Publishing: Well, it’s all kicked off this week. Judith Griggs, editor of Cooks Source, has been caught infringing the copyright of multiple individuals and corporations. If you write about food, you might want to check out the facebook page to see what’s been dug up so far. It all started when blogger Monica Gaudio was congratulated by a friend on being published by the magazine. When she wrote to the magazine demanding an apology and recompense (to be sent to the Columbia School of Journalism) and received a letter that was a perfect example of plagiarism bingo. The Smart Bitches have started a googlebombing campaign, Cooks Source facebook page is in pieces and Absolute Write have set up a peanut gallery.

Meanwhile, in epublishing, LibraryThing considers potential feedback loops, Teleread wades into the eyestrain debate in eInk v LCD,  agency pricing has come to the UK, which has pissed off customers by doubling the prices of some books overnight, and smuggled Kindles help Chinese sneak around the national firewalls. All of which deserves more discussion than I’ve given it here, but that VCooks Source story is just that little bit too juicy!

Interest-Piquing: Maureen Johnson talks about the irony of calling for books for boys when there’s so little by women on school syllabuses. Courtney Milan objects to a new anti-piracy website (and so do I!) that infringes privacy instead.

Inspiring: A brief history of early pornography. It doesn’t look like Cocktoberfest is going ahead over at EM Lynley’s blog (well, not under that name now!) but I thought I might share some of the resources I stumbled across in the process of writing my post. Gotta love the things you find yourself googling in this profession 🙂

Procrastination: Lots of languages to learn! I’m determined not to be that tourist. Still, a friend of mine related a wonderful anecdote about two men she saw in Amsterdam, who were chatting away in English until they reached the point in small talk when they asked each other where they were from, at which point they switched to Dutch.