I figure if someone out there is willing to put in 80 hours of work promoting my book, then I'd prefer they do it in a way that gives a better return to me.” PeopleIfsWayGivingBookCharacterHandsRunningTurnsHoursNovelCuttingFiguresWillingReturnReaderPagesLaysErrorsPostsOnlineCopiesPromotingPrintedEditsSpineOutputReturn To Me Author:Cory Doctorow
“Stop in the middle of a sentence, leaving a rough edge for you to start from the nest day - that way, you can write three or five words without being “creative” and before you know it, you're writing.” KnowsWayWritingThreeCreativeFiveMiddleLeavingEdgesSentencesRoughBe CreativeNestsRough Edges Author:Cory Doctorow
“If the best way to learn to succeed is to fail as fast as possible, then the second-best way is to watch someone else fail as fast as possible. Watching someone else screw up is a kind of rehearsal for your own eventual downfall. A close observation of someone else's attempt to resolve a difficulty is a great way to acquire real-world insight into whether and when to deploy their method in your own times of trouble.” IfsWorldWayKindRealWatchesFailingTroubleSucceedDifficultyMethodInsightBest WayObservationAcquireResolveReal WorldScrewsRehearsalDownfallScrew UpsSecond BestTimes Of Trouble Author:Cory Doctorow
“The opposite of esprit d'escalier is the way that life's embarrassments come back to haunt us even after they're long past. I could remember every stupid thing I'd ever said or done, recall them with picture-perfect clarity. Any time I was feeling low, I'd naturally start to remember other times I felt that way, a hit parade of humiliations coming one after another to my mind.” WayMindLongSaidDoneFeelingsPastRememberFeltPerfectStupidLowsOppositesClarityRecallsHumiliationEmbarrassmentParadesStupid ThingsFeeling LowPicture Perfect Book:Little Brother Source: Little Brother
“He hated it when adults told him he only felt the way he did because he was young. As if being young was like being insane or drunk, like the convictions he held were hallucinations caused by a mental illness that could only be cured by waiting five years.” IfsWayYearsYoungFeltWaitingFiveAdultsIllnessConvictionMental IllnessInsaneDrunkHatedFive YearsHallucinations Book:For The Win Source: For The Win
