Bill Bowers has died.

From Stephen Leigh

Bill Bowers was ConFusion's Second and Stilyagi's Third Fan Guest of Honour.

I had not seen him for awhile and never knew him well but he was a good friend of good friends.

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Food for Thought

"the end of publishing as we know it (or something)

([info]mckitterick) wrote in [info]sfandf_writers,

Thanks to [info]supergee, [info]sartorias, and others. Three articles by Richard Curtis about the world of publishing, its impending doom, and all that:

Part 1: http://www.bksp.org/RichardCurtis1.html
Part 2: http://www.bksp.org/RichardCurtis2.html
Part 3: http://www.bksp.org/RichardCurtis3.html

Best,
Chris"