I’m supposed to be prepping for a mini road trip to San Diego in two days (making a return appearance at Comic-Con on behalf of Runes of Gallidon), but I can’t resist writing this before heading out of town. I just cleaned out my RSS reader, twitter, and Friendfeed updates, and I was struck – […]
Building a Renewable Entertainment Franchise
I recently finished a presentation called “Building a Renewable Entertainment Franchise” for Brain Candy, LLC that discusses a new model for building and managing entertainment content/franchises. The presentation highlights the current challenges facing content owners in a digital age and touches on the more critical approaches to use when implementing this model. The renewable franchise […]
Erth Chronicles
Just stumbled on an interesting site, Erth Chronicles, where Richard (James Johnson) is allowing artists to submit their original works for posting on the site. He’s the author behind the Erth Chronicles fiction (Book I, The Enemy’s Son, is available for purchase now), and he’s inviting artists to submit their works to him for posting […]
Scribd v. Rowling
Techcrunch is reporting J.K. Rowling’s latest lawsuit, this time against Scribd.com. Apparently some Scribd users have been uploading illegal copies of Rowling’s works, which is, clearly, not right. Suing Scribd, however, doesn’t seem like the appropriate response, either. DMCA/safe harbor would appear to apply, meaning Rowling should be going after the users who have uploaded […]
We Tell Stories – narrative experiment from Six to Start
Rather than simply port stories to the Internet, Six To Start recently produced six original stories for Penguin Books that incorporated the Internet as an integral, required piece of the process. The project is called We Tell Stories. Each story is very different and utilizes different technical platforms/tools (e.g., Google Maps, twitter, blogs, etc.). Very […]