This message contains images. If you don't see images, click here to view. Click here to advertise in this news brief.   Mobile version   RSS   Subscribe   Unsubscribe   Archive   Media Kit Home   About   Annual Symposium   GWA Foundation   Board of Directors   Contact Us     How algorithmically created content will transform publishing Forbes    Share    From Dan Woods: A recent conversation with Fred Zimmerman, a longtime friend and publishing entrepreneur, woke me up to the fact that the a part of the publishing industry that has long resisted technology may finally be ripe for transformation. The key question is: Does algorithmic content creation that uses machine learning and automation have a role to play in content creation? More Need help with writer's legal issues? GWA    Share    GWA provides free legal consultations on writers' issues as part of your membership. From contract review to billing disputes and copyright advice, GWA Legal Council can help you decides what your options are for many issues. More Amazon addresses security exploit after journalist hack CNET    Share    When tech reporters get hacked, it seems like tech companies pay attention. Wired reporter Mat Honan's entire online life was compromised by a hacker named Phobia. Phobia used Honan's AppleCare and Amazon IDs, along with his billing address and last four digits of his credit card to get into his various online accounts. More Need new ideas as a garden communicator? GWA    Share    Refresh your thinking about your business by reviewing the audio recording of past symposium panels on a variety of topics. More Google can appeal class certification in Books case paidContent    Share    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit allowed Google to appeal a May ruling that let the Authors Guild go forward with a copyright class action over Google's unauthorized book scanning. The significance of the 2nd Circuit's order is that the current proceedings, which have been heating up, will likely be suspended while the appeals court decides whether the class action should have been allowed to go ahead in the first place. More Introducing The New Forever & Ever Shrub Rose Collection! • Blooms from spring ‘til frost • Compact and self-cleaning • Glossy rich green foliage • Extreme heat tolerance • Disease and pest resistant Available Spring 2013 In Four Vibrant Shades Visit us at foreverandeverplants.com to view our full line of plants, list of growers, tips and more! Back to school. Student grants available. GWA    Share    The GWA Foundation has committed funding to provide financial assistance to deserving students for the SPRING TERM 2013. If you know a student or school program that would benefit by receiving a grant, send them to ... More Argentina's new literary tradition: Pensions for aging writers The New York Times    Share    It is not enough for Buenos Aires to boast cavernous bookstores that stay open past midnight, broad avenues once roamed by literary giants like Jorge Luis Borges, cafes serving copious amounts of beef and red wine, or even a bizarre neo-Gothic skyscraper, the Palacio Barolo, inspired by Dante's "Divine Comedy." Now, writers have yet another reason to live here: pensions. More Book a room for the symposium while they last GWA    Share    The deadline for booking a room for the GWA Symposium in Tucson is Sept. 10 or when rooms are sold out, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. Book your room today. More A bundling experiment FutureBook    Share    At the beginning of July, Osprey imprint Angry Robot launched a bundling experiment, Clonefiles, through the independent bookshop Mostly Books. The scheme offered the digital version of Angry Robot novels free to customers when they bought the physical paperback. Two weeks later, Osprey chief executive Rebecca Smart told The Bookseller, that the initiative had tripled sales of the publisher's titles at the trial store. More Casa Flora Inc. Casa Flora’s vast geographical representation ensures dependable product, consistent supply, and cost-efficient selections. Our corporate office, production greenhouses and a new state of the art laboratory are located in Dallas, TX. Since 2010, our new tissue culture laboratory and greenhouses in China have been supplying the Chinese market while producing Heuchera for Casa Flora in the US. more How newspapers can survive the Internet Market Watch    Share    The availability of free news online has hurt traditional media in general, but particularly the print industry, where steadily shrinking subscription rates produced a decade of incessant layoffs, pay cuts, downsizings, mergers and closures. As publishers and journalists throughout the world seek salvation, a severely ill Israeli daily may be about to unwittingly launch a simple model for national newspapers' survival. More Actually, the worst word on the planet is 'actually' The Atlantic Wire    Share    There is a very important question being tackled again by certain smart people of the Internet, and that question is this: What, exactly, is the worst word on the entire planet? Any time this question or one like it is broached, an opened floodgate of response is ensured, likely to include words like moist, fecund, phlegm, artisanal, or if you work at The New Yorker, slacks. More 10 things people love and hate about Pinterest Mashable    Share    The Pinterest frenzy may have cooled, but millions of people are still buzzing about social media's overnight sensation. Once the network reached 10 million users in February (in record time, we might add), buzz peaked with 119,000 social mentions, an increase of 373 percent over two months. But a rush of new users meant Pinterest was under a microscope. More Publishers make poor poker players Digital Book World    Share    When you look at how most publishers market their books, they seem to miss an important point. You rarely see promotional language that actually tells the reader what's in it for them. Instead, most books are marketed using boring, generic text that merely describes the book's topic, plot or genre. More 12 cliches all writers should avoid Writer's Digest    Share    From Brian A. Klems: Cliches drive me bonkers, especially when it comes to writing. They are boring and abused and about as fun to read as the instruction manual of a Dustbuster. Writing is supposed to be a creative process, and there's nothing creative in rehashing some trite phrase that is so old it was probably used by Moses as he parted the Red Sea. More   GWA News Clippings Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, 469.420.2601 Download media kit Dennis Hall, Senior Content Editor, 469.420.2656    Contribute news This edition of GWA News Clippings was sent to ##Email##. To unsubscribe, click here. Did someone forward this edition to you? Subscribe here -- it's free! Recent issues Aug. 17, 2012 Aug. 8, 2012 Aug. 1, 2012 July 25, 2012 7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063