This is a call to arms, TUEBLovers! The next ten days are crucial in the battle for access to creative and cultural material. Today in Morocco, representatives from over a hundred countries are meeting to discuss a treaty to improve blind and visually impaired individuals’ access to books. Fantastic, right? Can you imagine, fellow bookworms, if your vast library… Read more »
Posts By: AeliusBlythe
SMILE – We have a winner!
Thank you all for the ton of smiles you submitted for Smile Month! And as promised we randomly selected a winner. Behold, Adeel and A Short History of Nearly Everything: A GREAT reading choice, by the way. I love Bill Bryson. Or….. his books, at least. (Though I’m sure the guy himself is quite the charmer too! ) The… Read more »
Rarasaur Reblog: “Are We Really Supposed to Believe?”
I’m an avid fantasy reader. My school years were spent trying to explain magic rings and talking swords to my smirking friends and less-than-appreciative English teachers. My reading choices may not have given me a good grasp of classic literature, history, or social commentary (though Ursula K LeGuin may beg to differ…) but they did… Read more »
SMILE – It’s Smile Month!
Or at least, Smile Half-Month. In case you haven’t been over to the library recently (and WHY not?!), TUEBL.ca is livening up the month of May with a prize drawing. Win $100 USD To celebrate both smiles AND favorite books, TUEBL want’s YOU to share both. Here’s how: Your Task 1. Have an Instagram account (because of… Read more »
Pirates for Parliament! (Again!)
Now that I’m FAIRLY certain this is not a joke…………………………… This week, the new generation of creators and fans alike got some amazing news: another hero has volunteered to carry our voice into the halls of government. The grey-haired old guard in suits cannot ignore the internet generation much longer: Peter Sunde, founder of the… Read more »
Uncle Sam Wants YOU To Care…….. About APATHY!
This is a last minute plug for one of my fellow Public Domain creator’s project in the Looking@Democracy challenge that ends in THREE DAYS! Looking@Democracy is a contest for creative commentaries on American democracy. My friend Zacqary Adam Green entered the contest to illustrate the frustrating “user interface” of democracy…………. with an actual frustrating user interface in his game Apathy. … Read more »
How to Pronounce TUEBL
Things have been dark lately! The heavy politics, pirate-chasing, and profit talk are tiring. How about a break? Yeah, I could use one, too. So instead of doom and gloom, today I bring you…….. A Tutorial! Specifically, a how-to on TUEBL. Or at least, on TUEBL’s pronunciation! Pronunciation is hard in Internetland, where the written word rules…. Read more »
Writers, Writing, and Getting Paid – Reblog: “The Great Release”
LISTEN to this! A recent playwright’s post displays a beautiful illustration of the plight that many, many writers face as they fight to keep a tight hold on their work. Read the whole damn thing. “Let’s explore this idea that “giving away” my scripts devalues them. My plays are valueless, as long as they sit in a drawer…………………. Read more »
Why the Pitchforks and Torches?
Last week we answered the question once and for all, Is TUEBL legal? with a decisive YES! But on Friday, we heard from a pro-copyright author who still thinks we’re all dirty rotton thieves. The fact remains that, despite efforts to serve both the writer and reader communities, our little library attracts the occasional hysterical mob…. Read more »
TONIGHT: Librarian-In-Chief Travis McCrea on AnonPlus Radio
TONIGHT at 9PM EST: TUEBL’s very own librarian will be debating pro-copyright author Charles Sheehan Miles on AnonPlus Radio. For those who aren’t familiar with the rivalry, here’s the gist of it…………. Background Charles Sheehan Miles is the author of several novels and a handful of short stories. Earlier this year, on his blog Side Views,… Read more »
