{"id":151,"date":"2008-04-11T18:54:53","date_gmt":"2008-04-12T02:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=151"},"modified":"2008-04-11T19:14:28","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T03:14:28","slug":"an-aside-a-reaaaaly-old-widget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/news\/an-aside-a-reaaaaly-old-widget\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | A Reeeealy Old Widget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, apparently Tor doesn&#8217;t read my reviews. Why? Because a day after I lamented over R.A. Salvatore&#8217;s latest lackluster effort (found <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=149\">HERE<\/a>) I received an email from Tor asking if I&#8217;d be willing to show off this little widget. Now, not one for offering free advertising to huge publishing houses, I normally wouldn&#8217;t worry about it, but&#8230; the web designer in me just thought this was too damn cool too pass up.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0\" width=\"160\" height=\"271\" id=\"s7gDzWfxDARk4mazw\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"align\" value=\"middle\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/farm.sproutbuilder.com\/66759\/load\/7gDzWfxDARk4mazw.swf\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>The Widget there is chock full of cool information about <strong>The Ancient<\/strong>, including an audio\/video interview, an excerpt from the novel, news and more. Despite my less than stellar review of his novel, I&#8217;m still a fan of Salvatore; and hey, who knows, I may not have liked <strong>The Ancient<\/strong> but maybe you will. If anything, this is a great example of how publishers can use the web to properly promote their authors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, apparently Tor doesn&#8217;t read my reviews. Why? Because a day after I lamented over R.A. Salvatore&#8217;s latest lackluster effort (found HERE) I received an email from Tor asking if I&#8217;d be willing to show off this little widget. 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