I just saw on CNET that Amazon has a new feature where reviewers can post a pic with their words. "Amazon lets customers post photos" I checked out the page for Sand in My Bra but there weren't any there.…
Read more →Sadly, change is inevitable. "WordsWorth Books' final chapter is Saturday" "Friedman said she and her husband, Hillel Stavis, who founded WordsWorth in 1975, will continue to own and operate the Curious…
Read more →I love Distant Lands! Last year Sand in My Bra was their #1 best selling title. A true honor. Well, it's time to encourage Whose Panties Are These? to do the same. Come out with me tonight! Where: Distant…
Read more →A Sense of Place [This is a guest post from author Michael Shapiro while he's one tour] It's energy, excitement, a hum and a buzz: New York is a high point for any performer on a national tour. The city…
Read more →Today I found the GlobalIdeasBank.com. [via Jay Gesin's Anthem Book Blog] It was a bit too activist oriented for me to participate or follow along, but it got me thinking about how cool it would be if…
Read more →Here are some of the things that caught my eye this morning... Forgetting the name of your book... "Novelist Beryl Bainbridge, while in conversation with Michael Holroyd, actually forgot the names of one…
Read more →Time poverty is an interesting concept. And one, in months or years passed, I might've qualified for. But we can all thank Rick Steves for backing an event that will help bring us back in the black. "Take…
Read more →Damn! I love this word. I actually have a folder on my computer called "Backstory". It is the title of my journal. You know, the one I'm too busy watching TV or surfing blogs and travel sites to actually…
Read more →The thing about being unemployed freelancing is that you can do it from nearly anywhere. At the least, I have some options. Yesterday I got an offer to return to Beligum. The week before that I got an…
Read more →The Long Tail By Chris Anderson [October 2004 WIRED] Forget squeezing millions from a few megahits at the top of the charts. The future of entertainment is in the millions of niche markets at the shallow…
Read more →Well, Publisher's Lunch brought a bit of bad news this morning. They said that the end is near for WordsWorth , the indie bookstore on Harvard Square. "Harvard Square book lovers may soon be at a loss for…
Read more →"Quantifying Word of Mouth" by Pete Blackshaw (October 19, 2004) [MarketingProfs.com] It is the first time I've heard the term CGM. Consumer-generated-media. I'm convinced that if I worked in an office,…
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