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Contents

351062: Re: Getting Published (Paul Bradney)
351069: Re: Getting Published (Simon Chamberlain)
351163: Re: Getting Published (olive)
351429: Re: Getting Published (DavidP)
351909: Re: Internet search by file type (Maeve)
351042: Re: Solicitors' trust account (Eldin Rammell)
350999: Internet Resources Newsletter: Issue 164 (Roddy MacLeod)
351006: RNS announcements? (Lucille Teller)
351023: Environmental Training Courses (Matt Shaw)
351110: Research data management software (Peter)
351500: Re: Research data management software (A Rice)
351509: Re: Research data management software (Peter)
351164: New Energy Finance (Pamela Clark)
351545: Reece Daniels - Peterlee Entertainer (Amber Lawrie)
351558: Social Networking Statistics (Matt Day)
351567: FreePint 258: Search Beyond the Web + IA Summit (Robin Neidorf)
351655: German Braille (Andrea Toms)
351672: TNA - Equality & Diversity Training (Carolyn Brownsea)
352030: Latest Additions to FreePint Events (Janice@Freepint)
352039: Office Move - Library Archives (Marie Milligan)
352085: Amadeus (Helen)
352090: Re: Amadeus (Matt)
352096: Re: Amadeus (Graham)

[351062] Re: Getting Published
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Author:Paul Bradney
Date:05/08/2008 12:50 pm
Category:Communications and Publishing

Reply To:(#347612) Re: Getting Published
Author:Gerry Walker
Date:30/07/2008 04:38 pm

Not sure "vanity" and "stupidity" are necessarily the right words here. I would have said "pride" and "satisfaction". I'd personally classify fiction writers under the same banner as painters, musicians/singers and poets, i.e. the majority of them will never be rich but have satisfaction in having their "art" appreciated, which gives them a sense of pride. Stephen King and U2 (for example) may not achieve their greatest sales over the internet but that's really looking at it from the wrong angle. If the person has enough money to be able to afford to publish themselves, or indeed spends little via the lulu.com route, and sells a handful of books, and gets a handful of praise back, then I guess that must be a lovely feeling, giving them a sense of acheivement most of us would envy. They may wish to be rich and famous one day, but i guess a "great book" or "fantastic voice" comment must make them very happy indeed. Think I've covered at least 3 of the deadly sins here!! :o)

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[351069] Re: Getting Published
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351069

Author:Simon Chamberlain
Date:05/08/2008 01:05 pm
Category:Communications and Publishing

Reply To:(#350546) Re: Getting Published
Author:Gerry Walker
Date:04/08/2008 04:39 pm

Stephen King is one example, certainly, but that doesn't prove that there is *no* value in self-publishing fiction online.

To take a few counter-examples, both Charlie Stross and Cory Doctorow release their fiction for free, online - and they've managed to become reasonably successful genre writers, and sell plenty of hard copies of their work. Publishing online serves to create interest in their work, and develop their market.

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[351163] Re: Getting Published
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Author:olive
Date:05/08/2008 05:02 pm
Category:Communications and Publishing

Reply To:(#344526) Getting Published
Author:Chiedza Mukuze
Date:23/07/2008 11:44 am

Hiya,
Interesting conversation - replying to the original enquiry.
If it were me, I think I might suggest to the author doing a bit of research on what Raider have published and how well the books were marketed, sold etc. A look at some of their recently published books might yield contact emails for an author(s) who had been published by Raider so that your enquirer could ask how the experience had been for them, directly.

I am writing from Northern Ireland and I don't know the funding situation in Zimbabwe for the arts. Here there are awards from the Arts Council NI for individual artists but these would help, for example, a writer to buy time to write / edit their writing.. or in any case support the process of producing. The Arts Council also provide some funding for local publishers (which means that authors would be benefitting from this when they had been taken on by a publisher but couldn't apply directly for this support). A check of the enquirer's local situation would be more useful, of course.

That said, ordinarily, you wouldn't expect to pay for the privilege of having a publisher publishing your work - from which they will, all being well, profit. I would advise being really clear about the benefits of this before parting with any money and considering the alternatives, should this amount to a pernicious form of self-publishing (where the author is reeled in as 'selected'), as others have discussed here.

For what it's worth, despite the difficulty in getting an agent (never mind a publisher) all my novelist friends have opted to go this route.

I wish the author every success with his novel.

