Focused Fandom: Cosplay and Costuming – T-29 Days – Formatting

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Well Rob and his wife just launched their webcomic, and now it's time for a countdown of my own!

I've been working on a book on cosplay, costuming, and careers the last two months, and will be launching it as an ebook at http://www.focusedfandom.com/book-cosplay.html on October 4th or thereabouts (sometimes the file uploads get a bit tricky).  So youre going to be getting assorted random updates as I go through this process.  You've been warned.

So what is this?  Basically an ebook on how people can use costuming and cosplay in their careers, from finding a profession to finding ways it improves them professionally.

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A Guide To Fansourcing Part 2: Why Fansource?

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A quick note – since last week's "Definition" column I found the term Fansourcing is also being used when media producers outsource things to their fans.  So I'm going to slightly tweak the way I'm using it, and refer to Fansourcing as "outsourcing things to fans" and the subset I discuss is when fans outsource to fans.

Hey, it's internet terminology, it's evolving almost as fast as the technology.

So last time I discussed what Fansourcing was, and I just clarified it for the upcoming discussion.

So now, why outsource fan to fan?

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Survey Sunday: From West To East And Back Again!

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So let's get a bit more focused here – From 'Powerpuff Girls' to 'Supernatural' to 'Iron Man', we're seeing Western properties get adapted as Japanese anime.  Since we're always talking about potentially useful trends, what other Western properties do you see being a good adaption for anime – and would they "re-sell" well in the Western market?

Take the Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VJDQGRG

– Steven Savage