Otaku Links: Keeping up with the industry

A new season of Free! is coming this summer. Listen, I liked Free! and its sequel (and even reviewed it for ANN) but I feel like this is a little bit more than anyone asked for.
Anime voice actress Laura Bailey has joined Pieces, the post-apocalyptic album project I’m a part of, as the POTUS. Nothing but respect for my president.
Talented, nerdy writer Lisa Granshaw has created a weekly newsletter that blends geekery and fashion called Geekfold. (I guess I have a soft spot for geeky newsletters that come out on Fridays: I’ve never stopped raving about The Rec Center.)
How Will Netflix Producing Anime Change the Industry? “We are so far off the beaten path, I don’t even know where the path is anymore,” says Answerman.
Pirating creative work hurts the creators we love most. Maggie Stiefvater, author of the Raven Cycle, wrote about how piracy almost ended her career.
P.A. Works Job Listing Shines a Spotlight on Industry’s Compensation Issues. Hourly with overtime, and a salary of less than $20k a year? Yeah, the anime industry needs work.
Additionally, Crunchyroll is hiring for a lot of jobs, but the positions seem suspiciously similar to the jobs they downsized just last year.
Playing Grounded, the anime puzzle creators that made me finish a puzzle for the first time since childhood, have expanded their offerings. This time? Coloring pages.