Charlie Stross's new science fiction novel Accelerando is being simultaneously released under a Creative Commons license. All well and good, as I'm always glad to see more material CC'ed. I'm currently working on a proposal for a book that will, if published, be CC'ed as well.

However, I'm puzzled by the attitude that comes with Stross' ( Read more... )

While reading about Richard Kadrey's new Creative Commons-licensed novel, Blind Shrike, I followed a link to an article about how the 5 MB PDF file of the novel was specifically formatted for ease of reading on the screenJohn D Berry designed to open in landscape mode, with a very light tan background, Verdana font, and it is also set to open in ( Read more... )