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Artmedia - ePublishing News - Spring 2004
Contemporary Australian and New Zealand Literary and Performing Arts
ePublishing Report
Blogs and RSS Publishing - the new XML Publishing Medium
Publishing News:
BookSurge launchs their Australian 'Print On Demand' Operation
Altosys Software Technologies, Content Processing,
Chennai, India.
Preceive Software's eBook Verifier Tool
Writing News: 
Show and sell!, Australian
Publishers & Authors Bookshow, NSW
Logan Writers Guild International Short Story & Poetry
Competition
Summer Literary Seminars, Nairobi,
Editor required, JUICE Dance Magazine, London, England
Media News:
Call for Submissions - Video Dictionary, Madrid, Spain
Call for submissions - Traffic Project - Video Program, Canada
Intellectual Property Society, Evolution of Intellectual Property Rights
Noticeboard:
Poem by Mary Rudge, California
Performance Poet, Charlie Rossiter, Performing in all
the Albanys
NY Artist, Stephen Meads book, "We Are More Than Our
Wounds"
Naomi Guss, looking for work as a Proofreader,
Australia
Artmedia Services:
Newsletter Advertising, Web Promotion - Subscriptions and Unsubscriptions
Cartoons by Gail Carson
mailto:gail.carson@bigpond.com
Welcome to the October 2004 edition of the e-publishing quarterly from Artmedia Publishing, a publication with an Australian and New Zealand focus, and a global perspective, exploring the changing nature of the book and electronic publishing.
Blogs and Really Simple Syndication, RSS, are the new frontiers in electronic publishing, and in the ePublishing Report in this issue I explore these, and introduce my new 'Angels can Fly Blog' which is syndicated in RSS format, and I invite you all to explore these new publishing mediums.
In Publishing news this month, BookSurge launchs their new Australian
'Print On Demand' Operation, Altosys Software Technologies offer content
processing from India, and Preceive Software have information on their eBook
Verifier tool. While in the Writing news, the NSW Writers Centre have
information on 'Show and sell!', the 6th Australian Publishers & Authors
Bookshow, and the Logan Writers Guild have information on their
International Short Story & Poetry Competition. There is also news of the
Summer Literary Seminars in Nairobi,
We aim to provide an avenue of communication for the growing electronic publishing community worldwide, so please put us on your mail list, and send us information for inclusion in the free sections of this publication. Please also forward this newsletter to somebody else who may be interested.
RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. But it's not just for news. Pretty much anything that can be broken down into discrete items can be syndicated via RSS, even the revision history of a book, for example. Once information about each item is in RSS format, an RSS-aware program can check the feed for changes and react to the changes in an appropriate way.
RSS-aware programs called news aggregators
are popular in the weblogging community. Many weblogs make content available
in RSS, and a news aggregator can help you keep up with all your favorite
weblogs by checking their RSS feeds and displaying new items from each of
them.
Since Weblogs or Blogs are becoming increasingly popular on the web, I have
started experimenting with a new Blog, which over the next six months, and
beyond, will tell the inside story of the publication of my new book, 'Angels
can Fly, a Modern Clown User Guide'. This blog is
syndicated both in RSS, and a new related XML format called atom, so you can
read it from the comfort of your newsreader, rather than surfing to the web
page in your browser.
In May next year, Angels can Fly will be launched in NZ, and I will then embark on a world tour to promote the book, which I intend to document on my blog, including reviews, and inviting your reactions... because a blog is an interactive experience, and you are welcome to post comments in response to any post. Angels can Fly promises a mix of fiction, following the adventures of ten clown characters, some personal clown anecdotes, a total of 50 practical clown exercises, and some theory on the nature of modern clown. I have already posted an introduction, some anecdotes and exercises, on the Blog, which includes part of chapter one of the book, and also my mailout to festivals and libraries to participate in the 2005 promotional tour.
Check out the blog at http://www.alanclay.com/blog.html and click on the 'add to My Yahoo' button, to syndicate the blog in RSS to your My Yahoo account, if you have one, and otherwise click the 'syndicate this site' link, to add the blog to your RSS newsfeeds. Those of you interested in publishing in eBook or POD formats, but unsure of the process, will find the postings on this blog provide a practical inside look at the process over the next few months. If you are interested you can also sign up to receive a free eBook copy of Angels can Fly in the MS Reader .lit format at: www.alanclay.com/ebook_list.htm
On the Artmedia site you can find links to writers, companies, resources and festivals all over the world, and you can also subscribe to this newsletter. The newsletter archive on the site now includes all issues for 2002, 2003 and 2004. Check it out at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/ebooks.htm We are currently undergoing an expansion of the artmedia network, which will enable us to work with film and music, as well as our current theatre and writing, and we will have more exciting news on this development in the next months. Find information on the promotional services offered by Artmedia, at the bottom of this newsletter.
