With roughly a day and half of 2008 office time to go, thoughts inevitably turn to the year that was. Despite the near unbearable profusion of phatic and irritating “best of [insert year]” lists it seems worthwhile highlighting some of the, um, highlights from 2008 as this really was the year things kicked off for [...]
authonomy launched
on 3 September, 2008 – 8:47 am
Posted in General
Authonomy is out of private beta today and open to the world – read more at The Bookseller.
inside authonomy
on 21 August, 2008 – 11:02 am
Posted in General
When HarperCollins launched their slush pile site, Authonomy, in beta, I signed up and received an invitation. I wanted to have the full and genuine authonomy (small ‘a’) experience, so I dug out of my old files the beginnings of a sf novel (login probably required) that I’d been writing at varsity (you know, instead [...]
Titans at War!
on 23 October, 2007 – 3:32 pm
Posted in Search
Google Book Search has been much publicised and has become a shorthand for both the colossal ambition of Google and its casual disregard for intellectual property or the sensitivities of potential partners. The latter are possibly unsurprising for a company that has seen profit growth of 46% in 2Q07, added nearly 3000 employees in the [...]
