Sometimes I feel like most of what I post is a round-up of interesting links, but I also feel like I can't help it. Too much interesting stuff is going on in the world! And the internet brings it right to me to share!
First, the best piece of the day: Karen Traviss' blog. Karen Traviss is a British sci-fi/fantasy author that I follow. Her writing is phenomenal (even if I have only read her Star Wars work; the rest are staying on my to read list) and I respect her views on many topics. The entry linked above is about Remembrance Day (Britain's equivalence to Veterans Day, both coming from the Armistice Day holiday) and what we owe our veterans. It's a long post and totally worth it. If you don't read anything else from this entry, check out that blog entry.
Second, some interesting info about e-book sales from publishers, rather than retailers. I've never seen hard data on market share for genres before this article (admittedly never having searched it out) and I'm surprised to learn that sf/f sells better than romance. Go figure.
Lastly, I found this blog entry from a Freakonomics article about the same paper referenced in the blog. I'm not a big fan of the climate crisis panic, but this is fascinating information about the effectiveness of female education. TEDTalks has a lot of info on that topic and I'm slowly going through some really brilliant speeches by people who are making a huge difference in this field. I'll try to post some of them soon.
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