South Australian author, Adrian Rogers' , historical fantasy novel, Fire In The Wasteland, is under contract for e-book publication by Books Unbound of New York. "We are half way through the editing process" Adrian says, "and it will probably be out by early new year. I have also signed a contract with Double-Dragon Publications, for re-issue of The Secret Chronicle Of Oisin, also out next year, and m y Time Tunnel And The Grail, now linked to Mountain Mist Productions as an e-book, will shortly also be out in print." http://www.artmedia.com.au/cathar.htm
Australian born poet Richard James Allen
has combined a unique international career as a writer, performer,
choreographer and filmmaker, and his first novel, The Kamikaze Mind, will be
published by Brandl & Schlesinger in 2005. Find information on advance
orders at:
http://www.artmedia.com.au/kamikaze_mind.htm
Richard James Allen and Karen Pearlman run the
Physical TV Company which makes dance and physical theatre for the
screen. Their award winning dance films and video dance works, stories told
by the body, regularly screen nationally and internationally at Festivals
and on TV.
http://www.artmedia.com.au/physical_tv.htm
Alan Clay has recently launched a new site at http://www.alanclay.com to promote his new book, Angels can Fly, which is due out in May next year. Check out the Angels can Fly Blog over the next months, for an inside look at the publishing process and some of the material in this book. http://www.alanclay.com/blog.html Info on Alan Clay's novels, Moontan, Dance Sisters, and Believers in Love, can also be found. "Believers in Love is a powerfully creative work, with prose that sings like poetry. Beautifully told and evocatively rendered, Believers in Love comes very highly recommended." http://www.artmedia.com.au/believers.htm
BookSurge launchs Australian POD operation
"With the
slogan "real books ... real fast ... worldwide", BookSurge recently launched
its Australian print-on-demand operation. BookSurge was started in 2000, and
it already has operations in six countries outside the United States and
plans to open two more soon. The company's catalog includes about 4,000
authors, and BookSurge also prints books under contract for a variety of
other publishers. BookSurge will offer truly global, inventory-free book
distribution. The Australian arm joins established distribution centres in
the USA, Canada, UK, and the Netherlands, with Spain, Greece and Poland soon
to follow. All orders are placed through a centralised database and the
order is routed to the closest facility. BookSurge operates as a printer, a
drop-ship facility for direct publisher fulfilment, a wholesale distributor
and, potentially, as an online bookseller. With BookSurge, publishers can
fulfil retail and wholesale book sales directly from their website while
carrying zero inventory. BookSurge Australia has already conducted trials
for Melbourne University Press, fulfilled orders for a number of small- and
self-publishers and produced over 750 books for export to eight countries
including India, the Philippines and South Africa. Amanda Finnis, MUP's
managing editor said that 'MUP were interested in the idea of printing only
the number of books the market demands and therefore reducing the overheads
associated with warehousing stock. Print-on-demand also means we can respond
very quickly to orders and we never have to take a book out of print just
because we've run out of stock'. BookSurge, with its printing facilities
located all over the world, offers more flexibility to the print-on-demand
publishing model."
