This year I sat through the BEA BloggerCon 2013 as someone who had participated in putting the program together so my perspective might be much different than those who had attended as pure bloggers. I don’t think we’ve hit on the right balance of panels yet nor the right speakers. ... more >
Conventionsbloggers / Reviewers8 Comments
It’s official: the RT Book Blogger Convention is on the RT site, and we have a registration form ready to go! REGISTRATION LINK. A few important points: 1. Registration is $30.00. Registration is not confirmed until payment is received. The fee covers breakfast, lunch, and a full day of panel ... more >
ConventionsComments Off on RT Blogger Event – Gauging Interest
Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches Trashy Books has spearheaded an effort to bring a one day conference dedicated to helping bloggers network with other bloggers, learn tools of the trade, and information about the book industry. She has graciously allowed me to be part of it. We’ve put together a ... more >
ConventionsBEA 201212 Comments
It’s Day 4 actually as my clock says it is 12:16 am. Remember yesterday when I closed saying that I was going to a power reader breakfast at Random House at 7 am and how I didn’t know what a “power reader” was? Then Ros said in the comments that ... more >
ConventionsBEA 201211 Comments
Bowker and eReading Data Day two began with a panel conducted by Bowker on data regarding domestic and international ebook readers. Bowker does quarterly surveys and annual surveys. The data they covered was from the end of 2011. Their panel began with 1500 members and was culled to about 800 ... more >
ConventionsBEA 2012 / book bloggers26 Comments
Introduction It is 11:15 pm as I write this post so forgive my incoherence and forgetfulness. However, I feel that should I delay in putting permanence to my thoughts there will be very little I will remember by the end of the week, as one event rushes on the heels ... more >