John August

Follow Up

Election results announced

Follow Up, WGA

The votes have been counted in the [WGAw Board election](http://wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4332):

> The following eight members were elected to the WGAW’s Board of Directors: Robin Schiff (754 votes), Katherine Fugate (749 votes), Aaron Mendelsohn (741 votes), David A. Goodman (740 votes), Kathy Kiernan (691 votes), Christopher Keyser (610 votes), David Shore (554 votes), Mark Gunn (519 votes).

> Fugate, Goodman, Gunn, Kiernan, and Mendelsohn are incumbents. Board members will serve a two-year term, effective immediately.

Congratulations to all. I’m especially happy to see Aaron Mendelsohn and Mark Gunn returning to the board.

La historia es gratis

Follow Up, International

Ivan Morales [ha traducido](http://www.cinepremiere.com.mx/node/11716) mi post [Story is Free](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2010/story-is-free), si quieren leerlo en español.

Credits referendum overwhelmingly approved

Follow Up, WGA

ballotThe WGA’s [three uncontroversial proposals](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2010/wga-credits-proposals) for amending the TV and screen credits process passed by a [large margin](http://wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4090):

* Screen Proposal – Uniform standard for screenplay credit on non-original screenplays – 85.7% in favor of adopting the amendment (1,237 yes; 197 no)

* Television Proposal #1 – Arbiter Teleconference in the case of non-unanimous decision – 91.4% in favor of adopting the amendment (1,319 yes; 86 no)

* Television Proposal #2 – Consolidation, reformatting, and clarification of Television Credits Manual and Separation of Rights Manual – 92.9 % in favor of adopting the amendment (1,341 yes; 64 no)

Thanks to everyone who voted.

Snake People for iPad

Follow Up, Snake People

snake people iconIf you got an iPad this weekend, you know the iBooks app comes pre-installed with Winnie-the-Pooh. The attached iBookstore has a bunch of titles with which to fill your wood-grained shelves.

But in a welcome change from the walled garden of the App Store, iBooks will happily show you any ePub file you throw it. Including [last week’s short story](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2010/snake-people), Snake People.

If you want to test it out, you can download the ebook and try it out for yourself.

You’ll be downloading an ePub file that you need to drag over to iTunes. It will end up in the “Books” section of the sidebar, and should transfer the next time you sync. If it doesn’t, check that you have “Sync Books” ticked.

sync books

It’s not as slick as being able to purchase directly through the iBookstore, but Apple doesn’t let you “sell” free books. Neither does Amazon. It’s frustrating but understandable; they have costs, too.

If you have an iPad, try it out. Problems/concerns, leave a note here, or tweet.