Very best
wishes,
Altosys Software Technologies, Content Processing, Chennai, India
"Dear Sir/Madam, I head a technology outfit called Altosys Software Technologies Limited, which specialises in content processing. My team is based in Chennai, India. We have a team of people with good expertise in conversion of content from any format to any other format. In the past we have done many projects involving SGML, XML, HTML, eBooks, TeX/LaTex conversion and creating new DTD. We have developed many tools in house to expedite and enhance the process of conversion. We also create and maintain eBooks for couple of European clients and one Australian Client. Our focus on quality and process has resulted in many repeat clients. Kindly visit our website and give your feedback." Regards, Ganesan, Sr Executive, e-Publishing, Altosys Software Technologies Limited. Find a link to Altosys under Digital Services at http://www.artmedia.com.au/links1.htm
Preceive Software's eBook Verifier tool
"This is an announcement for Preceive Software's eBook Verifier tool. It is a tool that allows ebook publishers and authors to verify that their ebook is well-formed. Because of the myriad numbers of hardware and software readers out there, it is important to adhere as closely as possible to ebook standards. The eBook Verifier tool currently supports the Open eBook standard (version 1.0, 1.0.1, and 1.2). We intend to support the forthcoming OpenReader specification when it is available. In addition, we are investigating support for Digital Talking Book / DAISY and the related NIMAS standard. This tool is going through a brief beta period; we want to offer list members an opportunity to test it out during this period. More information, as well as the beta download, can be found on our site. Feedback on this release would be appreciated!" Thank you, Devon Carew. Find the link to the beta download link at Altosys Software under Publishing Tools at http://www.artmedia.com.au/links1.htm
'Show and sell!', Australian Publishers and Authors Bookshow, NSW
"Invitation to 'Show and sell!', the 6th Australian Publishers and Authors Bookshow, on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 November 2004. The NSW Writers' Centre's Australian Publishers and Authors Bookshow, is a unique event, initiated by the Centre in 1999 to support local writers and local publishing in the face of the rapidly increasing globalisation of the Australian publishing industry. The Bookshow's 'show and sell' tables will be set up in the Double Room of the Centre and will showcase the work of participating Australian-owned publishers, small presses, niche publishers, self-published authors, and short-run and POD printers, among others. Writers, librarians, booksellers, publishers and literary organisations will be invited to the Bookshow along with the Centre's nearly 4,000 members. In previous years, the Bookshow weekend has attracted hundreds of visitors and book-buyers. This year, it will, for the first time, be held in conjunction with the nine-day Rozelle Festival, and so will pull in many people from the local community as well as visitors to the municipality. The great majority of stall holders in past years have been delighted with the sales they have achieved over the weekend. The Bookshow will also present a talks program (in the Board Room adjacent to the Double Room) featuring people in the writing and publishing industries, including publishers, booksellers, agents, distributors, publicists, editors, manuscript assessors, artists and illustrators, self-published writers and others. If you want to participate... You can hire a table for the weekend and/or book a time for your book launch." Cheers, Irina Dunn. Find a link to the NSW Writers Centre under Writers Groups at http://www.artmedia.com.au/links1.htm
Logan Writers Guild International Short Story and Poetry Competition
Logan Writers Guild Inc is a non profit cultural organization in Queensland Australia, and we are running an international short story and poetry competition for 2004. The prize money is AUD$1000 first prize for the short story and AUD$500 first prize for the poetry with prize money for the minor places. Maximum 2000 words for the Short Story and maximum 40 lines for the Poetry and not previously published. A maximum of 5 entries per contestant will be accepted. Entry Fee AUD$5 per entry. Go to the website for additional copies of the entry form that must accompany all entries. The closing date for the competition is 31 December 2004 with finalists being announced on 1 April 2005. We are producing an anthology of the all the winning entries and recording the major prize winners on CD for visually impaired and aging readers. We will also publish the winning entries on our website." Yours sincerely, Catherine Black, Short Story / Poetry Co-ordinator, Logan Writers Guild. Logan Central, Queensland, Australia. Find a link to the Logan Writers Guild under Writers Groups at http://www.artmedia.com.au/links1.htm
Summer Literary Seminars, Nairobi,
Summer Literary Seminars (St. Petersburg,
announce
the opening of enrollment into SLS/Kenya-04. The only program of its kind in
sub-Saharan Africa, it will be held December 15-29 in
Westlands - one of Nairobi's most attractive neighborhoods. The
teaching faculty will include: Jeffery Renard
Allen (fiction), Wanda Coleman (poetry), Arthur Flowers (lecturer:
contemporary African-American literature), Josip Novakovich (non-fiction),
and Binyavanga Wainaina
(lecturer: contemporary African literature), as well as a number of leading
Kenyan writers. In addition to the genre seminars (workshops) and the
