Comments on: Changes! :) http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/ All the stuff that goes through Vox's mind, including SF/Fantasy books, open source software, linux, security, and many other geeky pursuits. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:03:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Vox http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/#comment-1341 Vox Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:13:08 +0000 http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/#comment-1341 lol! All I'm gonna say about that is...they can try :D lol! All I’m gonna say about that is…they can try :D

]]> By: Rich G. http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/#comment-1340 Rich G. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:37:32 +0000 http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/#comment-1340 That knock you will hear on your door is the RIAA... if I were you I'd 'lawyer up' and 'hunker down.' :) That knock you will hear on your door is the RIAA… if I were you I’d ‘lawyer up’ and ‘hunker down.’ :)

]]> By: Vox http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/#comment-1339 Vox Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:19:35 +0000 http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/#comment-1339 Thanks, Rich :) As I told Handy today, that sidebar widget is <a href="http://dirkie.nu/wordpress-widgets/run-for-cover/" title="spiffy cover thingy" rel="nofollow">Run for Cover</a> and I like it a lot :) As for your mom...indeed, she's not the only one...I remember when they got to the 1st year aniversary for the free library, Eric Flint wrote a "report" of what it had done for him...and it was amazing. His book sales went up 400 or so percent, higher still on books that were part of a series that had the first book or two in the free library. Giving stuff away pays :) Thanks, Rich :) As I told Handy today, that sidebar widget is Run for Cover and I like it a lot :)

As for your mom…indeed, she’s not the only one…I remember when they got to the 1st year aniversary for the free library, Eric Flint wrote a “report” of what it had done for him…and it was amazing. His book sales went up 400 or so percent, higher still on books that were part of a series that had the first book or two in the free library. Giving stuff away pays :)

]]> By: Rich G. http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/#comment-1338 Rich G. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:03:20 +0000 http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/#comment-1338 Loving the new look, like the last.fm plugin as well,that's kinda spiffy come to think of it. I may look into stealing that one. OH! I was at my Mom's today and we were talking about books and she said "OH! I have found this great website you can download them from and I just read them on my laptop, and they're even sci-fi!" I sat up, "Is it Baen?" "Yes! How'd you know? Why didn't you tell me?" "I didn't think you'd like reading on the computer," says I. "Well, if it's free I do, and I've found some new authors I like that way..." So, Baen's idea that free = more sales later is working in at least one case. Loving the new look, like the last.fm plugin as well,that’s kinda spiffy come to think of it. I may look into stealing that one.

OH! I was at my Mom’s today and we were talking about books and she said “OH! I have found this great website you can download them from and I just read them on my laptop, and they’re even sci-fi!”

I sat up, “Is it Baen?”

“Yes! How’d you know? Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I didn’t think you’d like reading on the computer,” says I.

“Well, if it’s free I do, and I’ve found some new authors I like that way…”

So, Baen’s idea that free = more sales later is working in at least one case.

]]> By: Vox http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/#comment-1343 Vox Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:10:08 +0000 http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/#comment-1343 The plugin is called <a href="http://dirkie.nu/wordpress-widgets/run-for-cover/" title="funny little widget" rel="nofollow">Run For Cover</a> and it's a sidebar widget that pulls covers from my last.fm account :) And I'm glad you like the new look :) The plugin is called Run For Cover and it’s a sidebar widget that pulls covers from my last.fm account :)

And I’m glad you like the new look :)

]]> By: Handy http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/#comment-1342 Handy Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:38:30 +0000 http://thesoapvox.com/2007/04/07/changes/#comment-1342 Pretty spiffy! What's powering the "Favorite CDs" thingie? (We seem to be matching musical tastes at the moment - I too am deep into the Maiden collection lately). Pretty spiffy!

What’s powering the “Favorite CDs” thingie? (We seem to be matching musical tastes at the moment - I too am deep into the Maiden collection lately).

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