[LMB] (newschat) the worth of widgets?

[Elvi Dalgaard]

Peter H. Granzeau wrote:
> At 06:42 PM 3/11/2008, Lois McMaster Bujold wrote:
>   
>> Oh cool, you can get a free _Passage_ widget!
>>
>> http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061375330/The_Sharing_Knife_Volume_Three/index.aspx
>>     
> I have no idea what do do.  All I want to do is read whatever piece of _Passage_ they are offering, and making it an exercise in learning how (and making it difficult, at that) is completely counterproductive.  Screw them.
>
> Sorry, Lois.  I had to vent.  If I could find whoever at HarperCollins was responsible for this abortion, I'd do something completely illegal (and painful, too) to them.
Pete,
What are you referring to? The widget is just a countdown widget, isn't 
it? Something to stick on your blog or website to advertise when the 
book will be published. No piece of Passage to read there, as far as I 
know. Are you talking about somewhere else that this thread has wandered?

Elvi