The most dangerous part of reading nonfiction is the bibliography.
I’m three pages in and I’ve added four books to my wishlist.
This will not end well.
The most dangerous part of reading nonfiction is the bibliography.
I’m three pages in and I’ve added four books to my wishlist.
This will not end well.
**Reading Motivation**
Finally found the motivation to sit down and read on a Saturday.
New York Public Library Main Branch, research library in Manhattan, New York, USA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Public_Library_Main_Branch
Yes, very much so. --- Finding the right balance between citing everything and readability is tricky. For my two (semi)-popular books (Mind Within the Brain [Oxford], Changing How We Choose [MIT Press]), I was able to convince them to let me use a double-step citation process.
What I did was to provide either rare notes through the text (Oxford ~ 1-2 superscript numbers per paragraph) or page number links (MIT Press) that then included author-year citations in the endnote, linking to a full bibliography at the end. So there weren't a lot of notes in the main text, but all of the cites were still there. On the other hand, in order to find the citation, you have to take two steps (to the endnotes and then to the bibliography).
This worked well, but required me to do the major (semi-final) write of the book in LaTeX because I needed to actually program the citation manager myself. (Easy to do in BibTex, really hard in modern systems.)
It was also a major negotiation in both cases that required me standing up for citation and readability.
May be useful for other people writing #books . #SciencePublishing
Action, Adventure & Thrills Giveaway promo!
Action, Adventure, Mystery & Suspense 17 authors are giving away freebies to entice new readers! Check out these stories, and you might find your next favorite series. (You sign up for author newsletters to get them, but you can unsubscribe absolutely any time.) My freebie is a collection of mystery short stories, including the cozy "Case of the Missing Monkey."
https://books.bookfunnel.com/gomery-kimber-action-adventure-intrigue-2/z2364n3sfd
#books #Mystery #Thriller @bookstodon
please, please please indie authors: do not use AI ―and that includes online services like Adobe― to make photo-realistic images for your #books or their covers. it looks synthetic and cheap.
Just finished creating cover designs for the 12 days promo Christine and I are launching on DEC 20th. We're offering 12 days of free downloads, ranging from energy audits, mindfulness exercises, manifesting, sales/business playbooks AND MORE. The retail value of the offerings ranges from $97-$497 each.
Want to learn more? Register for free:
With paperbacks and hardcovers of most of my books available via Amazon before the holidays, there's still time to get great gifts for the speculative-fiction readers in your life!
https://amazon.com/author/michaelshotter
Paperbacks also at:
https://bookshop.org/contributors/michael-shotter
...a great way to shop online and still support your local booksellers!
Gaston Bachelard : La formation de l'esprit scientifique, contribution à une psychanalyse de la connaissance objective
"If there's an audience with an appetite for blood it was created by the very industry and elites who now condemn it."
> Social Murder, Social Rage: the Luigi Mangione Reading List
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/social-murder-and-the-luigi-mangione-case-a-reading-list by #VersoBooks
Bookstores with doggos are the best.
—at The #Munich Readery
Looking for a US ebook store not tied to a particular app (e.g. Kindle or Nook) - Any suggestions?
Read more about Zaza and the rest of the Better Angels in *Better Angels: Tour de Force*, only at the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy https://truckstop.waterdragonpublishing.com/product/better-angels-tour-de-force/ #books
Read more about Zaza and the rest of the Better Angels in *Better Angels: Tour de Force*, only at the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy https://truckstop.waterdragonpublishing.com/product/better-angels-tour-de-force/ #books
Violet's on holiday with a group from school in Titanic by Hannah Webb. But will she sink or swim?
https://www.fictionable.world/stories/titanic-hannah-webb/
And on the @fictionable #podcast Webb explains how the unreality of the #internet doesn't make the experiences it brings any less important:
Image: engin akyurt
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #comics #translation #bookstodon @bookstodon
I'm translating a 1910 story by Edith Nesbit about how fucking horrifying as road hazards fast cars were to country people at the time. It's quite effective, no joke.
Welcome to our Crazy Cozy Book Sale – my scifi short stories are FREE on Smashwords from December 12, 2024 – January 1, 2025.
https://inkican.com/smashwords-scifi-short-stories-free-in-december/