Kester Brewin

Category: Books

  • A Pirate Book That Insists on Copyright?

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    Interesting story (thanks @KevinThow for the link) about Julia Schramm – a leading member of the German Pirate Party, who signed a very lucrative book deal for her book ‘Click Me‘ – more than $130k – and then proceeded to go after the very pirates who she lauds in her work. One of the key…

  • Thoughts on e-books… Removing text from common sight.

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    Ode to a bookshelf… See now the empty bookshelf that stands still with a thousand volumes now unseen, the bookends racheted so tightly, the pages compressed so absolutely into the digital thinness of silicon. The words remain, though they are now in bits, and can be read, just as they once were… yet not stumbled…

  • Also Available…

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    As Mutiny! gets pushed around, thought it might be worth flagging up the two other books I’ve written. They represent a fairly significant journey that I’ve been on, gradually emerging from more orthodox ideas about faith and faith-practice, to…well, something beyond that. Still, I’m proud of each book as it stands, and some great people…

  • Dirty Books: Why You Should Read Mutiny… and Why Many People Won’t

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      One of the nicest parts about publishing a book is getting the feedback from people once they’ve read it. Not the reviews – that’s more distant – but actual readers on the ground. With Mutiny! (which is on special 25% discount for the next few days) what’s been interesting is hearing people’s reactions to…

  • Hacking Mutiny [2] – Design your own Bespoke Paperback

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    Back in London for a few days after a great break in Italy. It’s been great hearing how much people are enjoying the book and being challenged by it. Keep the reviews coming – as tweets or blog posts or, if you’re able to, on Lulu and Amazon too. As I’ve said before, one of…

  • Hacking Mutiny! [1]

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    The limited edition hardbacks I printed up of Mutiny! were pretty much a wild success ;-)… Lots of people wanted them, and people seem pretty pleased with the results. I may end up doing another limited run after the summer (and will have a few available at Greenbelt, plus perhaps some in the US in…