Every good wish
Olive

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[351429] Re: Getting Published
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351429

Author:DavidP
Date:06/08/2008 04:54 am
Category:Communications and Publishing

Reply To:(#350963) Re: Getting Published
Author:William Hann
Date:05/08/2008 08:51 am

There is also a growing interest in POD or print on demand, with a website at http://www.proprint.com.au/Find/pod.aspx having more information. While the Internet hasn't yet assisted with the distribution of new fiction (I speak from experience! My fictional historical diary at http://davidpovey.blogspot.com achieved a very small readership) it has distributed vast numbers of books via Gutenberg and similar on-line libraries.

Regards,

David Povey

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[351909] Re: Internet search by file type
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Author:Maeve
Date:07/08/2008 03:08 am
Category:Internet Searching, Webmaster, eCommerce

Reply To:(#347415) Re: Internet search by file type
Author:John McNeil
Date:30/07/2008 04:08 am

Hi John,

I did this search in Google - filetype:sty music - and found 44 results.

This search - filetype:sty - delivered about 33,000 results.

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[351042] Re: Solicitors' trust account
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Author:Eldin Rammell
Date:05/08/2008 11:57 am
Category:Information Issues

Reply To:(#350495) Solicitors' trust account
Author:Spottymaldoon
Date:04/08/2008 01:32 pm

Hi,

I suggest you take a look at the Solicitors' Accounts Rules which can be found at http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct/accounts-rules.page

It is clear that a solicitor must have a client account completely separate from the "office" account but you will need to check through the relevant rules relating to client accounts (Part B) to see whether use of this account for Trust monies is permitted.

Regards,
Eldin Rammell.
Managing Director Rammell Consulting Ltd
http://rammell-consulting.co.uk

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[350999] Internet Resources Newsletter: Issue 164
http://www.freepint.com/go/b350999

Author:Roddy MacLeod
Date:05/08/2008 10:18 am
Category:None selected ...

The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at:

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A-Z New & Notable Web Sites:
About 100 new and notable websites: new services, ejournals, directories,
search engines, publishers, government sites, eResources, booksellers, calls for papers, software,
news services, conferences, research groups, plus anything of interest, etc, etc.

Nice Web Site(s):
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Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items

Recent Internet books in the Library

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Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk), Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy

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[351006] RNS announcements?
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351006

Author:Lucille Teller
Date:05/08/2008 10:51 am
Category:Information Issues

Am I correct in thinking that share issues, rights issues and share placements would be announced through the Regulatory News Service? If not, how can I find these things?

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[351023] Environmental Training Courses
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351023

Author:Matt Shaw
Date:05/08/2008 11:13 am
Category:Language, Education, Arts and Events

Hi, I work in environmental marketing and I've found a resource that's probably worth a look... I'm looking for similar ones too for a report I'm doing.

As most businesses at the moment are trying to become more environmentally friendly, it's well worth having an employee or group of employees take a course in this area. The Environmental Academy also have an online course that's inexpensive and will give you an NCFE qualification. I did it recently and just got my certificate and think it could be worth a lot in my future job hunting!

Anyway I recommend you take a look if you're looking into becoming more 'green' - http://www.environmental-academy.co.uk

Anyone else have any comments about this one? or any similar resources?

Thanks,

Matt

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[351110] Research data management software
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351110

Author:Peter
Date:05/08/2008 02:58 pm
Category:Information Issues

Free-Pinters,

I've been asked for names of software which can be used by researchers to gather and collate qualitative info (opinions of interviewees etc). I understand specific software exists. Can anyone give any pointers?

Thanks

Peter

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[351500] Re: Research data management software
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351500

Author:A Rice
Date:06/08/2008 08:57 am
Category:Information Issues

Reply To:(#351110) Research data management software
Author:Peter
Date:05/08/2008 02:58 pm

Hi Peter

There are lots of these types of packages. Nud*ist, NVivo are widely used.

This website from the University of Huddersfield's Dept of Behavioural Science lists software available and does some comparisons.

http://onlineqda.hud.ac.uk/Which_software/index.php

Hope this helps

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[351509] Re: Research data management software
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351509

Author:Peter
Date:06/08/2008 09:28 am
Category:Information Issues

Reply To:(#351500) Re: Research data management software
Author:A Rice
Date:06/08/2008 08:57 am

This looks ideal - thank you so much.

P

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[351164] New Energy Finance
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351164

Author:Pamela Clark
Date:05/08/2008 05:04 pm
Category:Company, Industry, Country and Product Research

I'm hearing good things about New Energy Finance. Are there any subscribers out there who'd like to comment on their experiences with them? As editor of FreePint's VIP magazine I'm thinking of putting together a review piece of information vendors in the energy/utilities space. Of interest? Other products to include?

