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- FTC Says Bloggers Must Disclose Freebies - HULIQ.com
- Book reviews: Texas & Southwest books - Dallas Morning News
- Frisco Reads! Draws 688 (PHOTOS) - Star Community Newspapers
| FTC Says Bloggers Must Disclose Freebies - HULIQ.com Posted: 06 Oct 2009 08:02 AM PDT "New guidelines released by the Federal Trade Commission say bloggers must disclose any money or freebies they receive in exchange for writing product reviews, a fast-growing and loosely regulated way for companies to market everything from diapers to movies. The move is an effort to apply the same rules that already cover broadcast stations, newspapers and magazines to the Wild West marketplace of the World Wide Web." On the surface this appears to be a favorable step in setting consumer-protection rules for the Internet. Of course, up to now common sense should have told you that, whenever a review is featured on a blog, it's a reasonable assumption that the blogger was given the product for free to review. But, then, don't movie reviewers get to attend film screenings for free? Should their reviews carry a notice that they saw the movie for free? And book reviewers both offline and online get the books for free to review. And what about celebrities who wear designer clothes for free? Do they need to walk around with a sign hanging from their necks declaring they got the clothes for free? Or what about the five-star book reviews on Amazon that authors get their friends to write? Do those reviewers need to state their relationship to the author of the book being reviewed? Bottom line: Will the FTC now have to expand its guidelines to include every review of every product or service offline and online? Written by Phyllis Zimbler Miller |
| Book reviews: Texas & Southwest books - Dallas Morning News Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:56 PM PDT Peg Leg The Improbable Life of a Texas Hero, Thomas William Ward, 1807-1872 David C. Humphrey(Texas State Historical Association, $39.95) Thomas William "Peg Leg" Ward had a problem. Two problems, actually. First, the Texas Revolution soldier lost his right leg to Mexican cannon fire in 1835. Later, a cannon accident took his right arm. Despite intense pain and having the 19th-century version of post-traumatic stress disorder, he became an Austin mayor and U.S. Consul to Panama. His biggest marks, however, were made as Texas land commissioner during challenging times in the 1840s. Humphrey's well-written book shows how "Peg Leg" was a difficult husband and heavy drinker, as well, but a caring father. The Wrecking of La Salle's Ship Aimable and the Trial of Claude Aigron Robert S. Weddle(University of Texas, $50) In 1685, Robert Cavelier de La Salle's supply ship Aimable wrecked at Matagorda Bay on the Texas coast. The famed explorer quickly charged its captain, Claude Aigron, with malicious intent to leave French colonists without food and other survival goods. This intriguing book uses court documents and letters translated by Francois Lagarde to show how Capt. Aigron successfully defended himself. A concluding chapter also looks at modern efforts to find and preserve the Aimable. Jack London's Racial Lives A Critical Biography Jeanne Campbell Reesman (University of Georgia, $34.95) Jack London fans can get new insights into his complex views on race and racism in this fascinating examination of his life and writings. London's surrogate mother was an ex-slave, and the writer considered his childhood "rough" and "nomadic." He learned the "naked facts of life," he said, while living and working among "the scum marine population of San Francisco Bay." In his Pacific stories, London was influenced by African-American writers of his era, the author of this critical biography contends. She is an English professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Cooking My Way Through Life With Kids and Books Judy Alter(State House, $18.95) Judy Alter, director of Fort Worth's TCU Press and contributor to these pages, grew up eating German food in Chicago. After she married, she discovered both Tex-Mex and Jewish foods. Her new book is a collection of her favorite recipes and a memoir of fondly remembered meals with friends and loved ones. "For me," she writes, "food is also about continuity – and change." Old recipes preserve traditions, but new recipes widen horizons in this fun book. books@dallasnews.com |
| Frisco Reads! Draws 688 (PHOTOS) - Star Community Newspapers Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:01 AM PDT This years Frisco Reads event drew the largest attendance ever with 688 people. The event began as a way to bring in published authors to speak to educators and to visit campuses. It has since expanded to include breakout events where students serve as reading buddies, present book reviews, and it includes reading-related craft stations, book walks, and costumed characters. Dr. Leigh Ann Jones, coordinator of libraries, said she was very excited to learn that 688 people representing FISD staff, faculty, students, parents and community residents attended this years event at Liberty High School. There was also an increase in the number of children and students attending, which has always been a Frisco Reads goal. |
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