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People need to adapt and have business models that work with the new technologies.  This is an example. By the end of Scott Sigler's 20-episode podcast series, EARTHCORE, he had gained 10,000 followers. From there, he engaged the small publisher, Dragon Moon Press, to issue ANCESTOR. Its success on Amazon got the attention of Crown Publishing, which signed him for a five-book deal.

As part of an article investigating the growing phenomenon of eBook piracy, a Scandinavian news outlet interviewed a 19 year-old self-confessed pirate who bragged about his activities. To counter his viewpoint a well known author contributed to the piece, stating that she abhors book piracy since it costs her huge amounts of money. However, her moral stance took a bit of a beating when her son let an embarrassing fact slip out

"A local resident mentioned the idea, maybe as a bit of a joke, but we thought it was a great idea so we put it to FOSSL," she said. "I went home, put it on Facebook and emailed everyone I could think of and it's just gone absolutely mad."

A collection of activities designed to teach the fundamentals of computer science without requiring a computer.