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Over the weekend I went to the book fair, in AKRON -- there are books in Akron. My brother drove (he looked for post cards).
It was written up in the BEACON JOURNAL -- and I regret not seeing this, the copy of a "$600 limited edition of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. . . . The cover is made of alumnimum instead of cardboard." The most expensive book I saw was a readers advance of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD for about $20,000. A lot of Civil War books (some of Akron still thinks its going on, like the Japanese soldier lost on Islands still fighting WW II).
I did get a book, well 3 in fact (Goodbye Columbus by Roth; Silas Marner - in a BOX, very old, and a paperback:
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MICROCELEBRITY
today's best read:
An article in Wired [ ironic it still comes out in hard copy] calls people with blogs, facebook pages, myspace users, not vain, -but microcelebritities (talk about annoiting inflated self image). I may rename the page from LIFE IN THE SKINNGER BOX to the Amazing Adventures of an AKRON Anderoid)
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-12/st_thompson
in part:
Microcelebrity is the phenomenon of being extremely well known not to millions
but to a small group — a thousand people, or maybe only a few dozen. As DIY
media reach ever deeper into our lives, it's happening to more and more of us.
Got a Facebook account? A whackload of pictures on Flickr? Odds are there are
complete strangers who know about you — and maybe even talk about you.
from WIRED in DECEMBER (I am behind in my reading, is the Iraq war over?)
hum, and CLIVE did not coin it, its in the urban word dictionary, and over a year prior:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=microcelebrity
microcelebrity
One who gains a cult or mainstream following due to viral internet
distribution. Does not refer to those who have gained limited or cult followings
through traditional media. Does not refer to has-beens or "B-list"
celebrities.
submitted: by LI in Los Angeles, CA Sep 14, 2006
if i had that following my google ad money would let me near retire to a fine homeless shelter, time to prepare a few birthday things....
NITE NITE