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[351545] Reece Daniels - Peterlee Entertainer
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351545

Author:Amber Lawrie
Date:06/08/2008 11:17 am
Category:Language, Education, Arts and Events

I'm looking for information on local gigs and events in and around Peterlee where Reece Daniels (60's Entertainer) is playing. Ideally i would like a full listing, however any dates, times & locations would be a great help.

Many Thanks
Amber

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[351558] Social Networking Statistics
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351558

Author:Matt Day
Date:06/08/2008 11:52 am
Category:Internet Searching, Webmaster, eCommerce

Hello Free pinters

I'm looking to source stats on social networking sites, particularly for myspace and how many bands are registered on there.

Found plenty of figures on various blogs but without any indication as to the source of them, so I'm a little suspicious as to their accuracy.

Anyone aware of any good sources or companies (free or chargeable) whether this info can be sourced from?

Many thanks

Matt

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[351567] FreePint 258: Search Beyond the Web + IA Summit
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351567

Author:Robin Neidorf
Date:06/08/2008 12:33 pm
Category:FreePint

FreePint 258 has been published and is available at

http://www.freepint.com/issues/

In this issue:

* 'Search Beyond the Web: When to Pick Up the Phone.' Online search has come to dominate the information world, but there's one 19th century tool no researcher should be without - the telephone. Risa Banks reminds us of ten situations in which picking up a phone and talking to someone in person is far more effective than any other search tool.

* 'Experiencing Information: A Personal View of the 2008 Information Architecture Summit'. Reporting from the 2008 Information Architecture Summit in Miami, Helen Lippell provides highlights of the lively and informative show focused on 'experiencing information.' As IA plays an increasingly critical role in providing information context and connections, participants learned more about how search and discoverability and the connections between digital and physical search are changing IA today.

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General Manager
Free Pint Limited

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[351655] German Braille
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351655

Author:Andrea Toms
Date:06/08/2008 05:08 pm
Category:People and Places

Hi,

Have been having a bit of difficulty with this one, so I don't know if anyone can help. Does anyone know where I can get hold of a hard copy (in Braille) of the German Braille code as used in Germany, and not the UK? Apparently there are differences between the two. Also does anyone know of any magazines in German Braille that can be subscribed to?

Thanks in advance,

Andrea.

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[351672] TNA - Equality & Diversity Training
http://www.freepint.com/go/b351672

Author:Carolyn Brownsea
Date:06/08/2008 05:32 pm
Category:Language, Education, Arts and Events

Can anybody point me in the direction of a TNA aimed at delegates who will be undertaking an E&D staff development programme. The progamme objectives are: •Improved staff understanding of E&D, •Staff are able to use strategies to manage E&D issues relevant to their role e.g. Recruiters, tutors, etc.

Thanks
Carolyn

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[352030] Latest Additions to FreePint Events
http://www.freepint.com/go/b352030

Author:Janice@Freepint
Date:07/08/2008 09:03 am
Category:FreePint

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[352039] Office Move - Library Archives
http://www.freepint.com/go/b352039

Author:Marie Milligan
Date:07/08/2008 09:50 am
Category:Information Issues

I'm the Information Coordinator for Cultural Enterprise Office & am responsible for packing up & archiving our library resources for our hub office move in a month.

We have a massive backlog of professional development periodicals (i.e. Arts Professional, AN, AI etc.) & am uncertain how far back to keep as a reference tool.

Has anyone got any tips/experience of this?

Thanks,
Marie

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[352085] Amadeus
http://www.freepint.com/go/b352085

Author:Helen
Date:07/08/2008 01:19 pm
Category:Company, Industry, Country and Product Research

Does anyone know if there is a product that directly competes with Amadeus? I have Amadeus at the moment and my manager wants to know if there are any other systems we could use instead of Amadeus.
Thanks
Helen

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[352090] Re: Amadeus
http://www.freepint.com/go/b352090

Author:Matt
Date:07/08/2008 01:38 pm
Category:Company, Industry, Country and Product Research

Reply To:(#352085) Amadeus
Author:Helen
Date:07/08/2008 01:19 pm

Look into One Source's Global Business Browser, possibly Dun & Bradstreet, there may be others? Good luck.

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[352096] Re: Amadeus
http://www.freepint.com/go/b352096

Author:Graham
Date:07/08/2008 01:56 pm
Category:Company, Industry, Country and Product Research

Reply To:(#352085) Amadeus
Author:Helen
Date:07/08/2008 01:19 pm

Try looking at Kompass too, Helen.

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