lecture series, the academic part of the program will feature faculty and
student readings and regular roundtable discussions and meetings with local
writers, poets, playwrights, and artists. Kenya
Editor required, JUICE Dance Magazine, London
"Editor required, JUICE Magazine. A motivated individual with experience of editing performing arts information required for a part-time post to produce and develop JUICE, a monthly listings magazine for independent dance professionals. You should be self-motivated, capable of managing a varied and demanding schedule, and passionate about the dance sector in its widest context. Minimum one years experience using Quark and Photoshop essential. Salary 18,500 pounds p.a. (pro-rata, part-time, 3 days a week). Deadline for applications Friday 15 October 2004. For further details and an application form, visit our website." Naomi Black, Manager, Artist Development, The Place, London. Find a link to JUICE Dance Magazine under Media at http://www.artmedia.com.au/links1.htm
Call for Submissions - Video Dictionary, Madrid, Spain
"Call for Submissions by: Saturday, 16 October 2004, for the Video Dictionary, a project about language and moving images. This is a new venture of the Video Art Foundation, following the development and presentation of 25hrs in Barcelona. The aim of the VideoDictionary is to make a collection of videos of less than one minute of duration that define different words of the dictionary. It will reflect about the relationship of objects and words, and the capability of moving images to construct meaning. The videos are made by a wide variety of video artists from different countries and language speakers using video in its work. Videos should not contain words neither on the images nor on the soundtrack, so the dictionary is available for speakers of all languages. However, English will be the primary language for classify and order the entries." Find a link to the Video Dictionary under Video at http://www.artmedia.com.au/links1.htm
Call for submissions - Traffic Project - Video Program, Quibec, Canada
"Call for submissions, Deadline: October 15, 2004. Open to all disciplines, the event TRAFIC, to be held in June of 2005, investigates that which circulates and the diverse routes of circulation taken, characterized by the disappearance of distance, the obsessive concern with productivity, and increased surveillance. Initiated by L'E cart an artist-run center located in Rouyn-Noranda . The concept of traffic refers to mobility, to flux, to overflow and encumbrance (of humans, merchandise or ideas) on a territory via different networks of transport or telecommunications.The city of Rouyn-Noranda, which will host a programme of both intra- and extra-mural activities, will be the heart of the event. Artists are also invited to present a tape for TRAFIC's video programme, which will tour in the region. Submissions must include: A statement of intention, A curriculum vitae, 10 clearly labeled slides and/or a video document, DVD, CD-ROM, soundtrack on CD or any other documentation or internet link that might help in considering the submission. TRAFIC Inter/nationale d'art actuel d Abitibi-Timiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda (Quibec), Canada." Find a link to the Traffic Project under Video at http://www.artmedia.com.au/links1.htm
Intellectual Property Society,
the Evolution of Intellectual Property Rights
"Dear Intellectual Property Professional: The Intellectual Property Society ("IP Society") produces events and forums that address the interests and concerns of investors, entrepreneurs, technologists, artists, writers, and other professional and creative workers. Our special mission is to provide an outreach from the intellectual property professions to business, technology and creative communities, as well as the general public. We aim to enrich the public dialog concerning the role of intellectual property and the common welfare. Please visit our website to learn more about our mission and activities. The readings section may contain information of special interest to many of you. In particular, if you or your clients are involved in the wireless or RFID industries, please consider attending the International RFID Intellectual Property Conference 2004. This conference will address privacy rights and intellectual property issues of the RFID communities. It is a production of the RFID IT Conference, Inc., and is sponsored by the Intellectual Property Society. Please join our email list to learn more about the Intellectual property Society." Best regards, Patrick Reilly, Founder/CEO, IP Society. Find a link to the Intellectual Property Society under Resources at http://www.artmedia.com.au/links1.htm
