It's almost like flipping REAL pages: Sony releases new Sony Reader, written 4 days ago, For days I've been seeing search entries like "Sony Reader rumors" without having any idea what my blog viewers were looking for. But today, ask and you shall receive! Sony releases its brand new Sony ...

Guest Blog: Why ebooks?, written 1 week ago, I recently started thinking about having a guest blogger or two stop by, but I wanted to do something a little different–I just hadn't figured out what. Around that same time a reader friend I met through MySpace emailed me talking about ebooks and how ...

lifting the veil - will you take a peek?, written 4 days ago, Perhaps you've heard of a book called Cliffhanger by T.J. Middleton? No? Well, you can read more about it on panmacmillan.com - then come right back! Cliffhanger is published today, and it's great fun – I did homage to the spirit of the...

The Sorted Books Project, written 5 days ago, I first saw this on the Snow Books blog but now they are cropping up here and here - maybe it is in response to the challenge from Juliet at Musings.So here's my contribution: Oh and in case you didn't feel the earthquake (which was me jumping for joy) m...

Gone, written 21 minutes ago, In case you haven't noticed, the time before I travel gets a little crazy for me, and I neglect my blog. I also had a really active (totally fabulous) weekend, so wasn't online much. The past two days have been spent getting things done since I'm leaving town tomorrow a...

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It's NaNoWriMo Time!, written 1 day ago, Every year in October, while everyone else is out celebrating Halloween or working on parties or getting ready for Thanksgiving, I am at home getting myself prepared for the NaNoWriMo Challenge in November. That link will show you how to prepare for NaNoWriMo...

Why Did We Publish Lynne Spears' Book?, written 2 weeks ago, Last week we published Through the Storm by Lynne Spears, mother of Britney and Jamie Lynn. The book appeared in the Amazon top 100 bestsellers for most of last week. As part of the launch, Lynne appeared on The Today Show, Entertainment T...

Today's the Day!!!!, written 10 hours ago, So in case you didn't know, I have A BOOK COMING OUT TODAY! Yes, really. I'm not sure if I've mentioned it lately. :)It's called Time of My Life, and it's a story about regret, what ifs, longing, motherhood, parenting, lost love, found love, friendship and ...

Insight Into A Bestselling Author, written 3 days ago, Last week, Forbes released their list of the earning power of the top book authors. You can follow this link to learn more of the specifics. In this entry, I want to pick up on some characteristics of the 10th author on that top 10 list: Nichola...

AIGA/NY Apple Store talk, this Wednesday, written 2 days ago, Apple Store, SOHO, Manhattan: Wednesday, October 8th, 6:30 - 8:00pm (Facebook Event Page) Just a quick note to let you know I'll be speaking at the Apple Store in SOHO this coming Wednesday evening. I'll be talking about books, design, th...

AFP: Linda Ford, What is a novel synopsis?, written 11 hours ago, Today we hear from novelist Linda Ford about the shifty novel synopsis. Enjoy!***I'm no expert on how to create a synopsis work but I have finally figured out what a synopsis is not. It is not a forty page shortened version of your st...

Five Days of Pure Bliss!, written 13 hours ago, Janet Reid How much am I looking forward to Bouchercon? THIS MUCH: For starters I get to see many of my fabulous clients. Andrew Grant is in from London, Dana Cameron is coming in from Boston, Bill Cameron from...

John reads John (Ashbery, Gallaher), written 1 week ago, Yes, we wrote that the right way round.Last week, at a Best American Poetry event in NYC, John Ashbery read a John Gallaher poem, "In the Book of the Disappearing Book," which appeared in The Little Book of Guesses (Four Way, 2007, w...

Tell Me Again What You Do?, written 4 days ago, It's amazing. As companies get bigger they seem to know less about what they do. A one-person, one-product company can usually tell you exactly what problem they solve, for whom, and why theirs is better. As they grow that insight is lost. Don't believ...

National Book Fest a success!, written 1 week ago, I just got back from a whirlwind weekend in Washington, D.C., in the company of 70 authors, illustrators and poets at the National Book Festival.Below is a videotape -- a webcast -- of my address in front of 250 people gathered in a pavilion on the ...

Invisible poverty, written 1 day ago, During a conversation with friends over dinner the other night, I was shocked to learn that one of them had at one time lived in his car. While still a low-income earner, he is doing much better than he was several years ago during a crisis time of his life. His...

New Publisher for Sci Fi Writers: "looking for new, upstart, breakout authors", written 7 hours ago, Ok. This news is a month old, but it's still exciting for all the budding sci fi writers out there: HarperCollins is launching a new imprint to publish "the next wave of authors...who ...

A few of the items I read on 09/25/08, written 1 week ago, IWU Blackboard Academic Suite (tags: iwu blackboard)

Wrong thing; right reason, written 6 hours ago, Okay, I'm nearly a third of the way through YA3 and remain increasingly unconvinced of its brilliance. But that's the great thing about rough drafts--they don't need to be brilliant. I'll be happy if just a little bit of really-good sneaks into my word...