Books… Networking at PNBA 2013 12 Oct 20131 Feb 2023 A couple of days ago, I wrote a bit about the PNBA (Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association) conference in Portland, Oregon. What an amazing event! I had an opportunity to meet dozens…
Books Small Business and the Marketplace Fairness Act 24 Apr 20135 May 2023 If you listen to the scary emails being sent by massive online businesses like eBay, I should be panicking right now. They say that the "Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013"…
Books Censorship Talk at the Forum for Provocative Issues 8 Apr 20131 Feb 2026 Book burning in Nazi Germany. Click on image for description at "The History Place." The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution seems very straightforward when it says "Congress shall make…
Books BookLamp and the Book Genome Project 5 Apr 20131 Feb 2023 I was perusing BookRiot yesterday and came across a post entitled "12 Alternatives to Goodreads." This is a hot topic since the announcement that Amazon is acquiring Goodreads, and I…
Books Amazon buying Goodreads? Can’t we have anything nice? 29 Mar 20131 Feb 2023 The word is out. The biggest monopoly in the history of the book business is buying the biggest independent book review website. Most of what I'm reading about Amazon's pending…
Books… Myths & Legends of Tea 25 Mar 201331 Jan 2026 This is an early working concept for the book cover. The photo in the post header is what I ended up using for the final cover. Most writers don't like…
Books A few myths about banned books 11 Feb 20135 May 2023 This image was borrowed from Melville House, where it illustrates an article referenced later in this blog post. I just listened to an episode of the "Stuff You Should Know"…
Books… And the next Who Pooped book is… 14 Sep 201222 Jun 2026 We have a contract for my 18th book in the Who Pooped in the Park? series! This one will be titled Who Pooped in the Cascades?, and will cover the…
Books Book Review: “Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure” by Craig Lancaster 1 Dec 20111 Feb 2023 You know those books of short stories where every one of them has a character that overcomes a major crisis, and the story ends with puppies and rainbows? This isn't…
