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"Thanks so much for the insightful questions, and for the compliments on the ebook! :-)" - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

"I think if you paid money to see Charlie Sheen live, you got exactly what you deserved." Exactly. Can we move on from this trainwreck now, please? There's real news to talk about. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

w00t! - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Good analysis. Funny that, in 2011, major initiatives like this still earn "a goose egg on integration." One step forward, two steps back. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Check out my Death Tweet ode to George Bailey! - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

OH! I love Amy Adams. Suddenly I'm a little more interested in this movie. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

My new side project. Check it! - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Great post. Can we end the stupid "debate" now? - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

The goal doesn't have to be a mass audience to make something a media company. In this age of "we're all publishers," Google is most definitely a media company. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

"There's an NPR interview with Jimmy Breslin about his new Branch Rickey bio where he notes the impetus for integration was less about fielding a competitive team and more about tapping into a wider fanbase. Rickey could have pushed for integration while he was in St. Louis, but he didn't until he got to Brooklyn because, as Breslin eloquently noted: "Brooklyn's toes were in the Atlantic Ocean where everyone came from." http://n.pr/hD9567 If "legacy publishers" stopped looking at ebooks as just another format for the books they already publish, and instead as a way to publish and market books the existing brick-and-mortar infrastructure couldn't (or refused to) support, this would be a very different discussion." - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

"There's an NPR interview with Jimmy Breslin about his new Branch Rickey bio where he notes the impetus for integration was less about fielding a competitive team and more about tapping into a wider fanbase. Rickey could have pushed for integration while he was in St. Louis, but he didn't until he got to Brooklyn because, as Breslin eloquently noted: "Brooklyn's toes were in the Atlantic Ocean where everyone came from." http://n.pr/hD9567 If "legacy publishers" stopped looking at ebooks as just another format for the books they already publish, and instead as a way to publish and market books the existing brick-and-mortar infrastructure couldn't (or refused to) support, this would be a very different discussion." - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

"There's an NPR interview with Jimmy Breslin about his new Branch Rickey bio where he notes the impetus for integration was less about fielding a competitive team and more about tapping into a wider fanbase. Rickey could have pushed for integration while he was in St. Louis, but he didn't until he got to Brooklyn because, as Breslin eloquently noted: "Brooklyn's toes were in the Atlantic Ocean where everyone came from." http://n.pr/hD9567 If "legacy publishers" stopped looking at ebooks as just another format for the books they already publish, and instead as a way to publish and market books the existing brick-and-mortar infrastructure couldn't (or refused to) support, this would be a very different discussion." - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Like! - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Sad that these things still need to be said, repeatedly, but they do. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Wall Street is so frustratingly stupid and short-sighted. smh - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

I'm aware of the Hoagland controversy from a distance, but Victor's point in the last paragraph is excellent as it goes far beyond this one poem and nails the bigger picture. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

"...what every designer knows and publishers tend to overlook: digital takes longer and is less nimble than print." Check out the smart Khoi post on NYT Mag's redesign. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

I love the third one! - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

"And if we don’t get there, they’re going to keep shooting until one of us dies." Sadly... - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

If you're in the book biz, get marketing, and truly understand social media, this is could be a pretty good gig. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Excellent post! All authors and publishers should read this. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Hmmm... This is kind of tasteless, even if the intent was homage. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Hey, I made the news at PL! :-) - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Every writer, whether traditionally or self-published (or still just aspiring), should read this RIGHT NOW! - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Thoughtful perspective that zeros in on the idea of lock-in that I raised in my post, but from a different (and more explicit) angle. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Excellent! - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Flattered to get clipped and linked by Brantley! - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Glad they pulled this one from behind the firewall as it was my favorite session of the conference. (Also, one of the ones I programmed.) - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Hilarious! Like the best of The Onion, almost believable. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

"This is the beginning of a conversation, not the midpoint of a shouting match." Hopefully that's true. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez