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• John commented on Blatant Advertising
  Bought it, reading it, enjoying it. More Laundry!...
• Ajax commented on Blatant Advertising
  I finished the story last night. Then this shows up in my email from Smithsonian: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/10/why-were-medieval-knights-always-fighting-snails/?utm_source=smithsoniantopic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20131020-Weekender Why were medieval knights shown fighting snails? I guess I know now......
• Bellinghman commented on Blatant Advertising
  Yep. That's been mentioned earlier on this thread (see Neal C at #63). Also a few posts back in late September when this article was also mentioned on this blog. It's later than the source of the Smithsonian's article, but contains some more examples....
• flamsmark commented on Blatant Advertising
  It looks like the Google Play edition has DRM, though I'm not completely certain. It's definitely not cross-platform-friendly. With other non-DRM'd Play books that I've seen, asking for a download gives a straight EPUB or PDF which one can then use on any system that supports that format. When asking to download Equoid, the experience is the same as trying to download other DRM'd titles I've seen. The file provided is an ACSM, which (as pointed out earlier) is a link to an EPUB, and must be opened with the Adobe Digital Editions software. Digital Editions is only available for...
• Bellinghman commented on Blatant Advertising
  Charlie has just arrived at the World Fantasy Convention, and I'd expect him to be a bit occupied for the next few days, so please be patient on this. (On the other hand, at least one Tor editor should also be there, so he might notice this and get something done.)...