From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Five Things From Book Expo: Bezos, Kindle, Moms, blogs and bathtubs

May 31, 2008
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I’m at BEA and it’s wonderful. The only downside is that my modem in my laptop crashed so I’m writing this from the press room itself!
So here’s a wrap up so far:
1. Taught two classes on Advanced Blogging and Web 2.0 for PMA’s Publishing University. This was a wonderful experience and lots of authors/publishers are [...]

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Does my dog need a blog?

May 30, 2008

I’m at Book Expo America and have spent the past two days being surrounded by amazing, insightful and fantastic folks through the PMA University, where I was lucky enough to teach two classes this year. The classes were Advanced Blogging and Web 2.0.
Both of them went really well and there are so many independent publishers [...]

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The Dude abides

May 28, 2008
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Great NPR brief with the Dude (if you don’t know who the Dude is, I can’t really help you.) This is part of NPR’s series on memorable characters. You can learn if you listen and either way the Dude abides.

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Salman Rushdie’s Latest book

May 28, 2008
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I’m leaving on a jet plane to head out tomorrow morning to Book Expo America. It’s so exciting at the Expo and one can hardly recover from the heady joy of walking through aisles and aisles of brand new shiny brilliant books. Love it!
Before I go, I must urge a quick fiction pick for all [...]

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Curt Rosengren Interviews Steve Piersanti – Berrett-Koehler

May 27, 2008

This is a superb interview about the book world with one of the best and most respected publishers in the field, Steve Piersanti, Berrett-Koehler Publishers. I’m a giant fan of Steve and his publishing house and Curt Rosengren’s podcast with him is insightful and full of great ideas.

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Don’t Write Book Marketing Graffiti On Facebook Walls

May 26, 2008

I got this over the weekend from a Facebook connection who is an author. It’s not an author I’ve done work for or am going to do work for. I’m deleting the author’s name because I don’t want to completely out the author.
I do feel compelled though to advise against what this author is doing [...]

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Microsoft Cans LiveSearch Publishing Program

May 23, 2008

This is disappointing news and what will be more interesting is to see long-term why this decision was made. Microsoft is ending its LiveSearch Publishing Program.
In books and publishing right now there is so much focus on Web 2.0 but I think it’s very important for authors to understand that you need to balance [...]

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Naked Authors – Cornelia Read’s post on Writers and Mojo

May 21, 2008

“The Naked Truth about Literature and Life” – Go and read the post on Writer’s Mojo by Cornelia Read.
Just read it and also click on each YouTube vid she put for each bullet point. And the first person that can identify who #3 author gets a prize themselves from Nettie. (Seriously!)

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Free Rice Challenge – Play it!

May 20, 2008

This is the only game in town to play for writers, authors, everyone who is concerned about the rice shortage in Africa. Play it! It’s fairly tough word game, but it’s free and it buys more rice.

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5 Ways to Tick Off A Journalist

May 16, 2008

1. Opt them into your e-newsletter without inquiring if they want to be opted in. (By the way, usually they don’t.)
2. Send them an email citing a story they wrote about your vertical pointing out all the ways they were wrong in the story.
3. Responding to pitches from PRLeads.com, ProfNet or Peter Shankman’s great new [...]

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YouTube Debuts Tracking Tool

May 14, 2008

Very cool thing that YouTube just announced. A new tool called YouTube Insight that enables you to track your videos and gather actionable data in regard to them.

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Book Awards

May 12, 2008

Here’s a great site that lists several leading book awards and winners.

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