Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy Margaret Atwood’s writing (well, most of it anyway) but The Globe and Mail has reprinted a letter from Ms. Atwood regarding a real-life “remote autographing device.” The most amazing quote from the letter: “For many.. it won’t be a choice between the author-in-the-flesh and the remote signing. It’ll be a choice between the remote signing and nothing.” Give me a break. This kind of attitude reminds me of the time Nancy Kress told me that she doesn’t do book signings in mall stores because “I don’t end up selling enough books to make it worth my time.”
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Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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