| Poem by Mary Rudge Where Was Your Pen In The War? Where was your pen in the war? Poking politicians, thrusting poems for their eyes that showed they had always been blind - shoving blade-straight to heart pain, puncture blood out blood in, probe where screams matter? In every situation requiring justice-unafraid you would pierce slash slice ink runs out like a river unsheathed thought current flow crevices of brain vein to finger-grasp channel of sheer nerve carved deep with a sharp tool - make us think again, act, move, someone move on who'd ever think they could act that way, pristine visible do it make possible? On the horizon where you live I expected ink eruption covering the sky, explosion of words flurrying up and out, for thousands of directions, multiplied by the millions who copy making points hitting marks. The air page-blank, I went to find where you were, your pen stronger than sword, sharper than dagger, sure cutting as scythe - poke fun, rapier wit. Sweetheart, where when 9/11 Babel twin towers all tragic came down, was your pen? Where was your pen in the war, baby Poet I love. With that pen magnified giant club, each letter hard rock stroke at Goliath bone head knock sense into the right, the left, too, cutting past dross, through ignorance clear a way. A desperation brings me the ability of cells to become a rose, caterpillar transform to butterfly, society transcend to peace surpasses other purposes. The poets silence, absence, the real aid to evil, mark of a traitor to life, to the world. How angry I am, arrived at your door, to see the note "gone fishing" I expected to carry off a box of passion, reams of paper ammunition, we needed you, right writing hand, what right have you, you bastard while the world burns to just be down by the river watching the light on its beautiful forever flow. |
"To Artmedia, I am very interested in your publication which was sent to me by a friend. I am the Poet Laureate of the city of Alameda, which is a small island in the San Francisco Bay ( 4 miles wide, 7 miles long ). Although I have traveled to 5 continents by invitation presenting my poetry at global events, sadly I have never been to Australia, but I have wonderful memories of members of the Australian Aborigine dance troupe I met in Hong Kong when they were performing and I was speaking at poetry congress and we were staying in the same hotel. Now a new business a few blocks from my house has opened to sell New Zealand meat pies and other foods so I can taste this flavor." for poetry always, Mary Rudge. mailto:MaryRudge@aol.com
"Alan,
I'm here in the USA, and I perform with a group, 3 Guys from Albany
(NY) ...we're determined to perform in all the Albanys in the U.S. - there
are 18 - it's taken some years, but we've been to 10 so far, 8 to go ... and
we also noticed that there's an Albany in W. Australia, so who knows,
perhaps through a connection via your group we'll find a way to get there.
I've been thinking maybe we can tie in with the Perth Festival....we're
performance poets . My website features audio readings,
where you can hear poems read by the poets who wrote them - full length
readings and more." Charlie Rossiter. Find a link to the Performance
Poetry site under Resources at
http://www.artmedia.com.au/links1.htm
"Northeastern NY Artist Stephen Mead has recently had an ebook published entitled "We Are More Than Our Wounds ". This book is available through New Age Dimensions.Com. Like Mr. Mead's other e books, this ebook is a combination of poetry and vivid artwork. Stephen Mead's unique book of original art and poetry titled, We Are More Than Our Wounds, is an evocative study of the human predicament told through images and text. Its aim is not only to show the universality of struggle, but that pain and conflict can also be a bridge towards healing. Each image of the heart depicted in this book serves as a graphic reminder of both individual frailty and mortality. That the heart is a muscle is not shied away from. Endurance, however, is the blood feeding the strength of this heart's chambers. Regeneration beyond scar tissue here is not only possible, but serves as a miraculous metaphor for empathy. It is only by recognizing the existence of our wounds that the responsibility of recovering from them can occur. "We Are More Than Our Wounds" ultimately celebrates this act as a means to both internal and global peace." Stephen Mead. Find a link to this book at New Age Dimensions under Electronic Publishers at http://www.artmedia.com.au/links1.htm
"Hi, I am looking for work as a proofreader . I recently traveled to Korea, and attended a large international arts festival, as well as spending some time sightseeing. While I was there, I encountered a number of signs, publicity materials and other texts, which had been translated from Korean into English. I was shocked to see many grammatical and punctuation errors, as well as phrases or words which made the text illegible and meaningless. As a person whose mother tongue is English, I found it embarrassing and perplexing to be provided with materials which I couldn't understand. As a graduate from the Australian College of Journalism's Diploma of Professional Writing ( Editing & Proofreading ) in August of 2004, this experience only highlighted to me the ever-growing need to edit and proofread all texts produced. As an experienced arts worker, an avid reader and writer, I am enthusiastically beginning a career in the editing and proofreading industry. I have had many roles in the arts industry, including: columnist for Arts Hub, writer of short stories and poetry, various production and performance roles in theatre and am an avid reader and writer. I have written, edited and proofread texts such as scripts, advertisements, business cards, media releases, novels and formal letters. I have 24 hour access to the Internet, and can work from home if and when required. If you would like to see some samples of my proofreading, please feel free to contact me." Sincerely, Naomi Guss mailto:rrseams@yahoo.com
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In Alan Clay's new novel, Believers in Love, a father and daughter team of sand-sculptors embark on a crazy adventure which takes them from Sydney's Bondi Beach, to a magic mountain in New Zealand, in which they explore the transient nature of art and life, and discover that dreams are real.
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