Books The end of an era … and start of a new one 2 May 20165 May 2023 UPDATE 2018: We are back in Red Lodge, but not with a bookstore. Phoenix Pearl Tea is our tea and game business on Broadway, right next door to where Red…
Books… A peek inside the cashflow of writing books 7 Jul 20155 May 2023 I was poking around on Quora and came across an interesting juxtaposition of questions: Neither of these is an unusual question. Quora is filled with people asking how to make money…
Books Farewell, Sir Terry. You shall be missed! 12 Mar 20155 May 2023 People live. People die. And we deal regularly with the deaths of public figures. Authors, performers, composers, artists, they are as mortal as the rest of us. But sometime one…
Books… 15 Tips for Building Book Trailers in iMovie 4 Mar 20155 May 2023 Over the last four years, we've seen more and more publishers creating book trailers. For those not familiar with the concept, it's basically the same thing as a movie trailer.…
Books The “Who Pooped” series goes urban! 27 Jan 20155 May 2023 Who Pooped in the Redwoods, which is on its way to your favorite stores and websites, is the 19th book in the Who Pooped series. Just like its predecessors, it…
Books Why bookstores offer a place to sit 17 Dec 20145 May 2023 Quite some time ago, I signed up for Quora. It was an impulse thing because I got an invite from a friend. Every so often, I scan through my emails…
Books… “Who Pooped in the Cascades” took a silver medal in the Moonbeam Book Awards! 15 Oct 20145 May 2023 Until ten minutes ago, I had no idea that my most recent Who Pooped in the Park book was being considered for a Moonbeam award. Then I opened my email…
Books An open letter to Hachette r.e. Amazon 9 Aug 20145 May 2023 As an Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) author, I received an email today from their KDP team. It laid out their side of the Amazon-Hachette dispute and encouraged authors to…
Books Guilty pleasure? No. Just reading what you want. 12 Jun 20145 May 2023 Wow. Just wow. There's an article over on Slate entitled, "Against YA: Adults should be embarrassed to read children's books." I've read anti-genre screeds before, but this one is over-the-top…
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