Feb 19 2012
Two of the largest technical publishing book conferences have just finished their sessions as of last week, Digital Book World in January and Tools of Change this past week. I attended neither but I paid attention to the articles and tweets that were written of and around the conferences. There did not appear to be [...]
Aug 16 2011
For me, it is harder to make a recommendation than to warn a reader off. The reason is because if I make a recommendation and the person acts on that recommendation, I know she has spent time and money based on something I said. Whenever I give a recommendation, I am thinking that this [...]
Nov 17 2009
see more Lolcats and funny pictures I was reading Rosario’s blog the other day and she was blogging about how much she enjoyed Linnea Sinclair’s Down Home Zombie Blues. As I was reading Rosario’s review, I was thisclose to buying the book but the fact is that Linnea Sinclair’s books just don’t work for me. [...]
Nov 16 2007
A week ago I pounded out an article that I was going to offer up as my guest blog post for the Love of Reading Book Fair. It was all about how tension between print reviewers and bloggers is unnecessary because blogging fills the niches that print reviewers don’t have the space or inclination to [...]
Jun 5 2007
Bestseller status means something. It is not only a publishing coup for an author, it can mean guaranteed sales. Let’s face it, we as a society haven’t moved much past junior high. We are largely driven by the herd mentality. If something appears popular, then we all want a piece. I certainly am not immune [...]
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