In the spring of 1858, when the Government met with opposition from the Mormon community, in relation to the appointment of Mr. Cummings as Governor of the Territory, and Brigham Young's corps of Danites was being recruited and drilled for active service, it was decided that a military force should be sent to the seat of the trouble to maintain the National authority. The expedition numbered several thousand men—cavalry, artillery, and infantry.
Indie Publishing: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book
edited by Ellen Lupton
This is a fascinating book full of great ideas for designing and producing your own book. The style is very "indie" (you're surprised) but the design principles are solid. There's also a section for crafting handmade books that's most interesting.
Yesterday, I spent a lazy afternoon watching an episode of Return to Cranford, a Masterpiece Classic I had DVR'd months ago. I only had one episode recorded so I went on a quest for the other. Netflix didn't have it for online viewing, but did note that it was based on the "classic novels of celebrated Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell". Hmmm. That meant 19th century and public domain! So off I went to FeedBooks to find not only Cranford, but an impressive collection of Elizabeth's books.
There are a lot of other Masterpiece productions available as public domain ebooks. I saw an advertisement that Masterpiece Mystery will be broadcasting some Sherlock Holmes stories this fall. I love British mysteries - especially Agatha Christie. Some of her stuff is beginning to show up in the public domain libraries and the ones that aren't are very reasonably priced.
This man is one of the few writers that I'm willing to fork over the big green to get a newly released novel. Or should I say "was". At Barnes & Noble, the hard cover version of Star Island is selling for $14.55. The ebook? $20.02. It's a bit better at Amazon. Hard cover is also $14.55, but the ebook is $13.10. I don't doubt it's a great book and I'm dying to read it, but I think I'll wait to see if it doesn't come down to a more attractive price. After all, Atlas Shrugged only cost me $9.99, but that was before the publishers and retailers made their ebook deal with the devil. Today Atlas Shrugged will cost you $18.99.