Cyberflanerie: Writerly Whatnot Edition

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Ellen Cassedy's generous & inspired monthly column of writing tips for She Writes
(P.S. Cassedy's guest-blog post for Madam Mayo, 5 Links to Learn Yiddish.)

Hugh Howey's Author Earnings

Jane Friedman shows the changing face of publishing in 5 charts
(This is why so much of my focus these past few years has been on publishing Kindles and making podcasts.)

The last installation of novelist Carmen Amato's Bookstores of the Future series
(P.S. My ancient ode to bookstores over at Red Room.)

Thank you, dear Gregory Gibson, one of my favorite writers and the best rare book dealer blogger, I am honored to find "Madam Mayo" on your blog roll at Bookman's Log.

Lucas Klein on Translation and Translation Studies as a Social Movement

SURF ON, BODACIOUS READER-WRITER:
That Andrew Wiley interview, again, because it just so totally floats my boat

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Cyberflanerie: Free Sound Clips, Free Images & Free Fonts Editions

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Cyberflanerie: Blogs Noted Edition

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Mexican urban legend: John Kachuba on La Pascualita

Almost as gruesome: Andrew Wylie Interview in the New Republic

Via the ever-fabulous Swiss-Miss: Tiny Town Is Inventing Bus Stops

Brigid Amos has a lovely new blog, Nebraska Notion
PS My favorite place in Nebraska, Carhenge

Seth Roberts' final paper, "How Little We Know"

Karen Casey Fitzjerrel's From the Back Roads

Introvert to Extrovert on Patricia Dubrava's blog, Holding the Light


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Cyberflanerie: Print All Over Me Pants Edition

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So if you've been following this blog you know I've been raving about Print All Over Me (printallover.me), as a kind of LOLcats x designy x Instagram x China = future of fashion (a mention here and blog post about the sweatshirts and some sweatpants here). Herewith some sweatpants picks:

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Cyberflanerie: Instacart Mexico City, Anti-Surveillance Mask, Lil Crabe the Flying Pretzel Man & etc

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Not. I mean, it's not here in Mexico City yet. So my registering and trying out Instacart for a California zipcode was sort of totally pointless except for the fact that, wow, what a user interface!! Years ago I tried a couple of on-line grocery services, they both were bigger headaches than, oh hell, just getting in the car and going over there myself. Seriously, have a look at Instacart's super elegant & easy user interface. 

Also very interesting (this is the economist in me): the implications of such services for the labor market. Seems to me an enterprising student/housewife / retiree could put together a tidy little income from working Instacart, Taskrabbit, etsy and Craig's List, with a much better fit for one's schedule. Downside, of course, is no benefits.

Another amazing user interface is www.gumroad.com -- which I'll be using shortly for some of my ebooks. Meanwhile, you can get my ebooks on amazon and a few on iTunes-- plus, there's one that is a free PDF download. Check 'em all out here.

>See NYT article on Instacart (via Tyler Cowan's Marginal Revolution).

More totally random cyberflanerie:
Mr Heisenbug: Respect the Microbiota (not the voodoo doughnut, I guess).

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